A proposed extension of Chicago’s collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 would cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars over a three-and-a-half-year period – and would include the largest set of city employee raises in Chicago’s recent history.

The potential deal, announced by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration in late October, would update and extend the city’s contract with its rank-and-file police officers. Sergeants, lieutenants and captains have their own respective units, which often bargain simultaneously for the same or similar terms when their contracts are up for renewal. The FOP is the largest union of City of Chicago employees, with roughly 11,000 represented positions included in the 2024 budget approved by City Council, more than twice the size of the next-largest union, representing the city’s fire fighters.

Chicago’s current FOP contract dates to 2014, when Mayor Rahm Emanuel reached an agreement with the bargaining unit that covered retroactively from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017. Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2023 extended the contract through 2025, again including benefits retroactive to the expiration of the original agreement and adding several sweeteners that increased the cost-per-position of FOP-represented employees.

While formal language has yet to be introduced for City Council approval, the Johnson administration has publicly proposed an extension through 2027. As described in the announcement, the contract and series of scheduled salary hikes would  increase the police budget by hundreds of millions of dollars over the length of the agreement.

Scheduled Salary Increases

Johnson’s proposal includes a 5% salary bump for FOP-represented police in 2024 and 2025, up from the 2.5% and 2% raises for those years that were agreed upon in the Lightfoot administration’s extension. A larger raise for 2024 was not included in the roughly $2 billion appropriation for the police department passed by City Council earlier this month, meaning approval of a contract with Johnson’s proposed terms would immediately put the city approximately $27.7 million over budget for 2024. 

Raises in 2026 and 2027 would be tied to inflation but limited to between 3% and 5%, for a total increase between 16% and 20% over the three and a half years of contract extension. (Police contracts begin and end midyear, meaning the agreement would only cover the first half of 2027, with any raises or benefits changes from July onward left to a future agreement.)

At the city’s current level of FOP employment – just over 11,000 officers budgeted, as of the 2024 budget proposal approved by City Council earlier this month – those raises would add up over the course of the contract’s three and a half years to an additional $188-207 million. The city’s budget for FOP salaries could rise to as high as $1.35 billion by 2027 under the proposed agreement, up from $1.11 billion in the current 2024 budget.

Police contracts have historically caused budget spikes following ratification, largely due to the need to pay for retroactive benefits, but the Johnson proposal as currently described would see a substantially steeper and more sustained increase than the Emanuel or Lightfoot contracts provided. The chart below projects overall salary and per-position salary cost increases under the Johnson proposal based on the 2024 budgeted FOP positions and salaries, assuming a median 4% inflation for the variable years, no change in headcount, and no additional salary increases in the second half of 2027:

Averaging between roughly 4.57% and 5.71% annually, depending on inflation, the proposed raises would be substantially larger than any the city has agreed to with any of its bargaining units, including police unions, since at least the 1990s. A 1999 FOP contract included a 16% salary increase over four years, or 4% annually; agreements with other city bargaining units have historically included smaller raises, averaging out to about 2.5% annually.

Recent city agreements have included inflation-chained flexibility, as in Johnson’s proposed FOP contract, using the CPI-U index of urban area prices as the baseline for inflation and setting a 3% floor and 5% ceiling. Similar provisions were included in a Lightfoot-era agreement with AFSCME and an earlier Johnson administration contract with the Coalition of Unionized Public Employees (an umbrella group of trade and other smaller unions that negotiate jointly with the city), but without the guaranteed 5% increases for the first two years of the contract, making the overall average annual increase smaller than Johnson’s FOP offer.

Retention Bonus

In addition to the scheduled salary increases, Johnson’s deal includes a one-time $2,500 per officer retention bonus, paid to the entire FOP-represented workforce. The 2024 budget includes 11,013 FOP-represented positions, which would create a total retention bonus cost of roughly $27.5 million if all budgeted positions are filled. Combined with the unbudgeted portion of the 2024 raises, that would put the city approximately $55.2 million over its planned police department budget for the first year of the contract.

The one-time payment is intended to replace a $2,000 annual bonus for officers with more than 20 years of service, an FOP proposal that the city initially rejected but that was added to the contract by arbitration when the city and FOP failed to come to an agreement. 

As of the Sept. 1, 2023, start date established by the arbitrator, the city had at least 2,617 FOP-represented officers with 20 years of service or more, according to data from the Office of Inspector General’s public safety dashboards, which would work out to a 2023 cost of roughly $5.2 million under the arbitrated retention bonus rules. 

