Rogers' 2025 budget to fund staff raises, police fleet and more

• It will add 11 new staff including five in the fire department, two each in parks and risk reduction, one in police and one in administration.
• Staff will receive raises of either 3% or $1,872 for the year, whichever is higher, plus a potential 1.5% merit raised based on evaluations, financial administrator Jennifer Slingsby told Axios.

How it works: The city's general fund is a pool that includes most city departments, like administration, police and fire. The bulk of the city's revenue comes from city and county sales taxes.

• Some dedicated funds exist separately from the general fund. The dedicated street fund, for example, lists an expected revenue of about $9.94 million and $9.79 million in expenses with a surplus of about $150,000.

Some highlights in planned purchases include:

🚔 $1.3 million for new police fleet.

🚒 Nearly $1.02 million in equipment and improvements for the Fire Department like vehicles, security cameras and emergency medical services equipment.

📬 $500,000 for Old Post Office renovations.

🚂 $58,000 for the galleries and moveable walls at the Rogers Historical Museum.

🌳 About $1.6 million in Parks and Recreation maintenance and equipment like:

• 🏊 $330,400 on pool maintenance and repairs.
• 🏓 $200,000 on pickleball courts.
• 🎤 $104,000 on arts and culture like additional funding for Butterfield Stage, the site of the city's Railyard Live concert series.