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• sales tax compensates the city/county where employees live and shop, even <br />though they may work in a different county. <br />Concerning revenue per capita, Paonia and Hotchkiss are relatively close <br />to each other in terms of total revenue per capita; however, the internal <br />make-up of the revenue sources is different. In Paonia in 1980, 688 of <br />the revenue is expected to come from sales and property taxes. In <br />Hotchkiss, only 578 is expected from the same source. An additional 108 <br />is expected from severance tax remits in Hotchkiss. <br />Crawford operates on the lowest revenue per capita, while Delta runs on <br />the highest. However, over 208 of the revenue in the General Fund for <br />Delta is transferred from the Municipal Power and Light Fund. <br />in general, the municipalities in this area are tied to very traditional <br />sources of revenue. Few user fees and service charges are in use. The <br />property tax revenue appears to be very stable and only increasing <br />slowly. Sales tax revenue, on the other hand, has increased significantly <br />and does have the flexibility to be increased if the need arises. <br />However, if rapid growth occurs, serious consideration should be given to <br />non-traditional sources (such as varied user fees) in order to have growth <br />help pay for itself. <br />3. General Fund Expenditures <br />Table II-12 displays the trend of General Fund expenditures on a per <br />capita base. Caution should be used in examining these figures since <br />categories in one town may not be c®parable to those of another town. <br />Only if towns offer comparable services to their residents can straight <br />comparisons be made. For example, the totals per capita should be <br />somewhat comparable between Paonia and Hotchkiss since approximately the <br />same level of services are offered. As noted, historically Paonia appears <br />to have spent less on its residents than Hotchkiss. However, this is not <br />• necessarily the case, since Hotchkiss includes some interfund transfers in <br />their miscellaneous category. Thus, caution should be used in making <br />direct comparisons. <br />31 <br />