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2021 BUDGET - COST DRIVERS <br />•Contracted services: 10.8% of expenditures, overall costs up $34,848 <br />Contracted Information Technology costs up $21,030 <br />Assessor, Attorney, Auditor, Engineer, Inspector and Planner <br />services up $4,222. Engineering costs for small scale improvement <br />will be an Infrastructure Fund expense in 2021 <br />Miscellaneous service contracts are estimated to increase by $9,596 <br />•Insurance costs: 4.3% of expenditures, overall higher by $41,985 <br />Worker’s Compensation and Property and Liability coverages have <br />experienced rating increases in the prior and current renewal <br />periods beyond budget estimates <br />2021 BUDGET - COST DRIVERS <br />•Pass through costs: 2.4% of expenditures, costs down $127,350, decrease <br />primarily due to: <br />State Aid for the Fire Relief Association will go directly from the <br />State to PERA in 2021, budgeted at $52,083 in 2020 <br />City of New Brighton gasoline purchasing ending in January 2021, <br />sales decrease of $77,478 <br />•Remaining budget line items combined total $954,264 or 12.3% of <br />expenditures, net costs down $17,450 or 1.8% <br />This decrease is due to the annual street sealcoating expense will be <br />an expenditure of the Infrastructure Fund beginning in 2021 <br />25