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It also seemed odd to me that so much was under "Finance Department". I'd figured Finance would cover the actual bookkeepers, interest on bonds, and other thin
by amalcon 14y ago
It also seemed odd to me that so much was under "Finance Department". I'd figured Finance would cover the actual bookkeepers, interest on bonds, and other things related to money in the abstract. From its size that budget must also be "Stuff that doesn't go anywhere else".
- tg3 14y agoIn most cities this also covers revenues, aka tax collection. It would be nice to see the breakdown on how much of the budget is dedicated to collecting taxes to fund the budget.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoWhen you drill down you get to the actual entries in the budget that correspond to the particular thing you are looking at. It was interesting all the Director of Finance salaries of 900K - 1.4M. Seems like a lot of money to pay a civil servant but I may have been misreading the budget item. I was looking at things like this: 192 FICA TAXES 0192 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE - - - 2012 - $1,369,489.56 PPE 07/10/2011 FICA MATCH CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Seems to suggest that this director made $1,369,489.56 in compensation.
- SilasX 14y agoNothing compared to the $15 million it shows as total compensation for the sheriff. (Don't know how to link it; just go to the farthest-right gray square that touches the bottom of the overall rectangle.)
- DigitalJack 14y agoThat's to the Sherriff's department. It's all the salaries of deputies and whatnot. If you click on a box after zoomed in it gives an itemization. Looks like the Sherriff (Barbara Deeley) had two line items for salary and made about 130k or so.
- bengarvey 14y agoIt's the pension costs from retired Police and Firefighters.
- hkmurakami 14y ago$438MM on pensions.