Department of Administrative Hearings – BGA Policy 2025 Budget Snapshot

The Department of Administrative Hearings is a quasi-judicial body authorized to administer hearings on ordinance violations that do not include a penalty of imprisonment. Administrative hearings offer an alternative to full court cases for low-level traffic violations, building code violations, and similar non-violent, city-level offenses.

Departmental Highlights

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2024 Budget

• Position changes were largely retitling. Overall headcount was down one budgeted position, achieved by eliminating an administrative assistant position.
• DAH is one of a small number of departments that budgeted more for outside contracting through the professional and technical services appropriation than for salaries and wages on payroll, despite a substantially larger decline in the former category.
• A -$340,646 (-8.5%) decrease in professional and technical services was the department's largest single-appropriation budget cut. Most other changes were relatively modest, with a $65,648 increase in IT maintenance the largest increase.

Historical Context

From 2011-2024, the department budget grew at an average rate of 1.6% per year. Departmental budgets overall increased an average of 6.1% per year over the same time period, while the total city budget including Finance General appropriations grew at an average rate of 8.5% annually.

The department's budgeted workforce declined at a rate of roughly -0.7% annually from 2011-2024. Overall budgeted positions for the city remained relatively flat across the same time period, with minor year-to-year fluctuations averaging out to an overall growth rate of 0.04%.

Staffing

Position changes were largely retitling. Overall headcount was down one budgeted position, achieved by eliminating an administrative assistant position.

Appropriations

The Department of Administrative Hearings is funded entirely out of the corporate fund.

Largest Appropriations

DAH is one of a small number of departments that budgeted more for outside contracting through the professional and technical services appropriation than for salaries and wages on payroll, despite a substantially larger decline in the former category.

Change from Previous Year

A -$340,646 (-8.5%) decrease in professional and technical services was the department's largest single-appropriation budget cut. Most other changes were relatively modest, with a $65,648 increase in IT maintenance the largest increase.

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