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Name FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2025 FY2026 FY2025
Actual Actual Amended Projected Budgeted Amended
Budget Budget vs.
FY2026
Budgeted (%
Change)
Expenditures
General Government
Communications
Personnel Services
SALARIES $291,034 $302,977 $317,046 $315,815 $324,381 2.3%
SALARIES, CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE $1,150 $1,200 $1,200 $1,200 $1,200 0%
LONGEVITY $0 $400 $595 $580 $775 30.3%
HOSPITALIZATION & LIFE INSURANCE $407 $405 $540 $405 $405 -25%
LIFE INSURANCE
HOSPITALIZATION & LIFE INSURANCE, $2,172 $1,780 $2,053 $2,055 $2,053 0%
DENTAL INSURANCE
HOSPITALIZATION & LIFE INSURANCE $40,899 $43,442 $38,809 $40,415 $44,283 14.1%
HEALTH INSURANCE
PENSION/OPEB TMRS $49,327 $52,298 $54,714 $54,590 $64,982 18.8%
WORKER'S COMPENSATION $249 $324 $634 $700 $653 3%
INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE $27 $351 $432 $190 $189 -56.2%
MEDICARE $4,022 $4,240 $4,624 $4,495 $4,732 2.3%
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $0 $65 $71 $65 $66 -7%
DISABILITY INSURANCE $578 $1,397 $1,201 $1,445 $1,466 22.1%
Total Personnel Services: $389,865 $408,879 $421,919 $421,955 $445,185 5.5%

Contractual Services
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS $912 $912 $912 $912 $912 0%
CONTRACT LABOR $44,880 $73,101 $65,964 $69,426 $71,414 8.3%
Annual Web Chatbot Subscription $0 $0 $0 $6,700 $7,800 N/A
FlashVote Survey Subscription $0 $0 $0 $11,900 $11,900 N/A
Council /Executive Staff Photography $0 $0 $0 $2,000 $2,000 N/A
Annual Report Graphic Design $0 $0 $0 $5,621 $6,000 N/A
CivicPlus Website Annual Maintenance $0 $0 $0 $19,610 $19,614 N/A
Be Heard Bedford $0 $0 $0 $17,175 $17,200 N/A
Gov Delivery E-Newsletter Service $0 $0 $0 $6,420 $6,900 N/A
ADVERTISING $690 $4,769 $1,200 $1,000 $150 -87.5%
Social Media Marketing $0 $0 $0 $1,000 $150 N/A
TRAVEL EXPENSE $7,377 $5,162 $10,700 $6,180 $11,890 11.1%
Texas Association of Municipal
Information OfficerS (TAMIO) Board $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,100 N/A
Retreat - Austin, TX
3 City-County Communications &
Marketing Association (3CMA) - New $0 $0 $0 $2,750 $0 0%
Orleans, LA
Government Social Media Conference
(GSMCON) - 2026 Location TBD $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,000 N/A

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