FY 17 Annual Report

General Fund Expenditures

2017

CITY OF SPENCER, IOWA

FIRE DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

The Spencer Fire Department is staffed by four full-time firefighters as well as the Fire Chief. In addition to the full-time, professional staff, a dedicated group of 25 paid on-call firefighters is ready and able to assist when called upon. The Department is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and responds to fire related calls as well as accidents and medical emergencies. Expenditures in FY17 were $50,260.87 (+11.35%) higher than FY16 expenditures. Increases were seen in all areas with the exception of the Commodities area. Salary increase can be attributable to the extra payroll discussed in the Police Department section of this report and the payout of accrued benefits for the Fire Chief. In addition, in FY17, the City modified it's uniform allowance policy by eliminating the ability for employees to carry a balance in their account, the increase in Employee Benefits accounts for the payout of accrued uniform balances for certain employees. The Department expended 86.07% of its budget in FY17. Doug Duncan, Fire Chief, retired in July 2016 after approximately 27 years of service. There were no additional full-time employees were added. Due to the nature of the paid on-call employees, it is not unusual for the Department to experience fluctuating levels on a yearly basis.

CURRENT BUDGET

YEAR TO DATE

% OF

ACTUAL FY 2016

ACTUAL

BUDGET

SALARIES & WAGES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS STAFF DEVELOPMENT REPAIRS, MAINT, UTIL CONTRACTUAL SVCS

457,725.00 3,500.00 9,000.00 60,000.00 8,350.00 34,000.00

398,043.90 2,243.37 5,696.00 56,864.66 3,677.06 26,262.11

86.96 64.10 63.29 94.77 44.04 77.24

1,712.41 359,546.77 4,349.77 47,130.69 1,026.92 28,759.67 156.00

COMMODITIES TRANSFERS

156.00

156.00

100.00

442,682.23

TOTAL FIRE

572,731.00

492,943.10

86.07

GENERAL FUND