Devine History….City budgets 1940 v 2016

We found a copy of this City Budget from the year 1939-1940 in our old files, and thought you’d enjoy!  Compare it to more recent financial trends in 2016.

A lot changes in 60 years….Administrative expenses, for example, went from $300 in 1940 to over $319,000 in 2016.

Here is the 1939-1940 City of Devine Budget

 

Here is a summary of some of the City’s expenses over the past 5 years, from one of their Financial Trends reports: