Garibaldi is much smaller, but I looked anyway (more for my curiousity). 
Garibaldi's Admin Dept. expenses are 14.6% of the Gen. Fund, and a mere 
2.8% of the overall budget. (Our general fund includes admin, fire, 
planning, police, property and interdepartmental)

At 12:17 PM 6/26/2006, you wrote:
>John:
>
>Our Administrative budget for FT 2005-06 is $2,605,696 out of a total 
>General Fund Budget of $5,557,754, but includes $1,058,235 in contingency 
>and another $1,146,661 in reserves, so a little over $400,000 is for Admin 
>support.  That consists of 4 part-time clerks in the Muni Court and 
>Attorney's Office, City Planner, Asst. City Attorney, MC Judge, and 
>Economic Development Coord.
>
>Brian Little
>City Administrator
>City of St. Helens
>503.366.8211
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Hitt [mailto:jhitt@ci.lebanon.or.us]
>Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:02 AM
>To: Oregon City/County Management Association
>Subject: [occma] Administrative Costs in Budget
>
>The first question of the week, aimed at cities of 10K to 25 K population, 
>is:  Approximately what percentage of your General Fund budget, and/or 
>total City budget, does your Administrative function represent?  And, 
>roughly speaking, what does the Administrative function entail?  That is, 
>does it include HR, City Attorney? Direct City Council costs, etc.?  Or is 
>it more limited to the City Manager office alone and his/her direct support?
>
>This question is triggered by the oft repeated charge, by one of our 
>councilors, that Lebanon's "administrative costs are too high."  Now, I 
>know he figures the city should be saving at least my salary, but I wasn't 
>sure if otherwise we are roughly "on target" with these costs?
>
>John Hitt
>City of Lebanon
>
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