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Acceptance of the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 CCPD Budget submitted by the Deer Park Police Department.
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Summary:
The Deer Park Police Department has prepared a proposed budget for the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. Under a separate agenda item, the Board will be asked to schedule a public hearing on the proposed budget on June 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
Revenues: the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget includes total revenues of $2,795,848. Sales tax revenues of $2,000,000 represent an 8% increase from the current budget and is approximately 13% less than the revenue received in the most recently completed fiscal year 2023-2024. The estimate for the current fiscal year is 3% less than the actual collections received in the prior fiscal year. These estimates are based on stable sales tax trends experienced by the District for the last three years. To help compensate for the decrease in the District’s fund balance due to the cost of the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and relieve the burden on the District’s fund balance, a transfer of $693,977 from the City’s Asset Replacement Fund has been included in the 2025-2026 budget to cover capital costs. To balance the proposed 2025-2026 budget, an additional $96,871 from prior year revenue is needed to fund operations.
Expenditures: the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget includes total expenditures of $2,795,848. This amount includes $2,101,871 of operating expenditures and $693,977 of capital outlay. Operating expenditures include salaries and benefits for a total of nine positions funded by the District, including two new DOT Officers, software, equipment rental, radios, and grounds maintenance at the firing range. Capital expenditures include the purchase of seven new patrol vehicles, including two trucks for the new DOT Officers, the equipment needed to outfit the new patrol units, eight portable wheel load scales, and Done program equipment.
This is not the final budget document, since additional information may become available prior to the vote by the Board of Directors to approve the FY 2025-2026 Budget on July 7, 2025. We are currently in the process of evaluating a cost of labor adjustment, insurance premiums, and employee reclassifications, which have not yet been determined. Related adjustments or other expenditures would be reflected in the final document. Any such changes will be addressed at the District’s July 7, 2025 Board meeting to adopt the budget for submission to City Council.
Recommended action
Accept the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 CCPD Budget.