The city’s budget is divided into two types of expenses: operating and capital. For the city, operating expenses might include paying for public services such as street cleaning, police and fire department services. Capital expenses include one-time purchases and upgrades such as improving, upgrading or acquiring new technology.
All decisions on how operating and capital funding is spent are based on decisions from West Palm Beach’s mayor and city administration, which are then approved by the city commission.
Based on this understanding, the city has outlined the following funding for tech:
- $1,363,105 has been requested for the city’s radio system
- $825,000 has been requested for meter domes and sensor replacements
- $580,000 has been requested for security
- $320,161 has been requested for GIS services
- $200,000 has been requested for innovative policing technology
Additional tech requests within the city’s budget can be found online.
