Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget
| 2023 Budgeted | 2024 Proposed | Net Change | Percent Change | |
| Appropriations | $7,877,273 | $9,844,715 | $1,967,442 | 25.0% |
| Positions & FTEs | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0.0% |
Departmental Highlights
- Overall headcount remained unchanged, with 41 positions total and minor title changes.
- MOPD saw a significant increase in pass-through spending to delegate agencies in the 2024 budget proposal, making it the largest departmental appropriation at $8 million. Professional and technical services (outside contracting) appropriates another $2.8 million.
- The appropriation for delegate agencies saw the largest single-category increase, up $5.2 million from 2023, a roughly 190% increase.
Historical Context
From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 7.7% 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 1.6% 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
Overall headcount remained unchanged, with 41 positions total and minor title changes.
Appropriations
Largest Appropriations
MOPD saw a significant increase in pass-through spending to delegate agencies in the 2024 budget proposal, making it the largest departmental appropriation at $8 million. Professional and technical services (outside contracting) appropriates another $2.8 million.
Change from Previous Year
MOPD’s 2024 proposed budget adds a new appropriation for reimbursement to travelers and eliminates a matching and supplementary grants appropriation.
The appropriation for delegate agencies saw the largest net increase, up $5.2 million from 2023, a roughly 190% increase.
