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Street Maintenance through the years

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

ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
202,618214,072173,979203,948246,166256,114
FICA15,14616,12813,20215,19318,58518,408
Group Life & Health Insurance35,86340,43933,72339,56441,87366,988
31,11433,43731,56330,81432,55552,658
Workers Compensation Insurance7,8745,1328,0455,4527,3278,034
Employee Education & Training2,075
Disability Insurance7537836527488421,043
Deferred Compensation2,0781,1822,2873,0713,1562,218
Subtotal — Personnel295,446311,173263,451298,790350,504407,538
Operations
Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues450250223150400
Telephone5385663804228001,022
Repairs and Maintenance1,356179547576456342
Travel700
Clothing & Uniforms1,8071,4613,5262,0022,1492,381
2,7621,9632,7882,7472,8022,626
Gasoline & Diesel15,0869,16511,19513,14211,6539,868
5,7405,3123,5185,4874,8999,133
Fleet Management45,00045,00050,00050,00050,00050,000
Contracted Services000280542201
Liability Insurance1,9089671,7501,0361,6901,223
56,58635,75058,41426,30735,76021,814
Storm Water Supplies61,4577,392010,56615,865507
Strip Paving1,940,63213,48701,485,076368,682
Subtotal — Operations2,133,329121,492132,341112,7151,611,692468,199
Capital
Fixed Assets23,587003,525
Subtotal — Capital23,587003,525
Total Street Maintenance2,452,362432,665395,792415,0311,962,196875,737
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 total1,106,6001,100,2001,095,200
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries244,000242,000242,000
Overtime5,0005,0005,000
Longevity5,3003,7003,700
FICA18,60018,60018,600
Group Life & Health Insurance70,00064,00064,000
Retirement23,00022,00022,000
Retirement - 401A12,00012,00012,000
Workers Compensation Insurance9,0009,0009,000
Employee Education & Training4,0004,0004,000
Disability Insurance1,0001,0001,000
Deferred Compensation4,5004,5004,500
Auto Licenses & Titles100100100
Members Du es & Registration Fees1,5001,5001,500
Telephone9001,7001,700
Repairs and Maintenance Motor Vehicle & Equipment2,0002,0002,000
Travel500500500
Clothing & Uniforms3,1004,1004,100
Other Operating Supplies2,5002,5002,500
Painting Su pplies---
Small Tools2,5002,5002,500
Storm Water Supplies30,00020,00020,000
Asphalt90,00090,00090,000
Concrete-12,00012,000
Gasoline & Diesel17,00017,00017,000
Tires & Tubes3,0003,0003,000
Vehicle & E quipment Parts5,0005,0005,000
Fleet Management50,00050,00045,000
Strip Paving500,000500,000500,000
Other Contracts100300300
Liability Insurance2,0002,2002,200
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 86

What the records showRelated decisions, supporting records, and unanswered questions.

Strip Paving fell from $1,485,076 in 2023–24 to $368,682 in 2024–25. Meeting records describe paving being concentrated into the earlier year.

2023-2024 actual source · page 85 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 86

A February 9, 2024 finance memorandum says paving was not done in FY2022 and FY2023 and that the FY2025 allotment was planned for use in the current year. This supports a timing explanation for the uneven annual spending. February 2024 finance memorandum · page 18.

A May 8, 2024 Public Works memorandum proposed adding Tellico Avenue and deferring remaining Sweetfield Valley Road work. It estimated the revised project at $1,931,915.02 against a $2,040,000 purchase order. These are project estimates and an order amount, not payments. May 2024 paving scope memorandum · page 41.

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $23,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0903-5144), changing its budget from $25,000 to $48,000. 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: Invoices and payment dates are still needed to match the project costs to each fiscal year. The memoranda provide context, not a transaction-level reconciliation.

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 415,031, compared with 415,030 in the older report. Later source detail differs from its printed total by -1; both are retained. FY2022-23 later detail rows sum to $415,030 but its printed total is $415,031. The selected older actual total $415,030 is retained. The $100 Steel account joins Asphalt in Materials for Road Repairs because their $26,307 overlap agrees exactly; later Concrete joins that road-materials reporting group. FY2022-23 detailed overlap differences (later minus earlier): Deferred Compensation +1; Gasoline & Diesel -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: 298,789 earlier; 298,790 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 112,716 earlier; 112,715 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 3,525 earlier; 3,525 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. Its printed total is 415,031, compared with 415,030 in the older report. Later source detail differs from its printed total by -1; both are retained.
  • 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 later detail rows sum to $415,030 but its printed total is $415,031. The selected older actual total $415,030 is retained. The $100 Steel account joins Asphalt in Materials for Road Repairs because their $26,307 overlap agrees exactly; later Concrete joins that road-materials reporting group.
  • FY2022-23 detailed overlap differences (later minus earlier): Deferred Compensation +1; Gasoline & Diesel -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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