As many as 1,366 additional currently-serving officers could become eligible by Sept. 1, 2026, the last eligibility date covered by the Johnson proposal, potentially increasing the annual cost of retention bonuses to nearly $8 million (assuming all currently-serving officers remained on the force through their eligibility date). 

Depending on retirements, the current arbitrated agreement would most likely become more expensive for the city than the Johnson administration’s proposed one-time payment by 2027 or 2028. Realizing cost savings from a one-time payment therefore relies on the administration’s ability to successfully prevent annual retention bonuses or further one-time payments from re-entering the FOP contract through negotiations or arbitrations until at least 2028.

Approval of any of the Johnson administration’s proposals rests with City Council, which is expected to consider a proposed contract in its workforce development committee once the administration submits final language. The committee is currently scheduled to next meet on Thurs., Dec. 7.

At least some of the committee’s deliberations will likely focus on a recent arbitration decision allowing officers facing serious discipline (termination or suspension of more than one year) to opt for private arbitration, rather than a public hearing before the Police Board as currently called for in city ordinance. In a public statement, Johnson said he would urge the council to reject that language. Johnson’s press secretary and then-floor leader Carlos Ramirez-Rosa suggested in October that the administration would attempt to introduce two separate packages for a vote, one on the arbitration issue and one on the fiscal and benefits language of the contract.

Based on the publicly announced terms, City Council’s decision on the salary and benefits offer will be a potentially costly one –hundreds of millions of dollars more than the current contract – and a potentially historic one, with an unprecedented pay hike of 4.57-5.71% for the city’s rank-and-file police officers on the table. 

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• The Department of Law’s annual budget increases have grown in recent years, accelerating the department’s overall budget growth while headcount remained steady, in part due to increasing outside contracting costs.
• DoL headcount remained unchanged from the 2023 budget, with minor title changes.
• As with most departments, personnel costs make up the bulk of DoL’s appropriations, with salaries and wages the largest cost category by far. The department’s largest non-personnel appropriation in the 2024 proposal is $1.2 million for outside contracting via the professional and technical services appropriation.
• Salaries and wages saw the largest single-category appropriation increase, followed by a roughly $110,000 increase in dues, subscriptions and memberships, more than tripling the previous year’s appropriation.
• The elimination of the fringe benefits appropriation resulted in the department’s largest savings in the 2024 proposal, eliminating roughly $1.5 million from the budget.

Historical Context

The Department of Law’s annual budget increases have grown in recent years, accelerating the department’s overall budget growth while headcount remained steady, in part due to increasing outside contracting costs. 

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 2.3% 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 declined at a rate of roughly -0.1% 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

DoL headcount remained unchanged from the 2023 budget, with minor title changes.

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

As with most departments, personnel costs make up the bulk of DoL’s appropriations, with salaries and wages the largest cost category by far. 

The department’s largest non-personnel appropriation in the 2024 proposal is $1.2 million for outside contracting via the professional and technical services appropriation.

Change from Previous Year

Salaries and wages saw the largest single-category appropriation increase, followed by a roughly $110,000 increase in dues, subscriptions and memberships, more than tripling the previous year’s appropriation. 

The elimination of the fringe benefits appropriation resulted in the department’s largest savings in the 2024 proposal, eliminating roughly $1.5 million from the budget.

The city’s Department of Human Resources manages the city’s hiring, firing and employee discipline administration, including the civil service testing and application process. DHR also manages payroll, benefits and other major HR functions.

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• The Department of Human Resources saw one of the largest budget and staffing increases of the previous year’s budget cycle, nearly doubling its number of budgeted positions, including 16 new Recruiting Coordinator positions and 13 new Onboarding Specialist positions. The 2024 budget increases DHR’s appropriations by a further 14.4%, a smaller increase but still significantly higher than the department’s historical average or the overall city budget growth.
• Headcount was up a net three positions: an additional recruiting coordinator, and one position each in the new titles Director of Classification and Compensation and Director of Training and Development.
• Like most city departments, DHR’s appropriations are predominantly personnel-based, with salaries and wages on payroll the largest cost category by far. The majority of DHR’s appropriations increase comes from increases in personnel cost categories, including a roughly $400,000 increase in the Salary Provision appropriation, up from roughly $30,000 the previous year.

Historical Context

The Department of Human Resources saw one of the largest budget and staffing increases of last year’s budget cycle, nearly doubling its number of budgeted positions, including 16 new Recruiting Coordinator positions and 13 new Onboarding Specialist positions.

