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<br />GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
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<br />The following graph reflects the City’s General Fund expenditures, budget and actual, for 2018:
<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 2018 were $4,361,629, which was $330,225 (7.0 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 $200,876 under budget, mainly in planning and zoning ($89,336) and general government
<br />buildings ($36,391) within other services and charges. The public safety function was under budget by
<br />$67,827, mainly in protective inspections ($33,033) and police and animal control ($32,819).
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<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
<br /> Parks and
<br />Recreation
<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 />2018 $1,039,772 $2,088,345 $579,535 $653,977
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<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 $164,993 (3.9 percent) from the prior year, with the largest
<br />increase in public works ($135,902).
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