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Public Safety department outlines $774 million general-fund plan, attributes many line-item shifts to coding changes
Summary
Fiscal director Tricia Wenzel presented the Department of Public Safety's 2025 plan (division figures for police, fire and support services) and told council 91.2% of the proposed budget funds personnel; she said large increases or decreases in some line items largely reflected re-coding of existing staff and contracts rather than new spending cuts or additions.
Tricia Wenzel, fiscal director for the Department of Public Safety, presented the department's proposed 2025 general fund budget and answered detailed questions from council about staffing, community programs and training lines.
Wenzel described division-level figures for 2025 and said the department is planning recruit classes and cadet programs: "Our proposed 2025 general fund budget is broken down into 4 division budgets," she said, listing the division of police and division of fire among others, and added that "91.2…
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