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 8.0% per year, largely driven by the 2023 budget increase. 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 5.1% annually from 2011-2023, again primarily driven by growth in the most recent budget cycle. 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

Headcount was up a net three positions: an additional recruiting coordinator, and one position each in the new titles Director of Classification and Compensation and Director of Training and Development.

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

Like most city departments, DHR’s appropriations are predominantly personnel-based, with salaries and wages on payroll the largest cost category by far.

Change from Previous Year

The majority of DHR’s appropriations increase comes from increases in personnel cost categories, including a roughly $400,000 increase in the Salary Provision appropriation, up from roughly $30,000 the previous year.

The Department of Administrative Hearings is a quasi-judicial body authorized to administer hearings on ordinance violations that do not include a penalty of imprisonment. Administrative hearings offer an alternative to full court cases for low-level traffic violations, building code violations, and similar non-violent, city-level offenses.

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• Net headcount remained the same as in the 2023 budget, with 40 positions total. A pair of eliminated administrative positions were replaced by increases in the project coordinator and staff assistant titles.
• Outside contracting via the professional and technical services appropriation is DAH’s largest single-category cost (despite a slight decline from the previous year), followed by salaries and wages.
• Salaries and wages and IT maintenance saw the largest year-to-year cost increases. The 2024 proposed budget also significantly increases the department’s appropriation for students as trainees, up from roughly $8600 in 2023 to approximately $40,000 in 2024.

Historical Context

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 1.2% 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 declined at a rate of roughly -0.7% 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

Net headcount remained the same as in the 2023 budget, with 40 positions total. A pair of eliminated administrative positions were replaced by increases in the project coordinator and staff assistant titles.

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

Outside contracting via the professional and technical services appropriation is DAH’s largest single-category cost (despite a slight decline from the previous year), followed by salaries and wages.

Change from Previous Year

Salaries and wages and IT maintenance saw the largest year-to-year cost increases. The 2024 proposed budget also significantly increases the department’s appropriation for students as trainees, up from roughly $8600 in 2023 to approximately $40,000 in 2024.

The Board of Election Commissioners is established under state elections law and technically is part of the judicial branch, but receives operational funding from the City of Chicago. BoEC oversees Chicago’s polling places and ballot processes, including vote-by-mail.

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• Board of Election Commissioners appropriations are cyclical, with expenses rising in preparation for election years and dropping off after. A significant portion of the department’s election-year workforce is temporary hires, while permanent staff levels stay relatively consistent year-to-year.
• Headcount increased by a net one position, with the addition of a new programmer position accompanying minor title changes.
• Salaries and wages made up the largest appropriation for BOEC in the 2024 budget proposal, followed by professional and technical services. More of the department’s large appropriations are hardware/software related than most other city departments, due to BOEC’s handling of voting machines and election-day communications.
• The largest single-category appropriation increase came in a more than tripling of the department’s Centrex telephone billing budget, up from roughly $625,000 to over $2.5 million.
• Appropriations in the 2024 budget are down in most of the election cycle-related categories, in keeping with the department’s historical trend of ramping up spending during the odd-numbered, municipal-cycle years directly ahead of state/federal primaries and general elections, and then tapering off in the years after. The “extra hire” appropriation used for the department’s temporary election personnel roles is down $8.6 million from 2023, with reductions in outside contracting, postage/freight, rental, graphic services, and legal costs as well. 

Historical Context

Board of Election Commissioners appropriations are cyclical, with expenses rising in preparation for election years and dropping off after. A significant portion of the department’s election-year workforce is temporary hires, while permanent staff levels stay relatively consistent year-to-year.

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 15.0% per year, driven by large investments in the most recent election cycles. 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 declined at a rate of roughly -0.2% 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

Headcount increased by a net one position, with the addition of a new programmer position accompanying minor title changes. 

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

Salaries and wages made up the largest appropriation for BOEC in the 2024 budget proposal, followed by professional and technical services. More of the department’s large appropriations are hardware/software related than most other city departments, due to BOEC’s handling of voting machines and election-day communications. 

Change from Previous Year

Appropriations in the 2024 budget are down in most of the election cycle-related categories, in keeping with the department’s historical trend of ramping up spending during the odd-numbered, municipal-cycle years directly ahead of state/federal primaries and general elections, and then tapering off in the years after. The “extra hire” appropriation used for the department’s temporary election personnel roles is down $8.6 million from 2023, with reductions in outside contracting, postage/freight, rental, graphic services, and legal costs as well. 

The largest single-category appropriation increase came in a more than tripling of the department’s Centrex telephone billing budget, up from roughly $625,000 to over $2.5 million.

