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Traffic Control through the years

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

ExpenditureActual2019-2020Actual2020-2021Actual2021-2022Actual2022-2023Actual2023-2024Actual2024-2025
Personnel
63,37168,81260,98746,23279,84584,303
FICA4,4745,2324,5683,2575,4285,907
Group Life & Health Insurance14,56515,37816,65012,61020,66921,286
9,22310,2648,9206,94110,43117,568
Workers Compensation Insurance1,7901,1082,6461,6032,9812,746
Employee Education & Training4001,2702901005955,130
Disability Insurance210251224158277313
Deferred Compensation000
Subtotal — Personnel94,033102,31594,28570,901120,226137,253
Operations
Telephone00
192006,795372189,300
Clothing & Uniforms8706411,1894338801,025
Painting Supplies1,8345,4446427982,986
3,4127,1816417586571,211
Gasoline & Diesel8,7534,0963,6382,6043,4213,238
7,9322,0872,5441,2451,375473
Fleet Management10,00010,00015,00015,00015,00015,000
Contracted Services35,60224,70726,01548,71848,639117,069
Liability Insurance7,3047,2007,8428,24810,05714,551
Traffic Signs & Signal Supplies13,56219,94315,3158,08410,72718,252
Subtotal — Operations89,28881,49979,62185,46291,572183,105
Capital
Fixed Assets36,30562,926019,1119,34881,829
Subtotal — Capital36,30562,926019,1119,34881,829
Total Traffic Control219,626246,740173,906175,474221,146402,187
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 total372,800460,800457,800
Budget line items
ExpenditureBudgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026Manager proposedFY 2026-2027Council approvedFY 2026-2027
Salaries90,00093,00093,000
Overtime3,0003,0003,000
Longevity1,0001,1001,100
FICA6,6007,2007,200
Group Life & Health Insurance32,00019,00019,000
Retirement7,5007,6007,600
Retirement - 401A5,0006,4006,400
Workers Compensation Insurance2,5003,0003,000
Employee Education & Training3,0003,0003,000
Disability Insurance400400400
Deferred Compensation1,6001,6001,600
Auto Licenses & Titles---
Repairs and Maintenance Moto r Vehicles & Equipment200200200
Repairs and Maintenance Other5,000--
Clothing & Uniforms2,0002,1002,100
Painting Supplies5,0005,0005,000
Small Tools3002,5002,500
Traffic Signs & Signal Supplies19,00025,00025,000
Other Repai r & Maintenance Supplies1,00015,00015,000
Other Building Materials200200200
Gasoline & Diesel4,0004,0004,000
Tires & Tubes1,0001,0001,000
Vehicle & Equipment Parts2,5002,5002,500
Fleet Management30,00030,00027,000
Other Contracts102,000125,000125,000
Liability Ins urance15,00017,00017,000
Fixed Assets33,00086,00086,000

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 88

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

From FY2023–24 to FY2024–25, Contracted Services increased from $48,639 to $117,069, while Fixed Assets increased from $9,348 to $81,829. These are confirmed spending changes; their specific causes remain unresolved.

2023-2024 actual source · page 87 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 88

The source schedule reports the contract amounts under Other Contracts and the asset amounts under Fixed Assets. The schedule identifies the accounts but does not list the underlying purchases or vendors. Traffic Control actual expenditure schedule · page 88.

The later FY2026–27 budget describes contracts for interchange lighting, signal maintenance, line-marking materials and fiber repairs, and planned assets for signal controllers and network switches. These descriptions explain the types of work covered, but concern a later budget and do not establish what caused the FY2024–25 increase. Later budget priorities — context only · page 87.

The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $7,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0902-5144), 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: FY2024–25 purchase orders, invoices and contract amendments are needed to identify the projects and vendors behind these increases. Later planned purchases should not be substituted for those records.

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): Workers Compensation Insurance +1; Other Operating Supplies -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: 70,900 earlier; 70,901 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
  • Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 85,463 earlier; 85,462 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
  • Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 19,111 earlier; 19,111 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): Workers Compensation Insurance +1; Other Operating Supplies -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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