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Purchasing through the years

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

ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
52,95764,80765,32150,73074,13773,119
FICA3,4364,3044,0863,2535,2705,456
Group Life & Health Insurance9,98813,38214,71111,44613,93013,643
3,57912,61912,34310,53810,69817,192
Workers Compensation Insurance0891321723831,392
Employee Education & Training7191094,6941571,050
Disability Insurance194241245190232265
Deferred Compensation000
Subtotal — Personnel70,87395,551101,53276,486104,650112,117
Operations
Freight & Delivery Service750
Printing17004437545
4,6573,92323,65817,4194,8361,248
Telephone420382364315371372
Travel3,3401,6505,1931,5306,844
Office Supplies1320197320597289
Contracted Services20,6104,8909602092,93098
Liability Insurance1,8161,9883,3253,3725,2025,903
Subtotal — Operations31,22012,83334,14023,16514,01114,799
Capital
Fixed Assets1,3850931505540
Subtotal — Capital1,3850931505540
Total Purchasing103,478108,384136,603100,156119,200126,916
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 total93,40098,10098,100
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries52,00053,00053,000
Overtime1,0001,0001,000
Longevity1,1001,2001,200
FICA4,0004,2004,200
Group Life & Health Insurance11,00011,00011,000
Retirement4,5004,5004,500
Retirement - 401A3,6003,7003,700
Workers Compensation Insurance400400400
Employee Education & Training1,1001,0001,000
Disability Insurance300300300
Deferred Compensation1,0001,0001,000
Printing300300300
Publication of Reports & Legal Notices1,0001,4001,400
Subscriptions500--
Member Dues & Registration Fees500700700
Telephone500500500
Travel2,5002,1002,100
Office Supplies600600600
Other Contracts1,5005,0005,000
Liability Insurance6,0006,2006,200
Fixed Assets---

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 41

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 40 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 41

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $7,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0401-5144), changing its budget from $8,000 to $15,000. 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 100,156, compared with 100,157 in the older report. Older Administration division within Purchasing, IT & Emergency Services maps to later Purchasing 401 under Finance. It excludes City Hall, IT and Communications, and excludes the later Finance Department rollup. Salaries combines regular pay, overtime and longevity; the earlier source breakdown is retained without inventing subdivisions. FY2022-23 old 50,730 equals later 50,659 + 71. FY2022-23 total is 100,157 older versus 100,156 later. FY2023-24 total 119,200 is preserved although account detail sums 119,201. Printed detail differs from total in 2023-2024 (+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: 76,487 earlier; 76,486 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 23,165 earlier; 23,165 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 505 earlier; 505 later. Source-backed broad section; detail and scope discrepancies retained in history notes.
  • Actual 2019-2020 (Purchasing, IT & Emergency Services — Administration): PDF page 30
  • Actual 2020-2021 (Purchasing, IT & Emergency Services — Administration): PDF page 30
  • Actual 2021-2022 (Purchasing, IT & Emergency Services — Administration): PDF page 29
  • Actual 2022-2023 (Purchasing, IT & Emergency Services — Administration): PDF page 40
  • Actual 2023-2024 (Purchasing): PDF page 40
  • Actual 2024-2025 (Purchasing): PDF page 41
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 100,156, compared with 100,157 in the older report.
  • Physical PDF pages: FY2022-23 30; FY2024-25 29; FY2025-26 40; FY2026-27 41. 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.
  • 2023-2024 printed detail sums 119,201, printed total 119,200; detail-minus-total difference +1 retained.
  • FY2022-23 mapped overlap differences (older to later): Retirement: 10539 → 10538; Employee Education & Training: 156 → 157; Disability Insurance: 191 → 190. These are not adjusted away.
  • FY2023-24 repeated account amounts and total agree between newer books (119,200).

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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