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Human Resources through the years

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ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
116,855118,859115,646112,554138,485145,195
FICA8,2588,5478,7518,56510,14910,512
Group Life & Health Insurance16,83618,14915,77016,91224,77332,280
21,66623,25721,46319,26224,36639,518
Workers Compensation Insurance430266395401767785
Employee Education & Training1,9499901,2091,882653250
Disability Insurance444448419431533601
Deferred Compensation1,8941,9321,6992,6052,7993,013
Unemployment Insurance3,7115,79841,8093,005
Subtotal — Personnel172,043178,246165,356162,612204,334235,159
Operations
Freight & Delivery Service0027
Printing00963545
5521,0326399321,179998
Telephone387449373489386424
3,7742,0603,3993,2153,5332,742
Office Supplies712154228101,2293,165
Contracted Services10,6528,02412,7439,35224,3246,876
Liability Insurance1,9462,0583,3953,4435,2025,903
19,04814,33720,10915,62116,34216,030
Subtotal — Operations37,07128,11440,80333,86252,23036,183
Capital
Fixed Assets1,4760170
Subtotal — Capital1,4760170
Total Human Resources210,590206,360206,329196,474256,564271,340
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.

BudgetBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Department total278,900294,700294,700
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries148,000152,000152,000
Longevity2,0002,2002,200
FICA11,80012,00012,000
Group Life & Health Insurance32,00025,00025,000
Retirement14,00014,00014,000
Retirement - 401A10,30010,60010,600
Workers Compensation Insurance800900900
Unemployment Insurance10,0004,0004,000
Employee Education & Training3,0003,0003,000
Disability Insurance700700700
Deferred Compensation3,0003,1003,100
Freight & Delivery Service100--
Printing300100100
Publication of Reports & Legal Notices200100100
Subscriptions700--
Member Dues & Registration Fees2,5002,5002,500
Telephone500500500
Travel2,4002,7002,700
Employee Auto Allowance2,1002,1002,100
Office Supplies2,0002,0002,000
Other Contracts11,00029,20029,200
Liability Insurance6,0006,5006,500
Surety Bonds---
Christmas Luncheon & Gifts10,00011,00011,000
Flowers500500500
Employee o f the Quarter---
Other Activities5,00010,00010,000

A dash means no numeric amount is shown in that source cell. No proposal is substituted for a missing approved amount.

Budget source · PDF page 51

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 50 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 51

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $14,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0301-5144), changing its budget from $15,000 to $29,000. 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.

The 2022-2023 column uses the complete later FY2025-26 account schedule; the older source column is archived. Its printed total is 196,474, compared with 196,473 in the older report. Human Resources division 301. Activities groups Christmas Luncheon & Gifts, Flowers, Employee of the Quarter and Other Activities; FY2022-23 components sum 15,621, matching older Activities. Retirement and Travel aggregate their later subdivisions. FY2022-23 FICA and total both increase by 1 in the later source (196,473 older versus 196,474 later). Surety Bonds is grouped under Liability Insurance. Printed detail differs from total in 2024-2025 (+2).

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.

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Section reconciliation and differences
  • Personnel: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 162,611 earlier; 162,612 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 33,862 earlier; 33,862 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 0 earlier; 0 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
How the years were matched
  • The 2022-2023 column uses the complete later FY2025-26 account schedule; the older source column is archived. Its printed total is 196,474, compared with 196,473 in the older report.
  • Physical PDF pages: FY2022-23 28; FY2024-25 27; FY2025-26 50; FY2026-27 51. 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.
  • 2024-2025 printed detail sums 271,342, printed total 271,340; detail-minus-total difference +2 retained.
  • FY2022-23 mapped overlap differences (older to later): FICA: 8564 → 8565. These are not adjusted away.
  • FY2023-24 repeated account amounts and total agree between newer books (256,564).

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.

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