2006 Budget
The 2006 budget maintains a low property tax rate, while continuing the city's commitment to providing quality services and protecting the long-term viability of the community.
Budget Fast Facts
| | Adopted 2006 | Change from Previous Year |
| Total budget: |
$ 225,274,000
|
$ 5,772,450 |
| Operating budget: |
$ 96,325,667
|
$ 6,505,3667
|
| Current revenues: |
$ 139,854,641 |
$ 4,839,876 |
| Mill levy: |
9.037
|
0.000 |
| Full-time employees: |
875 |
30 |
Highlights:
- Increased resources for Public Safety, including the addition of nine full-time positions in the Police Department, nine firefighters in the Fire Department and two security officers in the Municipal Court.
- Increased resources for traffic and infrastructure. The 2006 budget continues the enhanced level of maintenance funding begun in 2005. The additional funding is dedicated to the streets, curb and gutter maintenance program along with a contribution for the replacement of hardware (traffic signals, streetlights and underground cabling for both) as it wears out due to age or material failures. The budget also includes the addition of a traffic engineering technician.
- For the first time since the 2002 budget, the addition of six personnel outside the area of public safety is included in the budget. Most of these positions are funded from the strategic redeployment of existing resources and increases in user fee revenue.