$115,666 was spent on waterproof jackets by the City of Dallas in 2020, according to Dallas Open Data.

The money was used to pay 10 vendors.

Funding came from the Aviation department.

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The City spent $132,438 the year before.

The city budget from October 2020 to September 2021 raised property taxes by 5.1 percent, bringing in an additional $27 million through taxes. There was more than $3.8 billion allocated to the budget.

The budget has grown roughly by $1 billion in the last decade.

City of Dallas services in 2020
Service Cost in 2020 Cost in 2019
The 311 customer service center $190,935 $509,704
911 technology and education services $4,773,420 $5,522,184
Fire dispatch $527,072 $591,068
Accounting and financial reporting $61,824 $169,913
Accounts payable $90,742 $97,213
Administration support for mayor and city council $119,692 $209,774
Admin duties $106,613 $79,730
Administration $620 $484
Avi administration $844,193 $704,146
Administrative and internal service facilities $456,332 $2,492,841
Airport electronic systems management $1,502,019 $1,768,074
Aids services $278,435 $687,965
Air quality compliance $3,175 $4,578
Airfield security and badging $2,478,514 $2,406,625
The airport communication center $223,054 $282,501
Airport improvements $42,510,851 $30,801,325
Alley petitions $375,793 $79,397
Alley reconstruction $4,647,168 $2,303,610
Petitions and assessments of alleys and sidewalks $854,709 $61,786
Monitoring pollution in ambient dallas air $39,525 $55,786
Analyzing, developing and validating projects $4,883 $32,869
Applicant processing for civilian employees $67,050 $103,937
Applicant processing for uniformed employees $27,446 $56,724
Aquatic facilities $17,158,874 $25,111,359
City archives $2,227 $4,807
Athletic facilities improvements $284,859 $237,834
Managing athletic field rentals and reservations $32,346 $49,842
Audits $66,077 $107,109
Automatic vehicle inspections $11,931,797 $10,742,894
Waterproof jackets $115,666 $132,438
The bachman recreation centre $23,599 $16,275
Board of adjustments reviews $8,437 $20,876
Boards and commissions support $47,300 $56,744
The bond program management of pkr construction $699,921 $70,938
Bond program management $2,101,528 $997,507
Support for the dallas arboretum and botanical garden $146,041 $1,436,129
Dallas libraries $2,060,362 $2,411,334
Bridge repairs and modifications $430,179 $381,785
24-hour radio broadcasts $426,613 $450,197
Budget, cash and debt management $3,784 $6,926
Business development $263,327 $245,133
Business services $1,874,680 $2,008,705
Cable access $416,579 $61,573
Capital construction $133,570 $882,818
Capital funding and general expenses $11,802 $111,732
Capital improvements – planning $19,611 $165,502
Cash and investments $50,430 $55,861
Central files support $25,497 $7,421
Central library $4,331,929 $4,592,912
Child care services $309,896 $421,064
City attorney litigation services $87,942 $156,621
The city center tax increment financing (tif) district $4,594,057 $165,000
The city controller’s office $890,998 $922,887
Meeting support for city council $74,567 $218
Mortgage support for city council $103,646 $265,899
Dallas detention centre $48,579 $49,994
Roof replacement $1,992,210 $200,770
Elevator and escalator management in city facilities $173,451 $208,060
City facility operations, maintenance and repairs $12,226,881 $4,389,379
Collecting and disposing refuse from city facilities $375,170 $220,873
Utility payments of city facilities $628,837 $945,447
Assessment of the city’s fleet $2,729,108 $3,389
City fleet maintenance and repair services $5,356,225 $5,267,975
Incentives for more electric vehicle charging stations $42,137 $95,726
The city fleet body shop $2,054,343 $2,830,928
Parts management for city fleets $27,416 $47,743
The city salvage yard $15,322 $11,851
A city forester $253,915 $255,652
City hall $602,687 $248,419
Customer service for the city secretary $103 $820
