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The following graph reflects the City's General Fund expenditures, budget and actual, for 2015: <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 />o 00 -0 °00 �0 SO ,0 0°O O s00 O ' °00 0 ' SOO ' O °00 O <br />66 66 66 -O°o °°o O°o O°o °°o °°o O°o O°o °°o °°o O°o °°o °°o O°o <br />• Actual • Budget <br />General Fund expenditures totaled $9,649,461 in 2015, an increase of $391,931 (or 4.2 percent) from the <br />prior year, and were $1,851 (or 0.02 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 amounts approved in the <br />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 />$4,500,000 <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 <br />Government <br />Public Safety <br />Highways and Culture and <br />Streets Recreation <br />❑ 2011 ■ 2012 ■ 2013 ■ 2014 ■ 2015 <br />Other <br />As the graph displays, expenditures increased in all categories presented above, with the exception of <br />highways and streets, which decreased $279,701. A mild winter and favorable fuel pricing contributed to <br />the decrease in this function. Natural inflationary increases and the previously mentioned growth in <br />development in the City contributed to the overall increase in expenditures. <br />-11- <br />