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major expense category
<br />The following graph and table provides a summary of the budget by .
<br />2018 Budget by Category
<br />Other services
<br />& charges
<br />32%
<br />Capital outlay
<br />17%
<br />Debt service
<br />6%
<br />Supplies &
<br />Materials
<br />3%
<br />TIF
<br />2%
<br />Personnel
<br />Services
<br />40%
<br />$ Increase% Increase
<br />Expense Category20172018(Decrease)(Decrease)
<br />Personnel Services20,340,02021,545,435$1,205,4155.9%
<br />Supplies & Materials1,417,2351,453,73536,5002.6%
<br />Other services & charges16,867,78517,284,495416,7102.5%
<br />Capital outlay8,573,6959,524,565950,87011.1%
<br />Debt service3,330,0003,330,000-0.0%
<br />TIF1,435,0001,101,000(334,000)-23.3%
<br />Total$51,963,735$54,239,230$2,275,4954.4%
<br />Personal Services
<br />includes the wage, benefit, and insurance costs of employees. For 2018,personnel
<br />costs will rise due to a 2.25-2.75%cost-of-living adjustment for employees, along with wage step
<br />increases for eligible employees.
<br />Supplies and Materials
<br />include office supplies, motor fuel and vehicle supplies, clothing and protective
<br />gear, street repair materials, and salt/sand purchases. Aslight increasein costs areexpected due to
<br />inflationary-type impacts.
<br />Other Services and Charges
<br />include professional services, contractual maintenance and repair, utilities,
<br />memberships, inter-fund charges, and training and conferences. It also includes the costs attributable to
<br />the purchase of water from the City of St. Paul and wastewater treatment costs paid to the Met Council.
<br />Capital Outlay
<br />includes scheduled replacement purchases of vehicles and equipment (non-operating
<br />budgets), as well as general infrastructure improvements. An increase is expected due to higherscheduled
<br />capital replacements.
<br />Debt Service
<br />includes the principal and interest paid on bonds used to finance infrastructure and facility
<br />improvement projects.
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