City sponsored self-funded health care plans $20,723,628 $17,243,175
Citywide parks $247,996 $552,577
Claims for injuries and damages to personal property $1,408,206 $1,478,885
Climate change and ozone reduction $84,379 $48,838
Code compliance, safety and security $1,329,539 $1,108,429
Council of goverments’ sustainable development program $186,927 $1,345,711
Community advocacy $22,579 $85,831
Community centers programs, marketing and events $47,054 $239,355
Community centers property management & administration $802,448 $107,582
Community parks $1,085,863 $1,099,684
Community prosecution and court services $1,023,065 $439,071
Community swimming pools and neighborhood aquatic centers $981,947 $2,069,430
Compensation reviews and decisions $291,319 $155,199
Complete streets initiatives $1,676,214 $1,450,971
Compliance assistance and assessment $4,001 $393
Comprehensive homeless outreach $17,311,712 $12,715,431
Consolidated plans $115,800 $105,579
Reviewing and permitting construction plans $154,308 $250,089
Contracts and grants administration $1,466,389 $210,328
Kay bailey hutchinson convention centre improvements $1,383,953 $876,153
Criminal intelligence and protective services $13,422 $11,048
Criminal law & prosecution services $1,607 $35,711
Crisis assistance $30,261 $18,528
Cs board appeals $19,672 $192,708
Cultural centers in four dallas neighborhoods $138,712 $746,137
Cultural facilities $11,942,984 $8,406,985
Cultural programs funding $5,536,185 $5,971,686
Cultural tourism development and marketing $194,187 $261,318
Custodial maintenance $2,272,475 $2,761,490
Custodial service for city facilities $65,883 $348,087
The cypress waters tax incredment financing (tif) district $4,508,862 $3,073,225
Dallas art programs $152,156 $127,407
Landscaping $18,520 $47,683
Dallas pavement $15,898 $114,538
Dallas animal services $2,723,883 $4,248,361
Dallas arboretum and botantical garden $1,019,190 $152,396
Kay bailey hutchinson convention centre $3,979,863 $10,995,487
Dallas county appraisal district $4,141,253 $4,134,104
Dallas executive airport $1,009,060 $774,649
The dallas floodway recovery plans $314,941 $217,343
The dallas floodway project $565,736 $2,712,899
Introducing high speed rail to dallas $27,058 $496
The dallas zoo and aquarium $22,533,825 $16,172,818
Dam safety inspections $11,430 $11,665
Data performance $609 $1,808
Davis garden tax increment financing (tif) district $2,361,437 $6,915
A day resource center $214,901 $271,826
Debt management $581 $1,289
The deep ellum tax increment financing (tif) district $3,500,260 $2,740,674
Deferred compensation $332 $14,656
Support from a city auditor $244 $28,962
Civil service department support $2,688 $91,262
Code compliant for city departments $205,475 $224,602
Department support for dallas fire and rescue $1,910 $7,510
Department support for the dallas public library $28,329 $4,195
Development department support $1,570,638 $2,375,972
Equipment and building services support $16,973 $48,431
Department support for eco research and information services $22,223 $60,586
Equipment services department support $197,750 $276,213
Housing department support $626,677 $635,405
Support for the parks and recreation department $354,911 $13,273
Department support for street services $118,652 $89,360
Water utilities department support $129,069 $204,903
Department support for police $105,494 $151,216
Attorney support for city departments $433,509 $255,188
Supporting the office of cultural affairs $2,593 $3,063
Department support for sanitation services $49,140 $88,682
Support for the communities in schools program $24,928 $48,549
Financial services reports $910 $10,020
Department support for convention centre services $828,921 $1,258,147
Disposing of unclaimed property $196,203 $288,759
Design and inspection of district engineering $79,367 $31,383
Downtown park development $544,570 $67,199
Downtown tax increment financing (tif) district $20,324,145 $1,837,290
E-commerce sales tax reimbursements $314,591 $254,352
