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Personnel Services:                  FY 2023-24 Budget                   $28,171,394
                                                 % of Fund Expenditures                   63.5 %

                                                 Compared to                           $    Growth    % Growth
                                                 FY 2022-23 Budget                      $1,191,632          4.4 %
                                                 FY 2022-23 Projection                  $1,490,130        5.6 %

            As the city is a service organization, personnel services are the single largest expenditure category for
            the  General  Fund  and  includes  the  costs  related  to  salaries,  insurance  and  retirement.  The  budget
            proposes a 2% market adjustment and 2% merit‐based raise for civilian employees, for a total raise of
            up to 4% with a minimum $1,250 merit-based raise.  Public safety personnel also includes raises in the
            form of market adjustments, merit increases, and changes to some of the public safety step plans in order
            focus on strengthening recruitment and retention efforts. All combined, the adjustments to public safety
            wages results in supervisors within the police and fire departments being eligible for raises of up to 5.5%,
            detention officers and dispatchers for up to 6%, and sworn police officers and firefighters for up to 7.5%.
            In addition, the budget adds one Detention officers for Jail Operations.


            Operations & Maintenance:
                                                 FY 2023-24 Budget                   $3,328,661
                                                 % of Fund Expenditures                    7.5 %
                                                 Compared to                         $    Growth      % Growth

                                                 FY 2022-23 Budget                    $(156,346)         (4.49) %
                                                 FY 2022-23 Projection                 $302,463              9.9 %

            Operations  and  maintenance  expenditures  include  major  categories  of  supplies,  equipment,  street,
            grounds and building maintenance costs. FY 2023-24 includes on-going funding increases for fuel, A/C
            and heating maintenance, and pavement markings. The FY 2022-23 budget included one-time costs of
            $171,000 to repair the suspension of a fire apparatus and $36,000 for SCBA replacements.



            Services & other:                    FY 2023-24 Budget                   $9,937,403
                                                 % of Fund Expenditures                  22.4 %

                                                 Compared to                         $    Growth      % Growth
                                                 FY 2022-23 Budget                      $685,370          7.4 %
                                                 FY 2022-23 Projection                  $655,783          7.1 %


            Services and other expenditures include expenditures for professional and legal services, utilities, liability
            insurance premiums and other general expenditures. For FY 2023-24, the budget includes $240,000 for
            a replacement dump truck, $107,000 increase to utilities, and $110,000 for future vehicle replacements
            for the Fire Department.








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