Winners and Losers: Comparing This Year's Budget to Last
Fri., Aug. 22, 1997
The highlights here are a 34% increase in the Transportation Fund, and the fee on your utility bill that goes with it, and employment cuts in the Electric Utility, due to restructurings that EU managers said last year were impossible.
| Budget in Millions of $ | FTEs (Employees) | Change from Last Year | ||||
| 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | Jobs | Money | |
GENERAL FUND | ||||||
| Public Safety | $146.8 | $153.9 | 2783.5 | 2849.0 | +65.5 | +$7.1 |
| Public Works/DRI | $18.6 | $18.0 | 301.0 | 294.0 | -7.0 | -$0.6 |
| Parks/Libraries | $33.1 | $34.1 | 686.8 | 683.9 | -2.9 | +$1.0 |
| Health & Human Services | $52.6 | $49.1 | 339.6 | 323.9 | -15.7 | -$3.5 |
| Admin/Miscellaneous | $52.3 | $56.8 | 1421.7 | 1416.0 | -5.7 | +$4.5 |
| TOTAL | $303.4 | $311.9 | 5532.6 | 5566.8 | +34.5 | +$8.5 |
OTHER DEPARTMENTS | ||||||
| Airport | $27.6 | $29.9 | 194.0 | 214.0 | +10.0 | +$2.3 |
| Convention Center | $9.7 | $8.7 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 0 | -$1.0 |
| Electric Utility | $693.9* | $678.8 | 1232.1 | 1154.8 | -77.3 | -$15.1* |
| PARD Enterprise Funds | $6.7 | $6.9 | 54.0 | 59.0 | +5.0 | +$0.2 |
| Solid Waste | $29.2 | $31.9 | 365.5 | 366.5 | +1.0 | +$2.7 |
| Transportation Fund | $10.6 | $15.5 | 166.0 | 160.0 | -6.0 | +$4.9 |
| Water/Wastewater | $188.5 | $212.1* | 1050.0 | 1040.0 | -10.0 | +$23.6* |
| Watershed Mgmt | $20.3* | $18.1 | 158.0 | 164.0 | +6.0 | -$2.1* |
| TOTAL | $1,016.5 | $1001.9 | 3329.7 | 3268.3 | -61.4 | -$14.6 |
| *These utility figures reflect transfers into Capital Budget for debt management. | ||||||
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