Eco research and information services $79,156 $100,051
Economic area redevelopment $69,210 $76,387
Economic development and neighborhood revitalization $2,109,619 $3,424,288
Municipal elections $40 $2,465,467
Electrical $583,681 $417,987
Emergency relief regular $24,834 $14,089
Emergency management operations $3,796,194 $97,646
Emergency medical services $4,569,266 $5,806,865
Emergency social services $15,730 $51,415
The employee morale fund with the dallas police department $435 $1,874
An employee performance management system $264,905 $302,497
Environmental management system compliance $14,000 $19,799
Energy procurement, monitoring and conservation $74,580 $4,800
Engineering reviews for private development $33,987 $346,142
Entertainment industry marketing $4,428 $34,676
Environmental $1,217,262 $1,430,343
Environmental assessments $1,083 $24,528
Environmental management system and environmental compliance $486,322 $408,718
Environmental outreach $1,674,199 $1,262,282
Environmental services for fleet operations $327,174 $203,566
Environmental teams $191 $9,875
Equipment rental coordination $994 $1,002
Erosion control $5,155,927 $5,246,612
Ex-offenders programs $34,020 $11,150
Facilities services $1,209,348 $1,106,467
Facilities systems $305,638 $226,860
Facility environmental hazards testing & abatement $27,692 $193,169
Fair housing & human rights initiatives $502,279 $306,191
Fair park development $18,884,213 $4,601,656
Managing and promoting fair park $2,726,955 $6,358,297
Field inspections of private development construction sites $373,154 $413,898
Field maintenance $4,642,619 $6,730,515
Financial reporting $126,031 $265,048
Fire and rescue emergency response $1,754,078 $2,061,843
Fire and rescue equipment maintenance $14,299,587 $13,165,852
Fire and rescue training $495,005 $165,632
Fire and arson investigations $43,432 $60,442
Fire prevention, education and inspection $272,151 $211,096
Fire protection facilities $3,781,555 $1,324,429
Managing voluntary benefits for staff $14,311,048 $11,829,481
Fitness centers $14,615 $33,540
Fleet replacement $7,900,406 $20,372,521
Flood management $3,873,436 $6,236,624
Food protection and education $568,187 $361,158
The fort worth ave. tax increment financing (tif) district $11,252 $25,088
Fuel procurement and management $1,184,203 $1,135,132
Fusion centre police service $258,484 $71,788
The southern gateway project $87,847 $507,862
General counsel services $17,423 $93,531
Gis support $3,384 $7,229
Complaince with the good faith effort program $107,480 $49,355
Ground transportation $604,083 $3,040,200
Heliport $55,819 $76,486
Hiking and biking trails $4,109,631 $7,944,290
Historic restoration $210,071 $276,020
Planning and conservation of historic districts and neighbourhoods $909 $25,224
Home repair loan programs $285,451 $83,196
Homeless assistance facilities $48,778 $3,200
Homeless housing services $2,195,793 $3,733,169
Homeless services administration $130,698 $563
Housing infrastructure improvements $1,297,510 $1,077,632
Housing services programs $2,734,669 $69,773
Hr consulting within city hall $432,335 $471,591
Investigations in illegal dumping $5,480 $18,771
Infrastructure support $10,441,686 $4,547,971
Inland port development $52 $1,063
Ino general $12,173 $598
Implementing interagency projects $124 $1,458
Intergovernmental legislative affairs and fund development $1,366,630 $3,302,220
Intergovernmental partnership projects $4,409,751 $5,305,737
Legislative affairs $216,640 $175,403
Internal application services $18,967,646 $16,602,172
Internal computer support $1,332,677 $1,746,753
An internal control task force $82,389 $147,288
Internal desktop support $8,022,750 $6,140,181
Internal environmental training/education $12,298 $5,041
Internal radio communications $3,070,283 $2,563,718
Internal technology architecture planning $758,118 $101,541
The internal voice and data communication network $14,893,780 $13,441,408
International business development $5,447 $69,628
Inventory $40,893,162 $39,257,104
