A few of the Audit Stats

City Admin is roughly 30% lower than our peer group of cities and is 21% of the General Fund Budget

Public Works is 43% lower than our peer group of cities and is 15% of the General Fund Budget - Water and Sewer Fund pay the rest of Public works cost

Park & Recreation is 46% lower than our peer group of cities and is 6% of the General Fund Budget

Public safety is slightly more than our peer group at .05% higher than our peer group of cities and is 49% of budget

Economic Development increased dramatically last year as we put more resources into this area as we are 450% higher than our peer group of cities but it still only accounts for 5% of our budget. 

Total City operations are 16% lower than our peer group of cities

The most exciting aspect is our continued reduction of non-enterprise fund debt which is the debt we have beyond the water/sewer fund debt.... this is the debt we have the most control over year to year. Debt per capita in this category has gone from $1,904 per man woman and child to $689 - a  64% reduction of debt per capita..... 

The water fund is in balance now after a number of actions over the past year and only the sewer fund is out of balance and will need a rate increase to pay the bad debt left us from the wild days of rapid residential growth.