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City explains budget coding changes that make some line items look larger
Summary
Finance Director Aspen said the apparent jump in some department lines — including police 'other professional services' and legal services — largely reflects moving contracts and previously embedded legal costs into more specific budget categories, not new net spending increases.
City staff told the council that some large line-item changes are the result of reclassification rather than new spending. Aspen said the Tooele County dispatch contract (about $157,000) was shifted from a police 'dues and fees' line into 'other professional services' so the contract is categorized more appropriately; the police department's other lines were adjusted accordingly.
Aspen also explained that legal services had been moved out of a general city hall budget into a standalone legal department this year, which makes the legal department's budget appear higher than prior years but improves transparency about legal spending. "That contract alone with the Tooele County for dispatch services is a $157,000," Aspen said in explanation of the reallocation.
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