Trenton Fire Department

CY2024 adopted appropriation within CAPS: Fire-SW $29,224,174.54 + Fire-OE $713,361.00 = $29,937,535.54 (stored rounded). Read from the PDF text layer; the document carries a CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTED BUDGET. These are the only two 25-265 lines in the budget — Trenton carves out no Bureau of Fire Prevention / Uniform Fire Safety Act appropriation, so nothing is netted out. DECISIVE RECONCILIATION (the strongest in the dataset): CY2024 UFB-7 base pay $24,442,311 + overtime $5,872,336 = $30,314,647, which EXACTLY equals Fire-SW in the CY2024 INTRODUCED budget ($30,314,647) — and the same identity holds for Police as a control (UFB-7 $35,330,018 = introduced Police-SW 25-240 $35,330,018). This proves UFB-7 base+OT IS the S&W appropriation line, and therefore that UFB-7's pension ($7,252,645) + health ($8,274,784) + employment taxes ($494,610) are additive estimates appropriated elsewhere (PFRS FCOA 36-475 $16,613,766; Health Insurance FCOA 23-220 $43,066,983). It also explains why the same test only APPROXIMATES in peer cities: the UFB is built from the INTRODUCED budget, and Council reduced Fire-SW by $1,090,472.46 before adoption without the UFB being re-issued. The ADOPTED $29,937,536 is the correct appropriation. EXCLUDES: CAP Waiver S/W FCOA 25-242 ($9,001,846, citywide and not fire-specific), Emergency Management 25-252, EMS 25-261, Police 25-240; “Public Fire Protection” 31-445 has no CY2024 amount and “Fire Hydrant Services” 08-504 is a water-utility revenue.