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Dade City staff detail $67 million draft budget; commissioners flag vehicle requests, GPS tracking and pay questions
Summary
City staff presented a draft budget of just over $67 million and reviewed vehicle replacement and new-vehicle requests, a proposed fleet GPS program, and staffing/payroll questions. Commissioners asked for clearer breakdowns, pay-grade spreadsheets and side-by-side comparisons of lease versus purchase options.
City staff told the Dade City commission at a workshop that the city’s consolidated draft budget stands at just over $67,000,000, a figure staff said includes capital projects, personnel and conservative inflation assumptions.
The budget discussion is consequential because commissioners flagged that the current draft is more than $10 million higher than the prior year’s budget and includes several large capital asks that could be spread over multiple years. Staff emphasized that some of the increase reflects capital projects previously saved for (for example, the wastewater treatment plant and certain CRA-eligible projects) and pay-related adjustments tied to a recently completed salary study.
Finance and departmental staff reviewed vehicle requests that factor into capital planning. Replacement requests in the upcoming fiscal year mentioned by staff include a water department replacement truck ($50,000), a wastewater replacement truck…
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