Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget
| 2023 Budgeted | 2024 Proposed | Net Change | Percent Change | |
| Appropriations | $12,560,485 | $14,605,398 | $2,044,913 | 16.3% |
| Positions & FTEs | 133 | 136 | 3 | 2.3% |
Departmental Highlights
- The Department of Procurement Services’s budget has increased significantly over the past two budget cycles, rising from roughly $8.5 million in total appropriations in 2021 to $12.5 million in 2023. The proposed 2024 budget would continue the trend, with a proposed increase to $14.6 million.
- The Department of Procurement Services budget is almost entirely personnel-related, with salaries and wages making up 85.3% of the department’s appropriations in the 2024 budget proposal.
- DPS would add a net three positions in the 2024 budget proposal: two procurement specialists (one senior-level) and an administrative assistant.
- The largest non-personnel appropriation increase in the 2024 DPS proposed budget is an additional $458,900 in professional and technical services, a roughly 52.1% increase over the previous year.
- The repair and maintenance of equipment appropriation saw the largest proportional increase, up nearly 800% from $2500 to $22,056.
Historical Context
The Department of Procurement Services’s budget has increased significantly over the past two budget cycles, rising from roughly $8.5 million in total appropriations in 2021 to $12.5 million in 2023, with a proposed increase to $14.6 million in 2024.
From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 9.2% per year. Departmental budgets overall increased an average of 5.9% per year over the same time period, while the total city budget including Finance General appropriations grew at an average rate of 8.2% annually.
The department’s budgeted workforce grew at a rate of roughly 5.8% annually from 2011-2023. Overall budgeted positions for the city remained relatively flat across the same time period, with minor year-to-year fluctuations averaging out to an overall growth rate of -0.04%.
Staffing
DPS would add a net three positions in the 2024 budget proposal: two procurement specialists (one senior-level) and an administrative assistant.
Appropriations
Largest Appropriations
The Department of Procurement Services budget is almost entirely personnel-related, with salaries and wages making up 85.3% of the department’s appropriations in the 2024 budget proposal.
Change from Previous Year
The largest non-personnel appropriation increase in the 2024 DPS proposed budget is an additional $458,900 in professional and technical services, a roughly 52.1% increase over the previous year.
The repair and maintenance of equipment appropriation saw the largest proportional increase, up nearly 800% from $2500 to $22,056.
