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The following graph reflects the City’s General Fund expenditures, budget and actual, for 2014: <br />General Fund Expenditures <br />Budget and Actual <br />General Government <br />Public Safety <br />Highways and Streets <br />Culture and Recreation <br />Other <br />ActualBudget <br />General Fund expenditures totaled $9,257,530 in 2014, an increase of $293,070 (or 3.3 percent) from the <br />prior year, and were $65,987 (or 0.7 percent) under the final budget. During the year, the City amended <br />the final expenditure budget for open positions that were not filled during the year and for department <br />efforts to control costs. Actual expenditures, like revenues, were also close to final amounts approved in <br />the final budget. <br />The following graph shows General Fund expenditures for the last five years: <br />General Fund Expenditures by Function <br />Year Ended December 31, <br /> $4,000,000 <br /> $3,500,000 <br /> $3,000,000 <br /> $2,500,000 <br /> $2,000,000 <br /> $1,500,000 <br /> $1,000,000 <br /> $500,000 <br />$– <br />General GovernmentPublic SafetyHighways and StreetsCulture andOther <br />Recreation <br />20092011201220132014 <br />The graph shows that the largest share of General Fund expenditures is for public safety, while general <br />government expenditures make up the second largest expenditure category. As the graph displays, <br />expenditures increased in all categories presented above, with the exception of culture and recreation, <br />which decreased $5,683. <br />-11- <br /> <br />