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Information Technology through the years

Explore reported actual expenditures. Expand a line item to compare its reported amounts.

ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
65,07171,90068,10776,26584,69389,632
FICA4,2654,6184,3834,9685,9075,958
Group Life & Health Insurance12,36714,08614,92915,95013,59018,208
12,02813,21617,39117,09419,42130,838
Workers Compensation Insurance215133263286479490
Employee Education & Training2,2721,7959634,4753,44573
Disability Insurance245262254286316355
Deferred Compensation1,2661,2911,4181,5631,6871,817
Subtotal — Personnel97,729107,301107,708120,887129,538147,371
Operations
Freight & Delivery Service6842
Printing0021845
Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues650450399
Telephone4164667067779171,121
Repairs and Maintenance0
Travel006391,0306611,219
Office Supplies36819846812624
Computer Supplies3,4562,7191,5914,5918626,549
Gasoline & Diesel000
60,51176,19392,172133,408154,372172,095
Liability Insurance1,8161,9883,3953,4535,2165,920
Subtotal — Operations66,63281,56499,707143,313162,028187,972
Capital
Fixed Assets27,445113,59929,62949,42737,31178,302
Subtotal — Capital27,445113,59929,62949,42737,31178,302
Total Information Technology191,806302,464237,044313,627328,877413,644
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 total898,100597,500597,500
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries95,000179,000179,000
Longevity600700700
FICA9,8007,8007,800
Group Life & Health Insurance20,00023,00023,000
Retirement14,00014,00014,000
Retirement - 401A8,0006,8006,800
Workers Compensation Insurance500600600
Employee Education & Training6,0007,0007,000
Disability Insurance600500500
Deferred Compensation2,4002,5002,500
Printing100400400
Member Dues & Registration Fees1,0001,0001,000
Telephone1,0003,0003,000
Travel2,0002,0002,000
Office Supplies500700700
Computer Supplies6,0007,0007,000
Maintenance Contracts Office Machine & Equip.58,60065,00065,000
Other Contracts234,000160,000160,000
Liability Ins urance6,0006,5006,500
Fixed Assets432,000110,000110,000

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 53

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 52 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 53

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $13,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0403-5144), changing its budget from $14,000 to $27,000. 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. Information Technology division 403 only, excluding Purchasing, City Hall and Communications. The FY2022-23 narrative (PDF29) says IT was established FY2019-20 and the GIS technician transferred in FY2022; operational scope is not constant. Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies maps older R&M Other (both FY2022-23 zero/dash); do not invent older repair subdivisions. Later missing Freight, repair-supplies and fuel rows remain absent. FY2022-23 Retirement differs by -1 and Disability by +1 in later book, offsetting at department total. Printed detail differs from total in 2024-2025 (+1).

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: 120,887 earlier; 120,887 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 143,313 earlier; 143,313 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 49,427 earlier; 49,427 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.
  • Physical PDF pages: FY2022-23 31; FY2024-25 30; FY2025-26 52; FY2026-27 53. 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 413,645, printed total 413,644; detail-minus-total difference +1 retained.
  • FY2022-23 mapped overlap differences (older to later): Retirement: 17095 → 17094; Disability Insurance: 285 → 286. These are not adjusted away.
  • FY2023-24 repeated-source comparison: 01-0403-5212: — → absent; 01-0403-5362: — → absent; 01-0403-5512: — → absent. Totals: 328,877 → 328,877. Absent rows are not assumed zero.

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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