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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 2020:
<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 2020 were $4,586,618, which was $444,842 (8.8 percent) under the
<br />final budget. As presented in the budgetary comparison schedule (within the City’s Comprehensive
<br />Annual Financial Report), expenditure variances were both favorable and unfavorable within the various
<br />functions and departments, while overall, they remained within total appropriations approved by the City
<br />Council. The general government function was $203,261 under budget, mainly within other services and
<br />charges. The parks and recreation function was under budget by $285,433, split between park
<br />maintenance and recreation.
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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 Parks and
<br />Recreation
<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
<br />2019 $1,058,275 $2,399,296 $632,531 $679,589
<br />2020 $927,319 $2,435,773 $675,739 $547,787
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<br /> $250,000
<br /> $500,000
<br /> $750,000
<br /> $1,000,000
<br /> $1,250,000
<br /> $1,500,000
<br /> $1,750,000
<br /> $2,000,000
<br /> $2,250,000
<br /> $2,500,000
<br />General Fund Expenditures by Function
<br />Year Ended December 31,
<br /> Overall, General Fund expenditures decreased $183,073 (3.8 percent) from the prior year. The decrease
<br />was almost evenly split between general government and parks and recreation. Several departments
<br />within general government were down from the prior year, with the largest decreases in TCAAP and
<br />planning and zoning. Program cancellations, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced spending in parks
<br />and recreation.
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