April 12, 2006

ORH Debt Service 100% City of Worcester

I found something out today that is very interesting... In calculating the percentage MassPort pays of the operating deficit, it does not include debt service. Let me give you an example, if the aiport was losing $2,000,000 per year, I would have thought MassPort would have calculated their percentage under the current agreement based on the $2,000,000 figure.... This is wrong.

You need to back debt service out of the operating deficit, which is approximately $500,000, then MassPort would have pay their percentage on that amount $1,500,000... Bottom line is that debt service belongs 100% to the City of Worcester, while the balance of the deficit is covered via an operating agreeement..

This is a huge difference, when the debt service is $500,000 per year. Even in Year 1 of the current agreement with MassPort (last fiscal year), whereby they were paying 100% of the operating deficit, it still cost the City of Worcester approximately $500,000 (debt service).

Maybe everyone already knew this, but I did not know this to be the case.

5 comments:

Joe Gargery said...

Wait until you see what debt service is when they spend what they've budgeted for capital over the next five years.

Bill Randell said...

tell me more???

Joe Gargery said...

http://closeorh.blogspot.com/2006/01/charley-farley-was-wrong.html#links

2006 Capital - $210,000
2007 Capital - $3,394,000
2008 Capital - $1,175,000
2009 Capital - $1,270,000
2010 Capital - $4,850,000

Also, note the last city council meeting they voted to transfer $11,000 to the airport capital budget for floor washing equipment. I never saw that in a budget.

Anonymous said...

Charley,

Did they give any breakdown of what they were using this money for?

Dave

Bill Randell said...

Charley:

These numbers are incredible.. Where did you get them??