City Council through the years
Explore reported actual expenditures. Expand a line item to compare its reported amounts.
| Expenditure | Actual2019-2020 | Actual2020-2021 | Actual2021-2022 | Actual2022-2023 | Actual2023-2024 | Actual2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||||||
| 16,060 | 16,378 | 16,380 | 18,100 | 30,736 | 32,566 | |
| Salaries | 16,060 | 16,378 | 16,380 | 18,100 | 18,736 | 19,648 |
| Salaries: Municipal Judge | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12,000 | 12,918 |
| FICA | 1,313 | 1,313 | 1,337 | 1,476 | 2,435 | 1,587 |
| Subtotal — Personnel | 17,373 | 17,691 | 17,717 | 19,576 | 33,171 | 34,153 |
| Operations | ||||||
| 10,614 | 12,029 | 10,176 | 18,930 | 15,875 | 15,949 | |
| Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues | 10,614 | 12,029 | 10,176 | 18,930 | N/A | N/A |
| Publication of Reports & Legal Notices | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,475 | 2,515 |
| Member Dues & Registration Fees | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14,155 | 13,331 |
| Public Relations | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 245 | 103 |
| Telephone | — | — | 0 | 3,223 | 2,681 | 2,471 |
| 7,962 | 1,551 | 6,305 | 3,972 | 13,540 | 9,524 | |
| Travel | 7,962 | 1,551 | 6,305 | 3,972 | 12,440 | 8,424 |
| Employee Auto Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| 718 | 841 | 186 | 381 | 1,808 | 462 | |
| Other Operating Supplies | 718 | 841 | 186 | 381 | 721 | 336 |
| Food | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,087 | 126 |
| Contracted Services | 5,350 | 5,310 | 5,966 | 12,785 | 17,659 | 8,581 |
| Council Strategic Summit | 140 | 301 | 399 | 308 | 62 | 531 |
| 14,791 | 755 | 0 | 1,105 | — | — | |
| Election | 14,791 | 755 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Election Expense | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1,105 | — | — |
| Legal Services | — | — | — | — | 60,239 | 86,055 |
| Subtotal — Operations | 39,575 | 20,787 | 23,032 | 40,704 | 111,864 | 123,573 |
| Capital | ||||||
| Fixed Assets | — | — | 0 | 2,174 | — | — |
| Subtotal — Capital | — | — | 0 | 2,174 | — | — |
| Total City Council | 56,948 | 38,478 | 40,749 | 62,454 | 145,035 | 157,726 |
Latest budget — FY 2026-2027Compare the proposed budget with the amount Council approved.
Approved amounts authorize spending; they are not actual expenditure. These are the stages printed in the budget book, which may not include later amendments.
| Budget | Budgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026 | Manager proposedFY 2026-2027 | Council approvedFY 2026-2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department total | 140,300 | 178,800 | 178,800 |
Budget line items
| Expenditure | Budgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026 | Manager proposedFY 2026-2027 | Council approvedFY 2026-2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | 20,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Salaries: Municipal Judge | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| FICA | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 |
| Publication of Reports & Legal Notices | 1,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Member Dues & Registration Fees | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Telephone | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Legal Services | 70,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Travel | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Employee Auto Allowance | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| Food | 600 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Other Operating Supplies | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Other Contracts | 1,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Council Strategic Summit | 500 | 600 | 600 |
| Public Relations | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Election Expense | - | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Fixed Assets | - | - | - |
A dash means no numeric amount is shown in that source cell. No proposal is substituted for a missing approved amount.
What the records showRelated decisions, supporting records, and unanswered questions.
Legal-services spending has budget context in the finance memorandum.
2023-2024 actual source · page 26 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 27
The finance memo says the legal-services increase covers fees paid to the city attorney; the attached schedule increases that budget by $40,000. It does not break fees down by matter or explain every change in the actual legal-services amount. Finance memorandum — May 7, 2025 · page 118.
The attached schedule shows the relevant proposed budget adjustments. Amounts in this schedule are appropriations, not invoice payments. Budget amendment detail · page 120.
Still unanswered: Invoice and ledger detail is needed to reconcile the budget explanation to actual annual expenses.
About these figuresWhat is included and what changed between reports.
The reports changed what they include under City Council. Earlier reports list the Municipal Judge and City Attorney separately; later reports include judge pay, legal services, and their FICA costs under Council. For 2022–2023, the earlier Council total is $62,454 and the later total is $136,112, so these totals do not describe the same set of expenses. Earlier totals are kept as originally reported. In this table, judge pay is grouped under Salaries, food under Other Operating Supplies, and Legal Services remains a separate row.
Amounts are shown as reported, without adjusting for inflation. A dash (“—”) means the source shows a dash or does not list a value; it does not necessarily mean zero. Related accounts are grouped for comparison, with available detail under each row.
Sources and methodsOriginal documents, coverage, and how the years were matched.
Download actual expenditures as CSV · Each record distinguishes detail rows from totals and includes its source.
Section reconciliation and differences
- Personnel: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 19,576 earlier; 32,494 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
- Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 40,704 earlier; 101,445 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
- Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 2,174 earlier; 2,174 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
- Actual 2019-2020 (City Council only; Judge and Attorney excluded): PDF page 23
- Actual 2020-2021 (City Council only; Judge and Attorney excluded): PDF page 23
- Actual 2021-2022 (City Council only; Judge and Attorney excluded): PDF page 22
- Actual 2022-2023 (City Council only; Judge and Attorney excluded): PDF page 22
- Actual 2023-2024 (City Council including Municipal Judge and Legal Services): PDF page 26
- Actual 2024-2025 (City Council including Municipal Judge and Legal Services): PDF page 27
How the years were matched
- Physical PDF pages: FY2022-23 23; FY2024-25 22; FY2025-26 26; FY2026-27 27. All displayed columns are actual years, not estimates or budgets.
- Source zeros and dashes remain distinct. Subtotals are excluded. Missing historical categories remain absent; mapping confirmation does not establish unchanged operational scope.
- FY2022-23 mapped overlap differences (older to later): FICA: 1476 → 2394; Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues: 18930 → 18931; Other Operating Supplies: 381 → 254; Election Expense: 1105 → 1104. These are not adjusted away.
- FY2023-24 repeated account amounts and total agree between newer books (145,035).
These changes do not establish changes in service quality or explain why spending changed. Budget amendments and meeting decisions have not been reconciled with this series.