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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota <br />Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services <br />Bethel <br />BFD provided five years of budget history for evaluation by the ESC! project team. <br />$30,000 <br />$25,000 <br />$20,000 - — <br />$15,000 <br />$10,000 - <br />$5,000 <br />$o — — <br />Figure 7: Historical Budget - BFD <br />2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 <br />Over the past five years, the department's budget has seen an increase of 12.0 percent. While this may <br />seem like a large increase, the overall expenditures for fire protection within Bethel are extremely low. <br />Based on a per capita rate, fire protection costs are calculated at $60.09 compared to $70.28 across <br />Minnesota and $137.83 nationally. The figure below illustrates how the department's budget is <br />distributed across the personnel and supplies/services categories. <br />4...,Ernrrgency Srmcra co13511 king <br />11 <br />page 17 <br />