The Signal Hill City Council approved a nearly $33 million budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 on Tuesday, allocating the largest portion to the police department.
The budget lays out how much money each public department will receive in a fiscal year. While the City usually plans and adopts the budget annually, in 2022 the City Council approved a biennial budget.
As part of the biennial budget, the City Council adopted a budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 while simultaneously approving a prospective budget for fiscal year 2023-2024.
The 2022-2024 budget book states “The purpose of preparing a two-year plan is to promote stability and consistency in operations—including programs, services, and staffing—over a two-year period while still maintaining the flexibility to respond to new information.”
The budget approved on Tuesday had some changes compared to the proposed budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year that was approved by the City Council in 2022. The budget proposed in 2022 allocated $30.9 million for this upcoming fiscal year, compared to the adopted budget of $32.9 million approved on Tuesday.
The City’s overall budget has increased by over $10 million over the past two years, from around $22 million for fiscal year 2020-2021 to $32.9 million for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Each year the Signal Hill Police Department receives the most funding. The money allocated to police has steadily increased alongside the overall budget each year, from $9.1 million in fiscal year 2020-2021 to $12.9 million in fiscal year 2023-2024.
Among the purchases the SHPD will make in the coming year are the continued upgrading of the police radio system, the purchase of new cameras and a cloud-based storage system.
The fiscal year 2023-2024 budget allocates the following amounts to each City department:
- $12.9 million for Police
- $6.3 million for Public Works
- $4.9 million Finance, IT and non-department expenses
- $4.3 million for Legislative & Administration
- $2.5 million for Parks, Recreation & Library Services
- $1.5 million for Community Development
Money in the Signal Hill budget comes mostly from sales tax, which accounts for 75%. The second highest earning source of revenue for the City is property taxes, which accounts for 7% of money in the City’s general fund. Oil production taxes account for only 1%.
Signal Hill City Council meetings are held biweekly on Tuesdays at 7 p.m, and can be watched online live or as a recording on Granicus.
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