The Gig Harbor City Council approved the proposed 2013 budget in unanimous decision at its recent meeting on Nov. 26.
The City of Gig Harbor's proposed budget totals $57,448,762 for the uses and resources for 2013.
The amount, which is a $1,819,213 increase from the 2012 budget, includes increases in capital outlays ($4.9 million) and personnel costs ($1.1 million). Meanwhile, the City will cut the budget for professional services and interfund transfers by $1.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
For 2013: Amount Total budgeted revenues $30.7 million Budgeted beginning fund balances total $16.3 million Interfund transfers $9.2 million Total budgeted expenditures $36.6 million Budgeted ending fund balances total $8.2 millionThe general fund accounts for 21 percent of the total expenditures, while special revenue and enterprise funds are 35 and 40 percent, respectively.
The general government debt service funds are 3 percent of the 2013 budgeted expenditures.
The 2013 budget also includes changes to the city staffing:
- Hire a Public Works Director
- Hire a Human Resources Analyst
- Hire an Administrative Receptionist
- Convert the temporary Community Development Assistance (created in 2012 to support temporary Senior Engineer) to a permanent position
- Continue the Information Systems Assistant at 1.0 full-time employee (originally budgeted at 0.75 but increased early in 2012 due to workloads demands)
- Hire 8 temporary summer works (6 for public works; 2 for sewer)
