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Budget Highlights

additional overtime costs defined in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as well as frontline
FireFighter physicals and bunker gear.

Human Resources includes the addition of one Senior Recruiter position and funding for a third party vendor to
enhance employee labor relations services.

Library adds 14 positions to staff a new library opening in 2023. The downtown Central Library is being sold and
funding is required to lease a facility for displaced staff. Funding is also provided for increased growth in library
materials circulation.

Municipal Court includes salary funding for several judges and a Hearing Officer. Position changes include the
transfer of one position to Communications and Public Engagement; two temporary Hearing Officers are
converted to full-time positions.

Neighborhood Services converted six part time positions into three full-time positions at Como, Worth Heights,
and Northside community centers resulting in a reduction of three positions. The Alleyway Maintenance Program
(AMP) was transferred to Park and Recreation which includes $300,000 from the General Fund and $204,000 from
PAYGO Capital Fund. Two positions were transferred from the City Manager’s Office for administration of the
Directions HOME progam.

Non-Departmental includes $4M overtime budget for Fire Department, sets aside $3.99M for pay range market
adjustments for General Fund Departments, and includes $2.3M for various studies.

Park and Recreation includes Council-approved prior year maintenance commitments and CPI increases for
management agreements with Fort Worth Zoological Association and Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
Funding for mowing and alleyway maintenance was transferred from Neighborhood Services and there was a
reduction in costs from the assessment budget for Public Improvement District 1 (Downtown Fort Worth) being
transferred to Economic Development Department. Sixteen positions are reduced by consolidating part time
positions into full time positions. Twelve positions were added for after school enhanced youth sports programs
and 31 grant-funded positions for the FWISD After School program.

Planning and Data Analytics transferred two positions to the City Manager’s Office for organizational strategy
development as a result of the realignment of the Budget and Analysis Division from a functional teams-based
structure to a more traditional portfolio model.

Police Department includes funding for a comprehensive health and wellness program, $4.9M for salaries and
benefits as outlined in the Meet and Confer agreement, and increased fuel costs. Additional positions include 54
sworn officers (47 to Patrol and seven to Support Bureau), the transfer of one sworn position to the CCPD Fund
for the Neighborhood Police Officer program; an increase in 15 Civilian positions (11 to Support Bureau and four
to Evidence Processing) with the transfer of one administrative position to the CCPD fund.

Property Management includes a $500,000.00 increase in funding Vehicles and Equipment Replacement Fund for
the General Fund departments. Increases include $896K for risk management allocations for future City Hall,
$475K for maintenance and repair and another $108K for contractual services for new city facilities that become
operational in FY2023. The department includes an increase of $571K for janitorial service contracts for General
Fund facilities and a transfer of $130K from Neighborhood Services for facility repair and maintenance at the LVT
Rise Facility.

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