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Department Diversity
By Race and Gender

Black or American Native Some Other
White Hispanic African Asian Indian and Hawaiian and or Two or Female Male
or Latino Alaska Other Pac.
American More Races
Native Islander
City of Arlington Population 36.7% 30.0% 22.3% 7.1% 0.2% 0.4% 3.3% 51.0% 49.0%
City Organization 52.9% 21.6% 18.0% 3.5% 0.7% 0.1% 3.2% 37.4% 62.6%
Finance Department 40.5% 21.6% 29.7% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 5.4% 80.0% 20.0%

City-wide Budget Impacts
FY 2025 expenditures are impacted by a decrease to the city’s contribution to the Health Fund and a 2% across the board
compensation adjustment and other market pay adjustments that vary by job family effective October 2024.

Scorecard
Finance FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
Key Measures Actual Actual Estimate Target
Debt service expenditures to total expenditures of
GF plus Debt Service (Net of Pension Obligation
Bonds) 16.99% 16.98% 16.3% 16.3%
Net tax-supported debt per capita (Net of Pension
Obligation Bonds) $1,233 $1,253 $1,314 $1,359
Net debt to assessed valuation (Net of Pension
Obligation Bonds) 1.53% 1.40% 1.31% 1.32%
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report with
"Clean Opinion" Yes Yes Yes Yes
GFOA Certificate for Excellence – Accounting Yes Yes Yes Yes
GFOA Certificate for Excellence – Budget Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rating agencies ratings on City debt Affirm & Affirm &
Affirm Upgrade Downgrade Affirm
Compliance with debt policy benchmarks 100% 100% 100% 100%
Maintain Texas Transparency Stars (6 Stars:
Traditional Finance, Contracts and Procurement,
Public Pensions, Debt Obligation, Economic
Development, and Open Government) 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 6 Stars
Annual percentage of best value awarded contracts 57% 43% 35% 40%
Annual procurement cycle from sourcing process to
contract execution < 120 days 119 Days 97 days < 120 days < 120 days
Annual Percent of AP Funds Paid Electronically 54% 59% 67% 70%
Actual Revenue Percent Variance from Estimate for
General Fund OMB Projected Revenues New Measure in FY 2025 < 0.6%

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