The city treasurer is one of three elected city-wide officials, along with the mayor and the clerk. The treasurer manages the city’s bank accounts, as well as its pension and investment funds. 

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• In the past two budgets, the treasurer’s office appropriation for wages and salaries has increased by nearly $1 million, with nine new positions added.
• Net headcount remained unchanged at 39 positions. Titles and roles have shifted significantly, however, with portfolio manager positions reduced from 11 to six, a new First Deputy City Treasurer title added, and the total number of Assistant to the City Treasurer positions increased from three to 11. The Assistant to the City Treasurer position is the same one that two former top aides accused the treasurer of filling with unqualified candidates and using to run personal errands on city time, an accusation the treasurer has denied.
• The professional and technical services appropriation has grown in recent years, more than doubling since the 2021 budget. Holding steady in the 2024 proposal, it remains the second-largest City Treasurer appropriation at $928,772.
• All Treasurer’s office appropriations either increased or remained steady, with no cuts in any appropriation accounts. Salaries and wages saw the largest increase, followed scheduled salary adjustments. 

Historical Context

The treasurer’s office underwent leaps in budgeted appropriations and staff positions during Mayor Emanuel’s second term, and again in the last two years of Mayor Lightfoot’s administration.

In the past two budgets, the treasurer’s office appropriation for wages and salaries has increased by nearly $1 million, with nine new positions added. Over the same two years the office’s professional and technical services (outside contracting) appropriation roughly doubled, from approximately $469,000 in 2021 to $929,000 in 2023. The department also added new appropriations for reimbursement to travelers, students as trainees, and graphic services.

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 12.4% 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 5.9% 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

Net headcount remained unchanged at 39 positions.

Titles and roles have shifted significantly, however, with portfolio manager positions reduced from 11 to six, a new First Deputy City Treasurer title added, and the total number of Assistant to the City Treasurer positions increased from three to 11.

The Assistant to the City Treasurer position is the same one that two former top aides accused the treasurer of filling with unqualified candidates and using to run personal errands on city time, an accusation the treasurer has denied.

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

Like most departments, the largest appropriations category in the Treasurer’s office budget is salaries and wages. 

The professional and technical services appropriation has grown in recent years, more than doubling since the 2021 budget. Holding steady in the 2024 proposal, it remains the second-largest City Treasurer appropriation at $928,772.

Change from Previous Year

All Treasurer’s office appropriations either increased or remained steady, with no cuts in any appropriation accounts. Salaries and wages saw the largest increase, followed scheduled salary adjustments. 

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• CDOT’s budget has more than tripled since 2020, driven by a more than billion dollar increase in grant-funded construction spending. Since 2022, and continuing in the proposed 2024 budget, CDOT is the second-largest department in terms of overall appropriations.
• CDOT’s construction budget is grant funded, rather than being appropriated from the city’s corporate fund. The recent construction appropriation increases are primarily driven by increases in the city’s IDOT transportation funds, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Surface Transportation Program, and Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grants, as well as the new Rebuild Illinois pandemic relief program.
• Headcount is up a net 53 positions, predominantly driven by a 48-position increase in the Division of In-House Construction.
• The department significantly increased its motor truck driver positions, up a net 34 positions after accounting for title changes. The 2024 budget proposal also added 10 additional hoisting engineer positions.
• The grant-funded construction appropriation is by far CDOT’s largest single-category expense, with over $1.1 billion in the proposed 2024 budget, making up roughly three-quarters of the entire departmental budget. Salaries and wages on payroll, the next-largest category, is a little over one-tenth the size of the construction appropriation, at $154.7 million.
• Outside contracting via the professional and technical services appropriation saw the largest increase in CDOT’s 2024 budget proposal, more than tripling from the previous year to $118.3 million. 

Historical Context

For most of the previous decade CDOT was the third-most expensive city department, following the Chicago Police Department and the Department of Aviation. A series of large budget increases beginning in 2021, largely driven by a billion-dollar increase in budgeted construction spending, roughly tripled the department’s appropriation over three years. Since 2022, and continuing in the proposed 2024 budget, CDOT is the second-largest department in terms of overall appropriations.

CDOT’s construction budget is grant funded, rather than being appropriated from the city’s corporate fund. The recent construction appropriation increases are primarily driven by increases in the city’s IDOT transportation funds, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Surface Transportation Program, and Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grants, as well as the new Rebuild Illinois pandemic relief program.

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 9.2% per year, largely due to double-digit growth rates from 2021 onwards. 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.

