My purpose in sending Josh Mejia a Public Information Request was to determine how much money the 4G "Quality of Life" entity has to disperse after operational expenses; salary, rent, maintenance, etc.
The BCIC has one huge additional burden visited on it by the City Commission; that is paying down the debt service and maintenance for the Brownsville Sports Park.
We've approximated over the years that the BCIC's share of Brownville's sales tax revenue, 1/4 cent of each dollar collected, usually amounts to around $5 million dollars.
2020 came in just under that with $4,600,000 in revenue.
The Brownsville Sports Park debt service came in at $1,546,542.25.
BCIC contributed $520,000 to Brownsville Sports Park Maintenance and Operation
During 2020 four full-time employees and one part-time employee received $297,500 in wages.
The BCIC spent $12,000 for rent of their portion of the Young House at 500 East Saint Charles Street.
$1,000 was set aside as a contingency fund in case repairs were needed, but that money was not touched in 2020.
Let's do the math.
After everything above, all part of the operating budget, is subtracted from the 2020 budget of $4.600,000 we have a balance of $2,223,957.75.
In other words, by utilizing the BCIC to find worthy grant candidates, vet them to the qualifications specified and distribute $2,223,957.75 requires an annual operating budget of $2,376,042.25.
In fairness, we need to repeat that debt service and maintenance of the Brownsville Sports Park is a large share of the BCIC's operating expenses; $2,066,542,25.
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