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City of Orono <br />2026 General Fund Budget - Departmental Summary <br />Special Services <br />43280 <br />Dollar <br />2023 2024 2025 2026 Increase Increase <br />Actual Actual Budget Draft Budget Decrease Decrease <br />Personal Services 88,870 60,236 41,000 49,400 8,400 20.49% <br />Professional Services 32,490 54,573 55,000 50,000 (5,000) -9.09% <br />Other Expenses 302,708 113,442 0 0 0 N/A <br />Special Services - Consulting & Police Total 424,069 228,251 96,000 99,400 3,400 3.54% <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES: <br />The Special Services Department provides a separate 'cost center' for tracking city -provided consulting and Police special service details. Orono residents who <br />apply for land use variations are subject to be billed for any additional staff, legal, and engineering time that is spent reviewing their application. These charges <br />are recorded in this departmental budget, and the applicants are subsequently billed for this additional time. Orono businesses or residents who wish to <br />contract with the city for Police security or traffic control are billed for the officers' time. The City's costs are recorded in this departmental budget, and are <br />offset by the revenues received from the requesting parties. <br />OPERATING COST ACTIVITIES (Reimbursed): <br />* Personal Services include Police Officer overtime wages for security work and/or traffic control. <br />* Professional Services include legal and engineering review expense for land use applications. <br />09/08/2025 Preliminary General Fund Budget and Tax Levy Page 31 of 59 33 <br />