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
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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