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Expenditures: <br /> <br />• Personnel costs – 69.0% of expenditures, costs increased by $249,844 or 5.01% <br />• The Unions wage increases at the 2020 contracts amounts. <br />• Health Insurance premium increase of 8.3% is shared 50/50 by City and the Union <br />and Non-union employees Consistent with the Union contracts. <br />• Union Longevity and Step increases. <br />• Employer PERA contribution increased by 0.75% for Police and Fire, mandated by <br />legislation impact. <br /> <br />• Contracted services – 10.4% of expenditures, overall increase of $107,466 <br />• Construction permits inspection costs down due to less baseline activity <br />anticipated $5,157. <br />• Assessor, Attorney, Auditor, Engineer and Planner services reflect rate and activity <br />increases, cost up $36,613. <br />• Contracted Information Technology costs up $19,171. <br />• Funding for shared cost of a Communication staff position with IDS 282 at <br />$50,000. <br /> <br />• Other Insurance costs – 3.8% of expenditures, overall costs lower by $2,141. <br />• Property, casualty and liability costs increased by $6,734 or 5.0%. <br />• Worker’s compensation costs decreased $8,875 or 5.6%. <br /> <br />• Pass through costs – 4.4% of expenditures, up $21,986. <br /> <br />• Lower gasoline costs / Lower gasoline reimbursements. <br />• Offset by greater Public safety training/OT and Public Work costs reimbursed. <br /> <br /> <br />• Remaining budget line items – 12.4% of overall expenditures or $937,119, costs up <br />$12,262 or 1.3%. <br /> <br />Revenues: <br /> <br />• Transfer of Liquor operating profits increased by $50,000 based on 2019 expected <br />operating results. <br />• Increase in Local Government Aid of $55,680 approved by State legislature for 2020. <br />• Additional $14,356 Excess Tax Increment collections projected for 2020. <br />• Increase in 2020 charges for Police contracted services of $33,867. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The HRA Budget and Levy cost driver is substantially personnel and professional costs. <br />Therefore the proposed Levy increase for the HRA is 8.7% or $14,810. <br /> <br />The 2020 Debt Related Levies are proposed to increase by $6,295 over the 2020 combined <br />levies. A debt levy reduction program (Peak to Plateau) began in 2014 to stabilize the annual <br />increase in levies created by the annual street reconstruction plan. Without the use of resources <br />committed to this program the impact of 2020 street bonds issued along with existing debt <br />service requirements would have required a 9.80 % increase in the overall Levy. <br />16