FY2010 Arlington Fire Department Annual Report FY 2010 | Page 12
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As stewards of public funds, the leaders of the Arlington Fire Department apply innovative and
responsible business practices to maximize service delivery at a reasonable cost. This approach
has enabled us to achieve significant efficiencies, resulting in lower per capita operational costs than
our fire service peers in the region.
FY 2010 General Fund Operating Budgets
Per Capita
Budget
City
Population
Tax Rate
Dallas
Fort Worth
Arlington
Plano
Garland
Irving
Grand Prairie
Mesquite
Carrollton
Richardson
1,316,350
736,200
370,650
265,000
229,600
213,700
168,500
139,550
122,100
101,200
0.747900
0.855000
0.648000
0.473500
0.699600
0.540600
0.669998
0.640000
0.617875
0.575160
General Fund
Budget
Fire
$1,018,358,684
$528,401,543
$194,621,571
$219,048,795
$131,575,912
$176,362,533
$98,097,926
$96,596,161
$76,871,267
$91,687,440
$153
$143
$104
$162
$117
$166
$131
$161
$147
$167
Average
$145
Source: City of Irving
Of North Texas’ Top 10 most populated cities, AFD has the lowest per capita cost.
FY 2010 General Fund Budget
Strategic Support
Policy Admin
Capital Investment
Economic Dev
Community Svcs
Fire
Libraries
Parks & Rec
Police
Working Together to Make Arlington Better.
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$23,218,757
$6,034,700
$12,384,399
$7,112,748
$6,426,307
$38,535,711
$6,879,260
$13,906,861
$80,122,827