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8 results for “public employee benefits” · budget

  • TOWNSHIP OF BETHLEHEM 2025 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AS OF OCTOBER 18, 2024

    Oct 18, 2024

    ·Bethlehem, PA
    Budget

    The Township of Bethlehem 2025 budget assumptions document, dated October 18, 2024, outlines wage increases, staffing changes, and revenue assumptions for the upcoming fiscal year. Wage and fringe benefit increases include 3.0% for AFSCME and Teamsters employees (CBAs expiring 12/31/26), 3.5% for police and non-bargaining staff, 5.9% for library staff, 17.7% for medical insurance, and 55.57% for pension mandatory minimum obligations. The township is hiring two police officers and two truck drivers in 2025. The budget proposes no increases to the millage rate, sewer billing rate, or stormwater fees, with stormwater in year 4 of a 4-year model with a proposed rate lock. Current debt service from Series 2021 bonds matures in Spring 2027, with no new debt service proposed for 2025. Budget hearings are scheduled for October 24, October 29, and November 7, with first public reading on November 18 and final adoption on December 16.

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  • Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Building the Phoenix of Tomorrow

Phoenix, AZ
Budget

This is the Seventy-Eighth Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the City of Phoenix Employees' Retirement System, a component unit of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, covering fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The report presents financial statements, actuarial data, investment performance, and administrative information for the retirement system. The document includes an independent auditor's report, management's discussion and analysis, statements of fiduciary net position and changes in fiduciary net position, and schedules addressing net pension liability, employer contributions, investment returns, administrative expenses, and benefit provisions. The system received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and a Public Pension Standards Award for Funding and Administration.

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  • NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

    Jersey City, NJ
    Budget

    The New Jersey Economic Development Authority presents audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 as a component unit of the State of New Jersey. The statements comprise basic financial statements including statements of net position, revenues and expenses, cash flows, and fiduciary net position, along with required supplementary information covering net OPEB liability, OPEB contributions, employee benefit trust investment returns, and pension liabilities under the Public Employees' Retirement System. The independent auditors issued an unqualified opinion that the financial statements present fairly the Authority's financial position and changes in financial position in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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  • Analysis of the Mayor’s Recommended Budget Estimate for the City of

    Syracuse, NY
    Budget

    Bonadio & Co., LLP prepared an analysis of Syracuse, New York's Mayor's Recommended Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, submitted to the City Common Council on April 30, 2025. The analysis examines revenue, expenditure, and fund balance trends to identify concerns such as unusual growth, reliance on one-time revenue sources, and fund balance depletion. Syracuse, a city of approximately 146,000 residents, faces ongoing financial challenges typical of older urban centers, including modest revenue growth heavily dependent on sales tax, property taxes, and state aid that has not consistently kept pace with rising expenditures in employee benefits, public safety, and infrastructure maintenance.

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  • Oakland Financial Breakdown

    Oakland, CA
    Budget

    Oakland's fiscal year 2019 audited financial report, analyzed by Truth in Accounting, shows the city entered the coronavirus pandemic with a "D" grade financial rating and a total debt burden of $2.3 billion, or $17,000 per taxpayer. Oakland had only $1.7 billion in assets available to pay $4 billion in bills, creating a $2.3 billion shortfall driven primarily by unfunded retirement obligations: $1.9 billion in unfunded pension benefits and $927.8 million in unfunded retiree health care benefits out of $6.5 billion in total promised retirement benefits. The city ranked 67th out of 75 cities in financial health and lacked sufficient reserves to weather pandemic-related revenue losses, with overall debt expected to increase as a result of the crisis.

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  • TOWN OF NORFOLK PRELIMINARY BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2024

    Norfolk, VA
    Budget

    The Town of Norfolk's Fiscal Year 2024 preliminary budget totals $50,232,583, representing a 6.6% increase of $3,107,917 from the FY 2023 budget of $47,124,666. The largest increases are in Education ($1,780,087 or 7.3%), Employee Benefits and Insurance ($577,329 or 9.4%), and Exempt Debt ($424,281 or 16.5%), while minor decreases occur in Department of Public Works (-1.6%) and Human Services (-4.2%). General Government, Public Safety, and other departmental allocations show modest increases, with notable changes including salary adjustments in Human Resources (15.9%) and Information Technology expenses (10.8%).

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  • FY2025 Budget Presentation Dennis Rogero Chief Financial Officer

    Tampa, FL
    Budget

    The FY2025 recommended budget totals $1,827.3 million across all funds, with the General Fund at $652.9 million (35.7%) and Enterprise Fund at $735.9 million (40.3%). Major revenue increases include $20.3 million from property taxes, $18.6 million from other taxes, and $15.0 million from miscellaneous revenues, while expenditure increases are driven by $36.5 million in salary and benefits adjustments, including negotiated raises of 4.5% for police, fire, and transit unions and 3% for non-collective bargaining employees. The budget includes five new full-time positions and maintains a general fund balance target of 23-28%, with fire and police expenditures totaling $388.9 million and $53.9 million allocated to tax increment financing revenues for Community Redevelopment Agencies.

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  • COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

    Tulsa, OK
    Budget

    The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016 documents the city's complete financial position and performance, prepared by the Finance Department under Director Michael P. Kier, CPFO, and Controller David W. Bryant, CPA, with oversight by Mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. The report contains government-wide financial statements (Statement of Net Position and Statement of Activities), fund-specific financial statements for governmental, proprietary, and fiduciary funds, and discretely presented component units. Required supplementary information includes detailed pension liability schedules for the Municipal Employees Retirement Plan (MERP), Oklahoma Firefighters Pension, and Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (OPPRS), along with post-employment benefits funding progress and General Fund budget-to-actual comparisons on a budgetary basis.

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