2013 Annual Budget - City of Bremerton

City Auditor
The City Auditor’s total budget has remained unchanged
at $173k. The budget provides for 1.2
FTE’s.
Law Enforcement
The Police Department’s budget is increased
$114k from 2012. The budget includes an increase
of .40 FTEs to increase the Community
Resource Specialist from a .60 FTE to 1.0 FTE.
The budget also includes an unfunded Sergeant
position.
To help offset expenditures, the department was
able to secure $28.5k in grant funding for the
City’s Community Resource officer in 2013. A
transfer from the Police Special Projects Fund is
increased from $200k to $275k in 2013 to support
personnel costs associated with the Police Special
Operations Group.
Fire/Emergency Medical Services
Total expenditures for the Fire Department are
reduced by $50k compared to 2013 with no reductions
in personnel. Due to the decease in the
City’s assessed valuation, budgeted EMS property
taxes have been reduced by $63k.
Police & Fire Pension
The Police and Fire Pension 2013 budget includes
a decrease over 2012 of $51k. Reduced Fire pension
payments are the primary reason for the decrease
due a reduced number of beneficiaries.
Program costs have increased by $67 and are anticipated
to remain constant during the next several
years due to increases in outpatient health
care costs. The costs associated with this program
are the result of legislative decisions made years
ago that went unfunded at that time and there are
presently no dedicated funding sources for the
City to meet these obligations. The City continues
to fund current year expenditures with current
Budget Summary
year General Fund revenue. Excluding fund balance,
the total budget of $2.493 million represents
approximately 7.2% of the total General Fund
budget.
General Facilities
The adopted budget for facilities is decreased by
approximately $64k. Though discretionary maintenance
items have been deferred for several
years, emphasis is placed on maintaining the
structural integrity of facilities throughout the
City. A roof repair/replacement is budgeted at the
police station in 2013, and as funds become available,
major maintenance and capital improvement
projects will be carefully evaluated so that additional
expense will not be incurred due to delaying
necessary repairs.
Parks and Recreation
The total proposed 2013 Parks Recreation and
Maintenance budget has decreased by $48k compared
to 2012. The majority of the cost savings
is due to a reduction in force of 1.0 FTE due to a
vacant parks laborer position. Total supplies and
services have also been reduced by 2%. A $25k
subsidy payment to the YMCA for pool operations
continues in 2013.
Engineering
City-wide Engineering personnel and supplies
and service costs continue to be allocated and
budgeted in one cost center within the General
Fund in 2013, $2.09 million. Though three FTEs
are located in the DCD permit center, total personnel
expense will remain in the engineering
budget. Engineering staff remains unchanged for
2013.
Recoverable charges for services for work performed
by engineering staff (for capital projects
and utilities operations and maintenance) total
$1.7 million. Total net expense to the General
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