Public Comment

(More) Whistling in the Dark

By John Vinopal
Thursday December 15, 2011 - 10:44:00 AM

"The Berkeley Almanac" (1976) by Alfred Meyer provides additional data points to David Wilson's "Whistling in the Dark". Page 17 provides a percentage-wise breakdown of Berkeley's bicentennial year's expenses. Although there is no total budget provided, some multiplication suggests it may have been around $8.6m. (If 8.8% Community Agencies was $758k, see Pg 19.) 

Distribution of All 1976-1977 Revenue, By Percentage: 

14.9%: Employee Fringe & Fixed Expenses
11.6%: Capital Improvement
10.3%: Police
9.2%: Public Works
9.0%: Recreation, Parks & Community Services
8.8%: Community Agencies
8.7%: Support Departments
7.1%: Fire
6.8%: Public Health
4.5%: Housing
3.4%: Unallocated
3.3%: Library
2.4% Transportation
 

Support Departments is further broken down to: 

2.5% City Manager
2.3% Finance
0.8% Comprehensive Planning
0.8% Personnel 0.7% Legal
0.7% City Clerk
0.6% Auditor
0.4% Mayor and Council