CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG – GENERAL FUND – FISCAL YEAR 2014
Public Safety - Departments included in this classification are Police, Parking Garage, consolidated E-911 Dispatch, Fire, Sheriff, Group Home Commission, Animal Control, and Medical Examiner. The City participates in the VA Peninsula Regional Jail Authority. Jail costs are level for FY 2013, and a 5.7% reduction for FY 2014, at $1.2 Million based on City population at the Jail. Total public safety expenditures will increase by about 1.8% next year. The City will continue its partnership with the regional E-911 dispatch services operated by York County. Staffing levels remain unchanged for FY 2014.
EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS
Public Safety (millions)
$10 $9 $8 $7 $6 $5 $4 $3 $2 $1 $0 Actual FY 2011
Actual FY 2012
Budget FY Adopted FY 2013 2014
Public Works
Public Works – Engineering, Streets, Refuse Collection, Landfill, Municipal Center, Codes Compliance, Rental Properties, Landscaping and Cemetery make up the Public Works section of the budget. Overall costs for FY 2014 are anticipated to be up 1.4%. The City’s annual street resurfacing program was transferred to the capital projects fund for FY2011, and remains there. Refuse collection and Landscaping will remain level next year. Street department costs will increase by 4.5%, largely because of increasing electricity costs of City-wide lighting. Maintenance for all City-owned buildings will be up slightly for FY 2014.
(millions)
$3.5
$3.0
$2.5
$2.0
$1.5
$1.0
$0.5
$0.0 Actual FY 2011
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Actual FY Budget FY Adopted FY 2012 2013 2014