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BUDGET SUMMARY

Employee programs added this year include an employee award and an employee
of the month program to recognize employees for excellent achievements and service.
In addition, an employee referral program is funded that is designed to incentivize and
encourage employees to market the City and help with recruitment.

Analysis of Full-Time Equivalent Positions

The chart above shows the total number of Full-time equivalent positions from FY2020
to the current FY2024 budget. The drastic reduction of employees in FY2021 is due
to the cost saving measures put in place during the pandemic. The Recreation
department was dramatically impacted by a reduction in personnel due to the
elimination of many programs. Beginning in FY2022, the City began the restoring of
the programs and personnel. The General Fund accounts for the majority of the FTE
growth, due to the restoration of funding of positions as discussed previously. In
FY2023, an increase of 3 FTEs for the Fire Department was funded in order to cover
various shifts through the use of part-time personnel.

In FY2023-2024, additional recreation programs were reinstated that include the
Summer Camp program and the pre-school program that facilitated the need for
increased personnel. 3.75 FTEs were added that include 15 part-time positions to
cover the program needs. In addition, a part-time Library position was converted to a
full-time position. This movement increased the Library FTEs by .75. The sewer
department gained 1.0 FTE for a Maintenance Worker position that restored that was
previously not funded during the cost savings measures put in place during the
pandemic.

The total number of authorized full-time equivalent positions in the 2023-2024 budget
increased by 5.5 FTEs to 186.5.

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