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General Fund Municipal Court
The Marshal Division is responsible for bailiff duties, prisoner transfer, building security, and warrant service. The
Division is also responsible for patrolling approximately 3,560 acres of the Lake Worth recreational area, the Fort
Worth Nature Center and Refuge, area leased-property neighborhoods, and 14 surrounding City-owned parks.
FY2024 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
The Recommended Budget:
• Increases by $587,563 in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance, step increases, rising health care costs and pension contributions
• Salary adjustments include increasing minimum wage to $15 /hr
• Decreases by ($65,105) for allocations associated with retiree health,risk, workers compensation, and IT
Services, and general administration
• Decreases by ($1,016,559) in Fines & Forfeitures revenues due to decreased receipt of traffic fines
• Decreases by ($447,616) in Charge for Services revenues due to decreased receipt of penalty fees
• Decreases by (11,415) in Transfer out to the Parks department for the shared Safety Officer position
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