FY2013 Arlington Fire Department Annual Report FY 2013

Newsletter Title Page 10 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. FY2013 General Fund Operating Budgets Per Capita Budget City Population Dallas Tax Rate General Fund Budget Fire 1,197,816 0.797000 $1,041,303,167 $169 Fort Worth 746,290 0.855000 $583,836,315 $163 Arlington 380,084 0.648000 $200,681,827 $112 Plano 261,350 0.488600 $230,749,054 $171 Garland 227,726 0.704600 $136,361,880 $118 Irving 218,850 0.598600 $173,707,087 $154 Grand Prairie 175,960 0.669998 $103,713,956 $141 Mesquite 139,870 0.640000 $97,400,633 $163 Carrollton 129,209 0.617875 $177,891,873 $148 Richardson 101,200 0.635200 $99,815,248 $172 Average $151 Population and Tax Rate Source: City of Irving FY 2012-2013 Adopted Operating Budget Operating General Fund Budget from each city's FY 2012-2013 Budget Dispatch and Ambulance Service excluded if the municipality provides service Of North Texas' Top 10 most populated cities, AFD continues to have the lowest per capita cost. FY2013 General Fund Budget FY2013 General Fund Budget Strategic Support 13% $25,299,726 Policy Admin 3% $6,229,478 Capital Investment & 9% $18,653,351 Economic Dev Code Compliance 3% $5,127,659 Fire 21% $42,709,030 Libraries 4% $7,126,786 Parks & Rec 7% $13,988,822 Police 43% $85,987,700 DUTY / HONOR Working Together to Make Arlington Better. / COMPASSION 10 / EXCELLENCE

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