Fire Prevention through the years
Explore reported actual expenditures. Expand a line item to compare its reported amounts.
This division covers inspections, pre-fire planning, fire investigations and community outreach. Division profile.
| Expenditure | Actual2019-2020 | Actual2020-2021 | Actual2021-2022 | Actual2022-2023 | Actual2023-2024 | Actual2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||||||
| 0 | 57,765 | 63,473 | 67,095 | 74,967 | 81,491 | |
| Salaries | 0 | 57,765 | 63,473 | 66,295 | 74,167 | 77,291 |
| Longevity | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | — | 3,400 |
| Salaries: Special | N/A | N/A | N/A | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| FICA | 0 | 4,152 | 4,789 | 4,865 | 5,576 | 6,080 |
| Group Life & Health Insurance | 0 | 103 | 119 | 126 | 142 | 5,264 |
| Retirement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,033 | 5,541 | 12,756 |
| Workers Compensation Insurance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,087 | 1,438 | 1,569 |
| Employee Education & Training | 2,263 | 2,045 | 2,505 | 2,169 | 1,716 | 698 |
| Disability Insurance | 0 | 207 | 238 | 253 | 284 | 333 |
| Deferred Compensation | 0 | 1,101 | 1,333 | 1,365 | 1,509 | 1,625 |
| Subtotal — Personnel | 2,263 | 65,373 | 72,457 | 83,993 | 91,173 | 109,816 |
| Operations | ||||||
| Printing | 0 | 425 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues | 100 | 230 | 496 | 527 | 310 | 453 |
| Telephone | 0 | 385 | 652 | 1,041 | 911 | 1,055 |
| Repairs and Maintenance | 0 | 1,370 | 6 | 25 | 575 | 43 |
| Travel | 435 | 504 | 3,226 | 2,619 | 2,358 | 2,584 |
| Office Supplies | 0 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 13 | — |
| Clothing & Uniforms | 0 | 75 | 295 | 149 | 289 | 614 |
| Professional Supplies | 199 | 53 | 47 | 564 | — | — |
| Gasoline & Diesel | 0 | 1,189 | 2,413 | 1,767 | 1,876 | 1,324 |
| 14 | 700 | 233 | 292 | 1,602 | 627 | |
| Operation of Motor Vehicles | 14 | 700 | 233 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Tires & Tubes | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | 1,275 | 30 |
| Vehicle & Equipment Parts | N/A | N/A | N/A | 292 | 327 | 597 |
| Fleet Management | 3,500 | 3,500 | 5,500 | 5,500 | 5,500 | 6,500 |
| Contracted Services | 0 | 176 | 0 | 46 | — | — |
| Liability Insurance | 685 | 742 | 869 | 882 | 1,120 | 663 |
| Public Relations | 3,259 | 1,476 | 11,500 | 12,683 | 10,660 | 7,458 |
| Subtotal — Operations | 8,192 | 10,825 | 25,266 | 26,128 | 25,214 | 21,321 |
| Capital | ||||||
| Fixed Assets | 7,851 | 17,268 | 3,177 | 944 | — | 4,665 |
| Subtotal — Capital | 7,851 | 17,268 | 3,177 | 944 | — | 4,665 |
| TOTAL FIRE PREVENTION | 18,306 | 93,466 | 100,900 | 111,065 | 116,385 | 135,802 |
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 | 151,600 | 147,400 | 146,700 |
Budget line items
| Expenditure | Budgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026 | Manager proposedFY 2026-2027 | Council approvedFY 2026-2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | 80,000 | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| Longevity | 3,500 | 3,600 | 3,600 |
| Salaries: Special | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| FICA | 6,300 | 6,600 | 6,600 |
| Group Life & Health Insurance | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| Retirement | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Workers Compensation Insurance | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Employee Education & Training | 3,400 | 3,400 | 3,400 |
| Disability Insurance | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Deferred Compensation | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,700 |
| Printing | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Member Dues & Registration Fees | 600 | 600 | 600 |
| Telepho ne | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Repairs and Maintenance Motor Vehicles & Equipment | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Travel | 3,200 | 3,300 | 3,300 |
| Office Supplies | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Clothing & Uniforms | 700 | 700 | 700 |
| Professional Supplies | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Gasolin e & Diesel | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Tires & Tubes | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| Vehicle & Equipment Parts | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Fleet Management | 6,500 | 6,500 | 5,800 |
| Other Contracts | - | 200 | 200 |
| Liability Insurance | 800 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Public Relations | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Fixed Assets | 7,500 | - | - |
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.
