TABLE 3  
  ANALYSIS OF THE TAX BASE 2000-2001        
       
               
       
          $ %  
    CHANGE CHANGE  
  ACTUAL ESTIMATED ESTIMATED   OVER OVER  
VALUATION 98-99 99-00 00-2001   99-00 99-00  
               
     
REAL PROPERTY 2,457,855,819    2,495,000,000    2,560,000,000         65,000,000 2.6%  
         
PERSONAL 365,092,224       388,000,000       398,000,000         10,000,000 2.6%  
         
PUBLIC UTILITIES 60,078,208         62,000,000         62,000,000                        - 0.0%  
                      
TOTAL VALUATION 2,883,026,251    2,945,000,000    3,020,000,000         75,000,000 2.5%  
               
           
TOTAL TAX LEVY          15,534,727         16,580,000         17,003,000             -           423,000 2.6%  
               
       
ESTIMATED      
COLLECTIONS 98% 15,413,292 16,382,000 16,663,000 #VALUE! 281,000 1.7%  
         
DISTRIBUTION:        
   GENERAL FUND* 13,737,123         15,247,000         15,508,000  *           261,000 1.7%  
   TRANSPORTATION FUND** 1,676,169          1,135,000          1,155,000  **             20,000 1.8%  
               
       
         
            
*   Based on current tax rate of 52.4 cents      
**  Based on current tax rate of  3.9 cents      
*** Includes $15,000,000 in assessed valuation related to a proposed annexation effective June 30, 2000.