FY2011 Arlington Fire Department Annual Report FY 2011

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 2011 General Fund Operating Budgets City Population Dallas Tax Rate General Fund Budget Fire Department Cost -Per Capita 1,197,816 0.797000 $1,006,046,874 $163 Fort Worth 741,206 0.855000 $531,369,924 $151 Arlington 365,438 0.648000 $198,049,421 $108 Plano 259,841 0.488600 $216,987,225 $170 Garland 226,876 0.704600 $134,086,244 $121 Irving 216,290 0.576100 $169,504,476 $151 Grand Prairie 175,396 0.669998 $94,615,524 $128 Mesquite 139,824 0.640000 $97,560,354 $163 Carrollton 119,097 0.617875 $74,851,308 $147 99,223 0.575160 $94,180,002 $169 Richardson Average $147 Source: Individual cities’ adopted budget documents Of North Texas’ Top 10 most populated cities, AFD has the lowest per capita cost. FY 2011 General Fund Budget FY 2011 General Fund Operating Budget Police 41% Parks & Rec 7% Fire 20% Working Together to Make Arlington Better. Strategic Support 13% Economic Development & Capital Investment 10% Policy Admin 3% Community Libraries Svcs 3% 3% 12 FY 2011 General Fund Budget Strategic Support $25,853,178 Economic Dev $18,812,198 Policy Admin $5,787,697 Community Svcs $6,059,390 Libraries $6,892,704 Fire $39,603,280 Parks & Rec $13,664,479 Police $81,375,496

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