CDOT’s budgeted workforce grew at a rate of roughly 4.4% annually from 2011-2023, making it among the fastest-growing departments, largely due to higher growth rates from 2021-2023.

Staffing

Headcount is up a net 53 positions, predominantly driven by a 48-position increase in the Division of In-House Construction:

The department significantly increased its motor truck driver positions, up a net 34 positions after accounting for title changes. The 2024 budget proposal also added 10 additional hoisting engineer positions.

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

The grant-funded construction appropriation is by far CDOT’s largest single-category expense, with over $1.1 billion in the proposed 2024 budget. 

Salaries and wages on payroll, the next-largest category, is a little over one-tenth the size of the construction appropriation, at $154.7 million. 

Change from Previous Year

Outside contracting via the professional and technical services appropriation saw the largest increase in CDOT’s 2024 budget proposal, more than tripling from the previous year to $118.3 million. 

The construction of buildings and structures appropriation was down 5% from the previous year, a reduction of roughly $59 million. 

The Department of Water Management oversees the construction and maintenance of Chicago’s city-owned water and sewer infrastructure. DWM is the third-largest operating department by headcount.

Similar to the Department of Aviation, the Department of Water Management is self-funding: appropriations are drawn from the city’s sewer and water funds, as well as grants, rather than from the general corporate fund. 

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• Capital construction funded by the city’s water and sewer funds are categorized as “Finance General” expenses, and are not included in DWM’s budget. Those appropriations add millions of dollars to the city’s overall sewer and water costs, most recently $133.7 million in the 2023 budget and $106.1 million proposed for the 2024 budget, but are not reflected in departmental appropriations.
• The department budget is up a net increase of $13.5 million, a 3.5% increase over the previous year, primarily driven by the addition of a Community Development Block Grant-funded $23 million in the construction of buildings and structures appropriation.
• DWM’s outside contracting budget is down significantly, with a -53.4% reduction to $18.3 million in the 2024 proposal.
• Staffing changed very little, with a net headcount decrease of one position and some shifting of titles and positions. Three new titles were added, with one position budgeted for each: Assistant Engineer of Water Purification, Assistant Payroll Administrator and Senior Equity Officer. 

Historical Context

The department of Water Management’s operating budgets have remained relatively consistent over recent years, with spending and staffing growth tracking close to overall citywide increases. However, the separate “Capital Construction” appropriations from the water and sewer fund under the Finance General category account have accounted for an additional $1.7 billion in water-related expenses since the appropriation was introduced in the 2013 budget, an average of roughly $152 million annually.

From 2011-2023, the department budget grew at an average rate of 4.0% 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 1.0% 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

Staffing changed very little, with a net headcount decrease of one position and some shifting of titles and positions. Three new titles were added, with one position budgeted for each: Assistant Engineer of Water Purification, Assistant Payroll Administrator and Senior Equity Officer. 

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

With its large headcount, DWM’s largest appropriation by far is salaries and wages, $232.9 million in the 2024 budget proposal. Overtime is the second-largest at $26.7 million.

DWM also carries significant non-personnel expense categories, including drugs/medicine/chemical materials (primarily for water treatment), material and supplies, repair parts and material, etc. 

The 2024 budget also adds a new $23 million construction of buildings and structures appropriation, funded by a Community Development Block Grant, which on its own is the fourth-largest single-category appropriation in the department’s proposed budget.

Change from Previous Year

The addition of the new Community Development Block Grant-funded $23 million appropriation for construction of buildings and structures is by far the largest single-appropriation increase in the proposed 2024 budget. Maintenance and construction costs are also up significantly, with a $3 million increase nearly doubling the appropriation. 

DWM’s largest budget cut comes in a -53.4% reduction in the professional and technical services appropriation, down from $39.2 million to $18.3 million. 

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

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.

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2023 Budget

Departmental Highlights

• Headcount remained the same, 82 positions with one minor title change.
• The majority of CACC’s budget goes towards salaries and wages, with pass-through spending to delegate agencies the next-largest appropriation at $465,000.
• Salaries and wages and food costs saw the largest appropriations increases. 

Historical Context

From 2011-2023, CACC’s budget grew at an average rate of 5.2% 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 0.8% 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

Headcount remained the same, with one minor title change. 

Appropriations

Largest Appropriations

The majority of CACC’s budget goes towards salaries and wages, with pass-through spending to delegate agencies the next-largest appropriation at $465,000.

Change from Previous Year

Salaries and wages and food costs saw the largest appropriations increases.