Key changes to line items in spending plan
In addition to the new format, some of the more notable changes to line items in Cusat's
--The police department budget increasing from
The cost reflects a department consisting of 42 officers, which is the minimum the city must employ to comply with Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant funding criteria, Cusat said.
--Salaries and health insurance costs driving the fire department budget up from
Cost increases for both the police and fire departments account for more than half of the
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--Removing
--Reducing revenue generated from business licenses from
Cusat said council "over exaggerated" this line item and others to avoid having to increase taxes in 2017.
--Cutting revenue from
Money that council budgeted for selling HCA land has been removed from the budget. The balance is from a payment the authority makes to the city through a services agreement.
--Eliminating
--Cutting an airport fund transfer to the city from
Cusat said money council sought had been written off years ago and that the city has nothing on file to justify the larger reimbursement request.
--A projected 63 percent increase in administrative salaries. Cusat said the increase is due to the city restoring one of the
--The addition of
--Increasing a maintenance salaries line item from
--Adds
--A line item for contracted services for code enforcement increasing from
--Contractual wages increasing from
--Municipal garage salaries for three mechanics and a time keeper climbing by more than
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