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CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS <br />MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (continued) <br />At the end of the current fiscal year, the City is able to report positive balances in all three categories of <br />net assets, both for the government as a whole, as well as for its separate governmental and business-type <br />activities. <br />Governmental Activities. <br /> A comparison of program expenses to program revenues and revenues by <br />source for governmental activities follows: <br />Expenses and Program Revenues -Governmental Activities <br />18,000 <br />16,000 <br />14,000 <br />Expenses <br />12,000 <br />Program Revenues <br />10,000 <br />8,000 <br />6,000 <br />4,000 <br />2,000 <br />0 <br />General Public Public Culture and Health, Interest on <br />GovernmentSafetyWorksRecreationWelfare and Long-term <br />Sanitationdebt <br />Revenue sources for governmental activities were distributed as follows: <br />Revenues by Source -Governmental Activities <br />Charges for <br />Grants and <br />services <br />contributions <br />18% <br />2% <br />Other taxes <br />19% <br />Industrial <br />Property taxes <br />payments <br />38% <br />23% <br />For the year ended September 30, 2011, revenues without transfers in the governmental activities <br />totaled $49.8 million. This represents an increase of approximately $3.5 million or 8%. The increase is <br />due mainly to a sale of City owned property. <br />7 <br /> <br />