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Street Cleaning through the years

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

ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
336,386349,149356,778360,261407,521416,505
FICA24,09425,59625,46325,78629,69930,306
Group Life & Health Insurance67,79576,68688,92792,60992,32999,791
50,84955,23452,89951,03652,70690,649
Workers Compensation Insurance8,1944,9777,9015,15112,46013,729
Employee Education & Training2,150
Disability Insurance1,2261,2881,3071,3581,5201,659
Deferred Compensation3,4884,2623,3934,2694,1004,414
Subtotal — Personnel492,032517,192536,668540,470600,335659,203
Operations
Telephone57514730420485
6,4972,9479,8461,0349,6145,360
Agriculture & Horticulture Supplies2,3419027792,4611434,887
Clothing & Uniforms3,2533,5857,1373,8803,2513,829
2,1143,9729811,3981,0934,551
Gasoline & Diesel38,84237,77576,17970,02051,85240,192
56,96252,17638,60667,07452,132101,837
Fleet Management160,000160,000200,000200,000200,000200,000
Contracted Services39,22448,17830,22737,73433,34032,772
Liability Insurance8,35510,8644,7854,8666,2029,113
Sand and Salt09557,8652,50414,54813,786
Street Washing693788595583751968
Subtotal — Operations318,338322,193377,047391,584373,346417,780
Capital
Fixed Assets080022,706
Subtotal — Capital080022,706
Total Street Cleaning810,370839,385913,715932,854973,6811,099,689
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 total1,077,0001,096,8001,076,800
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries425,000436,000436,000
Overtime9,0009,0009,000
Longevity10,60010,90010,900
FICA33,00035,00035,000
Group Life & Health Insurance113,000119,000119,000
Retirement40,00038,00038,000
Retirement - 401A14,00015,00015,000
Workers Compensation Insurance14,00014,00014,000
Employee Education & Training2,0002,0002,000
Disability Insurance1,7001,7001,700
Deferred Compensation8,3008,3008,300
Auto Licenses & Titles---
Telephone500900900
Street Washing1,5001,5001,500
Repairs and Maintenance Motor Vehicles & Equipment8,0008,0008,000
Repairs and Maintenance Other300300300
Agriculture & Horticulture Supplies5,0005,0005,000
Clothing & Uniforms5,6006,3006,300
Other Ope rating Supplies2,0002,0002,000
Small Tools1,5004,0004,000
Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies2,0002,0002,000
Sand & Salt10,00010,00010,000
Steel400400400
Gasoline & Diesel50,00050,00050,000
Tires & Tubes17,00017,00017,000
Vehicle & E quipment Parts46,00046,00046,000
Fleet Management200,000200,000180,000
Other Contracts45,00045,00045,000
Liability Insurance9,5009,5009,500
Fixed Assets2,100--

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 81

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 80 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 81

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $41,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0905-5144), changing its budget from $44,000 to $85,000. 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. FY2022-23 detailed overlap differences (later minus earlier): Gasoline & Diesel -1; Operation of Motor Vehicles +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: 540,470 earlier; 540,470 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 391,584 earlier; 391,584 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 800 earlier; 800 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
How the years were matched
  • The 2022-2023 column uses the complete later FY2025-26 account schedule; the older source column is archived.
  • All columns are actual expenditures from the identified annual budget page, not estimates or appropriations. Source zeros, negative values, account descriptions and printed dashes are retained.
  • Reporting group comparisons do not establish unchanged operational scope.
  • FY2022-23 detailed overlap differences (later minus earlier): Gasoline & Diesel -1; Operation of Motor Vehicles +1.

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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