Is The Denton City Budget Almost $600 Million

[SUMG]

Am I missing something? It says here $593.8 million.....to run Denton? Seriously?

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_budget_0801.d27ed4d.html

Edited August 1, 2010 by SUMG

[GreenMachine]

That seems awfully low. I thought I read where UNT's 2010 budget was almost $800M.

[eulessismore]

Am I missing something? It says here $593.8 million.....to run Denton? Seriously?

http://www.dentonrc....01.d27ed4d.html

Well, I looked at the budgets for the City of Euless, where I now live, and the City of Wichita Falls, where I grew up, and this budget seems exorbitantly high compared to either of those. It was pretty hard to compare however, because of 2 things: The City of Denton operates an electric utility, which is part (about 20%) of that budget, and the $593.8 million includes the capital budget, which for the other two cities appears to be separated. The thing I find hard to figure out about the operating and capital budgets is that operating includes debt service (at least in Denton). Honestly, though, Denton's budget looks high pretty much any way you look at it. The details can make most peoples' eyes glaze over.