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<br />-11- <br />GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES <br /> <br />The following graph reflects the City’s General Fund expenditures, budget and actual, for 2017: <br />Parks and Recreation <br />Public Works <br />Public Safety <br />General Government <br />General Fund Expenditures <br /> Budget Actual <br /> Total General Fund expenditures for 2017 were $4,196,636, which was $519,616 (11.0 percent) under the <br />final budget. As presented in the budgetary comparison schedule (within the City’s CAFR), expenditure <br />variances were both favorable and unfavorable within the various functions and departments while <br />overall, they remained within total appropriations approved by the City Council. The general government <br />function was $262,992 under budget, mainly in planning and zoning ($129,359) and TCAAP ($88,272) <br />within personal services. The parks and recreation function was under budget by $119,165, mainly in <br />personal services. Public works was under budget by $95,116. <br /> <br />The following graph presents the City’s General Fund expenditures by function for the last five years: <br /> General <br />Government Public Safety Public Works Parks and <br />Recreation <br />2013 $970,307 $1,779,549 $391,711 $675,073 <br />2014 $1,056,906 $1,826,098 $580,872 $648,214 <br />2015 $1,015,835 $1,920,280 $336,398 $573,587 <br />2016 $1,082,313 $1,981,506 $479,814 $621,832 <br />2017 $1,076,352 $2,058,037 $443,633 $618,614 <br />$– <br /> $200,000 <br /> $400,000 <br /> $600,000 <br /> $800,000 <br /> $1,000,000 <br /> $1,200,000 <br /> $1,400,000 <br /> $1,600,000 <br /> $1,800,000 <br /> $2,000,000 <br /> $2,200,000 <br />General Fund Expenditures by Function <br />Year Ended December 31, <br /> Overall, General Fund expenditures increased $31,171 (0.7 percent) from the prior year. The largest <br />increase was in public safety ($76,531) offset by a decrease in public works ($36,181).