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9/5/2025 <br />5 <br />PERSONNEL COSTS OTHER THAN POLICE <br />37% of expenditures <br />The 2026 base wage increase is based a 3% COLA for all union contracts, also <br />applied to non-union positions <br />The wage and payroll expense increase for non-police positions is $412,852, this <br />includes an estimate of $304,725 of wages PERA and FICA for 3 additional fire <br />positions, if approved <br />Health insurance premiums are increasing an average of 6.7 % which is shared <br />50/50 by the city and the employees. <br />The 2026 impact of the shared increase is $106,926 assuming the same employee <br />elected coverage from 2025 are applied to 2026 and additional amounts for 3 new <br />fire positions. Removing the 3 FD positions would reduce the increase by $49,032. <br />2026 Budget Cost Drivers <br />CONTRACTED SERVICES <br />9% of expenditures <br />Contracted Services are expected to increase $122,300 based on actual 2025 <br />costs and known increases <br />Contracted information technology costs up $49,274. <br />A large share is due to costs associated with police services and is shared with <br />police partners. <br />Building Permit expense is being considered to move to a fixed cost share in <br />partnership with another city vs the current cost share with a contracted vendor. <br />This expense increase is $70,866 which is expected to be offset by an increase in <br />the net permit revenues retained by the city. <br />2026 Budget Cost Drivers <br />9 <br />10 <br />27