The jack evans headquarters for dallas police $13,448 $286
A kb polk kaboom sidewalk playscape $4,429 $12,381
Land acquisition $385,913 $325,111
Landfill management $10,676,162 $8,063,151
Landside operations $90,789 $126,841
Library facilities $9,303,589 $1,540,851
Love field security $76,042 $108,663
Love field law enforcement security $54,119 $153,447
Modernizing love field $65 $116,085
Love field operations $695,724 $244,226
Mains, pump stations and associated facilities $107,130,400 $82,460,474
Major maintenance $11,807,154 $14,786,916
Major park facilities $60,528 $248,451
Management for the demolition of structures $442,728 $1,130,348
Management of city operations $3,050 $28,224
The maple/mockingbird tax increment financing (tif) district $645,764 $5,617,105
Mechanical $970,247 $685,768
Department management $2,272,905 $2,588,142
Miscellaneous items $1,367,435 $1,063,516
Multi-tenant code inspection programs $37,853 $52,464
Municipal court services $3,994,632 $4,867,073
Municipal courtroom support $1,321,102 $384,363
Municipal judges and cases docketed $206,694 $118,793
Municipal prosecution and police liaison $51 $16,200
Municipal radio improvements $32,018 $198,185
Municipal setting designation & environmental due diligence $31,938 $10,525
Neighborhood code compliance services $1,006,724 $809,854
Neighborhood drainage of vacant properties $180,493 $753,945
Infrastructure improvements through the neighbourhood investment program (nip) $760,948 $146,171
Developing neighbourhood non-profits $1,697 $756,700
Neighborhood nuisance abatement $1,878,867 $1,551,348
Neighborhood revitalization initiatives $750,858 $64,734
New construction $14,240 $55,926
Non-departmental support $8,128,095 $8,617,253
Non-hazardous spill response and environmental inspections $49,343 $124,819
The oak cliff gateway tax increment financing (tif) district $4,685,590 $2,399,460
Oeq department support $1,036 $24
Managing dallas’ operating budget $84,413 $90,967
Operational equipment $1,700 $766
Community recreation centers $2,369,311 $2,840,551
Parks and recreation youth programs $129,368 $213,524
Park land acquisition $1,943,920 $5,489,102
Maintaining park land $9,191,982 $9,193,883
Parking enforcement $1,509,155 $72,306
Parking management $877,619 $2,231,148
Participation with other government agencies about thoroughfares $5,604,182 $6,614,097
Pavement management $6,100 $15,313
Pavement markings $838,280 $1,312,226
Payroll $70,479 $64,939
Implementing department of public works capital programs $452,671 $586,601
Performance planning $47,885 $1,510
Planning, design and construction $30,981 $91,352
Playground improvements $508,035 $336,160
Plumbing $159,024 $119,639
The police academy and training $1,783,052 $1,367,976
The police auto pound $639,615 $646,179
The civilian community affairs unit within dallas police $12,335 $33,249
Police communication and dispatch $555,730 $146,410
Crime analysis $102,683 $260,520
Police department facilities $227,889 $1,942,831
Police patrols $1,271,758 $1,452,249
Contract management for dallas police $200,582 $659,447
The first offender program $2,107 $358
Management of police headquarters $1,208,260 $500,981
Police helicopters $1,353,570 $1,017,404
Internal affairs within the dallas police department $131,959 $160,002
Police invesigations into crimes against persons $2,990,179 $3,731,767
Police investigation of property crimes $152,456 $118,116
Police investigation of vice-related crime $2,251 $3,427
Police investigations of youth and family crimes $204,563 $193,061
Police investigations of narcotics-related crimes $95,045 $118,930
Legal research services and processing for dallas police $65,003 $109,778
Police media relations $46,879 $6,780
A dallas police mounted unit $148,220 $211,453
Police patrols of the central business district $16,686 $7,338
Police prisoner processing at the county jail $13,849 $43,908
Recovery of evidence for police investigations $159,681 $231,134
Police records and records operations $50,408 $9,562