Retirement spending has documented budget context: the city provided for an additional contribution to its defined-benefit pension plan in FY2024–25. This is separate from changes in employee pay or staffing.
2023-2024 actual source · page 44 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 45
The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $6,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0702-5144), changing its budget from $7,000 to $13,000. This is its share of the $629,000 General Fund retirement increase, not a separately verified actual payment. Department pension amendment allocation · page 119.
The audited FY2025 discussion identifies the $629,000 retirement budget increase as an additional defined-benefit pension contribution. Audited pension amendment context · page 24.
Still unanswered: The budget allocation is documented; the actual pension postings are still needed to reconcile the annual retirement amounts and distinguish regular contributions from the additional contribution.
About these figuresWhat is included and what changed between reports.
Fire Prevention only, not the entire Fire Department. Accounting mappings do not establish unchanged staffing or responsibilities.
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.
The 2023–2024 line items add to $116,387; the city prints a total of $116,385. Both figures are preserved.
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: 83,993 earlier; 83,993 later. FY2022-23 grouped overlap agrees; source detail remains preserved.
- Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 26,128 earlier; 26,128 later. FY2022-23 grouped overlap agrees; source detail remains preserved.
- Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 944 earlier; 944 later. FY2022-23 grouped overlap agrees; source detail remains preserved.
- Actual 2019-2020: PDF page 41
- Actual 2020-2021: PDF page 41
- Actual 2021-2022: PDF page 40
- Actual 2022-2023: PDF page 44
- Actual 2023-2024: PDF page 44
- Actual 2024-2025: PDF page 45
How the years were matched
- The 2022-2023 column now uses the complete later FY2025-26 account breakdown. Its detail agrees with the previously displayed total; the earlier source column is archived.
- All six columns are explicitly labeled ACTUAL in original annual budgets. Numeric zero and printed dash are preserved distinctly; subtotal rows are excluded to avoid double counting.
- Sources: FY2022-23 PDF41 (printed39) supplies 2019-2020 and 2020-2021; FY2024-25 PDF40 (printed38) supplies 2021-2022 and 2022-2023; FY2025-26 PDF44 (printed36) supplies 2023-2024; FY2026-27 PDF45 (printed38) supplies 2024-2025. Recent source account prefix is 01-0702 (Prevention 702).
- FY2022-23 overlap: both books total 111,065 and every mapped numeric group agrees. Salaries 67,095 equals Regular 66,295 plus Special 800. Operation of Motor Vehicles 292 equals Tires & Tubes dash plus Vehicle & Equipment Parts 292. Earlier Printing zero and later Printing dash remain distinct source representations. Longevity has no earlier source row and a later printed dash.
- FY2023-24 overlap: all 26 account rows, source descriptions, amounts and printed dashes agree between the FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 books; total 116,385 agrees. No numeric overlap differences found.
- Salaries excludes Longevity, which is separately confirmed. Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues aligns with Member Dues & Registration Fees in the later printed account set. Repairs and Maintenance aligns with R&M Motor Vehicles & Equipment. Contracted Services aligns with Other Contracts. These reporting alignments do not prove the composition of older combined accounts or unchanged operational scope. No Coffee or Auto Licenses & Titles account is printed in these Prevention tables.
- FY2019-20 contains explicit zero Salaries, Fica, health insurance, retirement and workers compensation while later years report payroll. The substantial increase should not be interpreted as like-for-like service growth without further operational evidence.
- Original-source arithmetic discrepancies: FY2023-24 detail sums 116,387 versus printed total 116,385, a +2 difference repeated in both newer books. Personnel detail 91,173 versus printed subtotal 91,172 and Operations detail 25,214 versus printed subtotal 25,213 account for that difference. FY2024-25 detail total 135,802 agrees, but Personnel detail 109,816 versus printed 109,815 and Operations detail 21,321 versus printed 21,322 offset. Preserve all printed amounts; no balancing entries are invented.
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.