FY2010 Arlington Fire Department Annual Report FY 2010 | Page 12

Newsletter Title Page 12 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. 12 $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