Recruiting police $899,589 $591,585
Police safe operations $1,802 $9,437
Tactical police operations $1,302,025 $198,162
Police technology and technical support $20,319 $21,733
Police traffic enforcement and investigations $31,401 $44,153
Survey services for private development $864 $17,587
Public art $263,978 $82,492
Public art implementation and maintenance $4,949 $44,909
Collections from dallas public improvement districts (pid) $16,754,542 $15,311,581
The public information office $280,693 $178,768
Public/private partnerships $8,494,321 $8,546,655
Public safety technology support $527,688 $378,742
Street flooding protections $2,335 $37,638
Surveys through the public works capital program $2,578 $38,052
Managing contracts $28,661 $40,613
Carry-over encumbrance $953,730 $1,770,194
Pumping raw water $4,272,714 $3,445,857
Airport landscaping $14,752 $8,216
Real estate $37,388 $61,615
Real estate for private development $25,653 $20,594
Real estate for public property transactions $168,325 $133,471
Reconciliations $6,426 $8,897
Records management $286,951 $198,393
Recreation centers $2,063,807 $576,114
Site improvements for recreation facilities $5,231,094 $775,991
Regulatory compliance $836 $74,726
Rehabilitation and equipment $11,400,404 $9,161,513
Relocating property $1,825,643 $655,758
Relocations in advance of paving $22,424,054 $27,738,590
Replacement housing for low-income households $70,849 $122,579
Residential brush collection $3,094,067 $1,886,489
The residential development acquisition loan program $1,414,868 $353
Residential garbage collection $10,583,916 $11,392,346
Recycling residential solid waste $37,803 $42,922
Risk management services $9,337,781 $8,638,429
Red light cameras $3,263,999 $4,297,442
Safety and security $3,159 $1,657,724
Fleet replacement $10,681,188 $14,707,788
Senior services $364,730 $631,477
Senior transportation services $54,649 $65,255
Service centers, offices and research facilities $4,102,675 $5,774,628
Service maintenance centers $1,268,463 $1,095,360
Sidewalk improvements $4,846,439 $2,682,975
Signal construction operations $397,519 $190,455
Signal maintenance operations and emergency response $341,166 $92,203
Computerizing and optimizing traffic signals $1,572,927 $1,412,481
Site development $46,343 $80,429
The skillman corridor tax increment financing (tif) district $5,135,938 $416,322
Small business initiatives $101,115 $386,624
Solid waste facilities $1,184,490 $6,138,898
Solid waste transfer stations $238,618 $5,734
The south dallas/park fair trust fund $518 $632
The south dallas/fair park trust fund grant $5,000 $56,537
The southeast service centre $7,620 $17,916
Special collections $33,070 $6,475
Special events and film permits $54,987 $60,621
Golf and tennis centres $1,409,801 $3,168,472
Special use areas $361,768 $480,998
The sports arena tax increment financing (tif) district $3,194,183 $10,686,364
Storm drainage relief systems $31,664,506 $28,804,409
Storm water drainage management $10,274,663 $4,063,669
Stormwater management $209,016 $32,482
Strategic customer services $58,093 $322,170
Strategic technology management $1,178,505 $1,557,537
Oversight of street cut permits and right of way construction $20,315 $4,102
Street improvements $789,311 $810,036
Street lighting $1,644,718 $1,875,462
Street maintenance contracts $63,270,684 $27,847,977
Street petitions $1,857,310 $1,154,771
Street reconstruction $11,014,395 $16,129,558
Repairing asphalt $1,900,020 $2,415,415
Repairing concrete $2,853,355 $3,520,760
Street resurfacing $42,363,183 $49,904,481
Right-of-way maintenance contracts $5,108,827 $4,784,002
Urban design of dallas streetscapes $2,744,609 $555,067
Studies and master plans $11,857,116 $10,337,564
Subdivision plat reviews $12,024 $16,619
Supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants, and child $3,359,693 $2,510,877
Home repair or replacement program support $554,847 $147
Support for housing development programs $133,811 $77,375
