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Total Cost 227, 718 Total Cost 204,204, 504504 TotalTotal CostCost 78, 993
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Executive Budget Summary
Citizens of
Fort Walton Beach
city
Council
City Clerk City Manager City Attorney
2. 50 FTE 11 11 2. 00 FTE 1 1
Administrative Financial Police Recreation
ngineering & Utility Fire
Services Services Services Sery ices Services Services
5. 00 FTE 94. 08 FTE 16. 00 FTE 37 00 FTE 59. 99 FTE 73. 38 FTE
Uniform Patrol
Human Building Accounting Advanced Life Athletics —
Resources Inspections & Support K -9 Patrol
Adult & Youth
Permitting
Auditing
Information Fire Suppression Recreation
Criminal
ode Enforcement Budgeting Centers and
Technology
9Y Investigations
Fire Prevention
Purchasing Programming
Insurance & CRA & CDBG
Fire Inspection Community
Risk Debt Service & Grounds
Engineering Policing
Management
9 Management Hazardous Maintenance:
Crime Prevention Parks, Right-Of-
g
Facilities Materials
TreasuryTreasury Response Way and
Communications
Garbage Collection Cemetery
Utility Billing Fire Education Records
Planning Library
Contingencies &
Support Services
Streets & Transfers Museum
Stormwater Mgmt
School Crossing Golf Club
Guards
Water Production & Operations
Distribution Reserve Officers
Sewer Collection
DATE OF INCORPORATION: June 16, 1941
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Council & Manager PAVED STREETS: 92. 65 miles
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: 7. 41 square miles SIDEWALKS: 62. 80 miles
TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE: $ 1, 114,258, 123 WATER & SEWER LINES: 241. 15 miles
CITY MILLAGE RATE: 4.5383 STORM DRAIN: 41. 64 miles
POPULATION: 19, 534 POLICE STATIONS: 1 FIRE STATIONS: 2
EMPLOYEES: 349 positions, 289.20 FTE' s LIBRARIES: 1 MUSEUMS: 3
SWORN POLICE OFFICERS: 43 18 -HOLE GOLF COURSES: 2
FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL: 36 ACRES OF PARKS: 182.70
City of Fort Walton Beach, FL
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Budget Overview
The fundamental purpose of the City' s budget is to link what we want to accomplish for the
community with the resources necessary to do so. As such, the budget offers more than just
financial elements — it presents an overview of the City's total operations. This document is
intended to provide City Council and our citizens with a plan addressing financial, operational,
and policy issues. The budget serves as a:
Policy Document — The budget presents
financial policies, addresses Vision and
Strategic Plan goals, and identifies the short
We are committed to providing quality service to
and long -term impacts programs, services,
our community in ways that are responsive and
and capital improvements will have on the caring by working together to serve our residents.
City' s operations and finances. We believe that the success of our organization
depends upon the teamwork, mutual trust, and honesty
Financial Plan — The budget outlines the
achieved through our commitment to the following
financial structure and operational changes Core Values:
required for financial stability, including the Integrity: we will conduct ourselves in an
capital improvements program and debt
honest, trustworthy, and ethical manner.
management information. Accountability: we will take full responsibility
for our actions, resources, and attitudes.
Operations Guide — The budget provides
Teamwork: we will work together to provide
direction to departments by identifying the
quality services.
relationships between organizational units and
Customer Service: we will be professional, use
programs, identifying the workforce and all available resources, and strive to meet the
historical data on operations, identifying the needs of our customers.
impact of capital spending, and establishing Continual Improvement: we will promote
