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Police Administration through the years

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

This division covers department oversight, records and court-related work. Division profile.

ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
173,773181,153112,338158,387250,193193,682
FICA11,49312,2037,79511,20218,44714,250
Group Life & Health Insurance31,88634,29219,50131,17433,50534,318
30,04932,28526,56824,01226,74344,055
Workers Compensation Insurance644399593515767981
Employee Education & Training8051,8651,0323,8004501,774
Disability Insurance645668374562683779
Deferred Compensation2,7051,8621,1531,5631,7953,530
Subtotal — Personnel252,000264,727169,354231,215332,583293,369
Operations
Postage & Box Rent081451134921
Freight & Delivery Service9838813817
Printing1,6711,0992,3282631,2752,445
58995540045073250
Telephone1,090821647735497490
Travel8571,1434922,8531,042
Office Supplies2,2893,7311,4711,2768921,223
Computer Supplies0529153230562338
Clothing & Uniforms00116161455
Gasoline & Diesel9317715041,151750642
3614470243034
Fleet Management5,0005,0005,0005,0005,0006,000
29,43722,17218,32010,54416,38214,721
Liability Insurance5,0955,1906,8138,15637,01414,407
Public Relations2,4202,2528052,41510,6381,024
State Charges - Court3,4669,60314,1017,0614,5159,631
Police Benefit Fund125650
Subtotal — Operations53,10453,52151,44640,43278,37452,540
Capital
Fixed Assets009252756588,894
Subtotal — Capital009252756588,894
TOTAL POLICE ADMINISTRATION305,104318,248221,725271,922411,615354,803
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 total353,000362,700362,100
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries197,000203,000203,000
Longevity2,3002,8002,800
Salaries: Special1,6001,6001,600
FICA15,00015,80015,800
Group Life & Health Insurance33,00035,00035,000
Retirement20,00020,00020,000
Retirement - 401A6,7007,3007,300
Workers Compensation Insurance1,5001,5001,500
Employee Education & Training3,0003,0003,000
Disability Insurance800800800
Deferred Compensation3,7004,0004,000
Postage & Box Rent300300300
Freight & Delivery Service300300300
Auto License & Titles-100100
Printing2,0001,5001,500
Publication of Reports & Legal Notices1,000500500
Member Dues & Registration Fees700700700
Telephone600600600
Repairs and Maintenance Motor Vehicle & Equipment500500500
Travel4,0003,5003,500
Office Supplies3,2003,0003,000
Computer Supplies1,3001,0001,000
Clothing & Uniforms1,0001,0001,000
Gasoline & Diesel1,9001,9001,900
Tires & Tubes1,000800800
Washing & Cleaning600600600
Vehicles and Equipment Parts1,000500500
Fleet Management5,0006,0005,400
Maint. Contracts Office Machines & Equip.2,0002,0002,000
Ties State Service-2,3002,300
Other C ontracts7,3007,5007,500
Liability Insurance15,00016,00016,000
Coffee & Related Items200800800
Public Relations8,0005,0005,000
State Charges - Court10,00010,00010,000
Police Benefit Fund500500500
Fixed Assets1,0001,0001,000

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 64 · Budget source · PDF page 65

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 63 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 64

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $19,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0601-5144), changing its budget from $21,000 to $40,000. 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.

Police Administration (0601) only, not the entire Police Department. Accounting categories do not establish unchanged responsibilities or staffing.

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: 231,216 earlier; 231,215 later. Grouped reporting alignment; underlying source differences remain visible in detail.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 40,431 earlier; 40,432 later. Grouped reporting alignment; underlying source differences remain visible in detail.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 275 earlier; 275 later. Grouped reporting alignment; underlying source differences remain visible in detail.
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.
  • Each column is an ACTUAL fiscal-year column from a later annual budget; source labels, zeros and dashes are preserved. Subtotals are excluded to avoid double counting.
  • FY2022-23 PDF36 supplies 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 actuals; FY2024-25 PDF35 supplies 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 actuals.
  • FY2025-26 PDF63-64 supplies 2023-2024 actuals; FY2026-27 PDF64-65 supplies 2024-2025 actuals. Later Administration is department 601, prefix 01-0601.
  • FY2022-23 printed total is 271,922 in both books. Detail differences: Disability 563 to 562; Printing 262 to 263; Office Supplies 1,281 to 1,276 with a new Auto License & Titles line of 5; Contracted Services 10,545 versus later components 10,544; State Charges - Court 7,060 to 7,061. Differences are retained, not silently reconciled.
  • FY2023-24 printed total 411,615 agrees between FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 books.

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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