Targetting neighborhoods for tax increment financing $1,328,358 $288,339
City technology $31,925,768 $25,395,794
Tenant maintenance $922,237 $762,577
Terminal maintenance $152,613 $370,563
Thoroughfares $11,895,226 $15,427,561
Traffic intersection capacity and safety improvements $83,074 $792
Inventory management of traffic operations $3,673 $4,289
Traffic safety inspections of construction sites $209,380 $2,477
Fabricating traffic signs $13,060 $1,179
Emergency calls for traffic sign maintenance $131,713 $118,697
Traffic signal design and construction $1,750,946 $338,459
Traffic signal upgrades $49,585 $49,560
The transit-oriented development tax incriment financing (tod-tif) district $1,103,599 $400,000
Transportation administration $422,134 $155,855
Transportation planning $2,455,899 $159,498
Trinity river projects $7,297 $197,792
Distributing uniforms and equipment $537,639 $1,348,725
Union station $10,485 $213,884
Urban forestry $29,070 $365,864
An urban land bank $76,500 $6,093
Partnership funds with the u.s. army corp of engineers $1,743,096 $7,095,013
Utilities $205,514 $532,505
Utilities management $4,865 $8,358
Vital statistics $170,160 $216,261
Warrant confirmations $250 $375
Waste diversion $3,609,646 $2,941,183
Wastewater collection system maintenance $4,708,836 $3,539,799
Wastewater treatment $22,068,098 $25,747,513
Wastewater treatment plants and associated facilities $26,100,531 $23,150,628
Water conservation management $339,105 $142,859
Water distribution system maintenance $12,104 $109,487
Water meter operations $84,970 $114,857
Water planning, financial and rate services $1,213,397 $1,546,741
Water quality inspections $24,226 $158,192
Water supply reservoirs and dams $717,878 $31,083
Water treatment $53,062,169 $58,043,639
Water treatment plants and associated facilities $70,565,242 $68,223,628
Water utilities capital program management $1,096,501 $1,335,164
Dallas water utilities customer accounts $2,967,323 $3,471,696
Water utilities pretreatment and lab services $664 $1,355
The price of doing business calculations within the dallas water utility $3,201,291 $4,442,583
The office of welcoming communitites & immigrant affairs $167,140 $9,219
Wellness and fitness $91,512 $301,051
The west dallas multipurpose center $501 $9,995
Wholesale customer facilities $756,074 $1,687,386
Zoning $75,172 $65,863
The bond program of pkr administration $2,658
Roofing maintenance of city facilities $373,177
Community centers social services & support programs $590
Community development $2,540
Contract compliance and monitoring $3,812
Cpat mentoring $9,430
Dallas farmers market $289
The dallas floodway project $27,630
Dallas protocol and world affairs council contract $45,833
Support for the department of public works $100
The downtown connection tax increment financing (tif) district $232,444
Emergency relief purchases $3,987,223
Equity analysis and support $1,705,198
Ethics and compliance $199
Improvements to the dallas farmers market $23,465
The federal emergency management agency $9,748
Historic preservation $37,692
Regulatory compliance from hr $41,628
Internal radio infrastructure network $85,850
Love field improvements $17,400
Loving my community neighbourhood improvement grant assistance $7,326
The martin luther king jr. community centre $12,239
Royalties and donations to the municipal archives $250
The oak cliff municipal center $3,270
The office of equity $13,074
Police officer oversight $1,205
Police oversight $3,917
Desiging railroad crossing quiet zones $41,575
Regulatory compliance $27,605
Renovations $520,489
Resiliency supports $380
Reunion arena $5,250
Customer support for sanitation services $285,189
Security services $1,259,426
Developing the dallas streetcar $608,517
The black academy of arts and letters $478,614
Wire and cable costs $232,913
Thanksgiving square support $640
Water conservation $8,593
Water quality inspections $37,848
Wildland backfill $3,858
Wildland deployment $428

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