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INFORMATIONAL MEMO <br />Page 4 <br />Expenditures: <br />General fund expenditures totaled $58.5 million as compared to a budget of $57.6 million, which is $1.9 <br />million below budget. All departments incurred lower fleet maintenance cost of $447 thousand and fleet <br />replacement costs of $340 thousand in 2016. Salaries and Benefits for 2016 came in $590 thousand lower <br />than budget, this was a result of lower spending in overtime by $279 thousand and related benefits. <br />Notable variances are as follows: <br />• Police department came in below budget by $934 thousand. Salaries and Benefits contributed $324 <br />thousand, Fleet costs were $378 thousand lower, Repairs and Maintenance $115 thousand lower and <br />Jail costs ended the year $103 thousand lower than expected. <br />• Fire department is below budget by $222 thousand. This is attributed to the use of 3 pipeline positions <br />to maintain minimum staffing levels which resulted in lower overtime costs by $168 thousand compared <br />to 2015. <br />• Technology Services exceeded budget by $42 thousand. Primarily due to a payout on a vacated <br />position. <br />• Park department exceeded budget by $40 thousand. The department experienced two emergency <br />repairs, replacement of a guardrail at a cost of $9 thousand and trail repairs costing $36 thousand. Both <br />repairs are being submitted to insurance for potential reimbursement. <br />• Street department is below budget by $265 thousand. Salaries and Benefits contributed $88 thousand <br />and Fleet costs were $174 thousand lower than expected. <br />30 <br />