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2021 BUDGET -COST DRIVERS <br />•Contracted services: 11% of expenditures, overall costs up $47,794 <br />Contracted Information Technology costs up $21,030 <br />Ramsey County Elections Contract up $11,800 <br />Assessor, Attorney, Auditor, Engineer, Inspector and Planner services up $4,222. Engineering costs for small scale improvement will be an Infrastructure Fund expense in 2021 <br />Miscellaneous service contracts are estimated to increase by $9,596 <br />•Insurance costs: 4.5% of expenditures, overall higher by $56,316 <br />Worker’s Compensation and Property and Liability coverages have experienced rating increases in the prior and current renewal periods beyond budget estimates <br />2021 BUDGET -COST DRIVERS <br />•Pass through costs: 2.3% of expenditures, costs down $138,032, decrease primarily due to: <br />State Aid for the Fire Relief Association will go directly from the State to PERA in 2021, budgeted at $52,083 in 2020 <br />City of New Brighton gasoline sales end in January 2021, along with lower purchase by the ISD 282 and MWMO sales decrease of $79,813 <br />•Remaining budget line items combined total $883,454 or 11.5% of expenditures, net costs down $88,259 or 9.1% <br />This decrease is due to the $35,000 in annual street sealcoating expense will be an expenditure of the Infrastructure Fund beginning in 2021 <br />Additionally, lower fuel costs, less grant related expenditures and miscellaneous reductions in activities make up the balance of the decrease <br />47