$727.
That's roughly how much the City of Warren spends per capita per year on average. Between fire and police protection, public works fees and administration costs, Warren residents receive a variety of services.
To break it down, that's $7 million worth of expenditures in the 2012 budget covering a population of 9,710, according to city data and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Most of those services, however, are paid through property taxes, income taxes and local service taxes.
The following list compares expenditures, form of government, cost of city employees, millage rates and population among five comparable Third Class cities in Pennsylvania. The state labels a city Third Class if its population is below 80,000 and at one time eclipsed 10,000.
City of Warren
Warren is run a by a council-manager form of government, essentially giving the city manager and assistant city manager chief administrative duties, and is responsible for executing the ordinances of the council. The city is also run by a mayor, a vice president and five additional council members.
City council consists of City Manager Jim Nelles and Assistant City Manager Mary Ann Nau; Mark Phillips acts as mayor while the balance of council includes Maurice Cashman (vice president), Howard Ferguson Jr., Sam Harvey, John Lewis, Christopher Park and James Zavinski.
The City of Warren will run on a $7.06 million budget in 2012, which is broken down between the following six departments: Finance and Administrative Services, $1.5 million; police department, $1.8 million; fire department, $1.7 million; Department of Public Works, $1.7 million; Community and Economic Development, $126,000; and codes, $265,000.
City residents pay 16.8 mills in property tax based on 50 percent of their home's assessed value.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the City of Warren has a population of 9,710, down 5.4 percent from 2000 figures. Taking its total budget and dividing it by its population, Warren spends an average of $727 per capita.
City of Bradford
Bradford is run by a commission form of government in which the city's residents elect a five-member council, one of whom is appointed mayor and serves as commission chairman. Each commission member also oversees a department within the city.
The mayor of Bradford is Tom Riel, who also heads Public Affairs (police); councilmen include Jim Evans, Rhett Kennedy, Fred Proper and Rick Benton.
The city's 2012 budget is $8.4 million and is broken down between legislative body, $3.8 million; administrative and personnel, $265,500; parks, $335,000; police, $1.3 million; and fire department, $1.2 million. Expenditures are also broken down between smaller departments such as sewage and water treatment.
Residents in Bradford pay16.02 mills based on 100 percent of assessed value for a property tax.
The population of Bradford in 2010 was 10,557, down 8.2 percent from the 2000 U.S. Census. Bradford spends about $794 per capita.
City of Oil City
Oil City also runs a manager-council form of government, with Ryan Eggleston serving as city manager and Ron Gustafson, John Noel Bartlett, William Moon Jr. and Venice Lewis as council members. Barb Crudo serves as mayor.
The city's budget, approximately $6.72 million, is broken down between several major and minor city departments. Major expenditures include police, $1.04 million; fire department, $873,900; streets department, $238,040; library, $345,189; and parks department $356,000.
Oil City residents pay 10.03 mills based on 100 percent of their home's assessed value for a property tax.
Oil City's 2010 population was 10,557, down 8.2 percent from the 2000 U.S. Census. Per capita, the city pays $636.
City of Corry
Corry also runs a commission form of government, with Scott Sanford mayor, Patrick Migliaccio, Tom Lathrop Sr., Dennis Baker and Jason Monn serving as councilmen.
The city has a 2012 budget of approximately $3.8 million, with $114,000 for administration, $89,600 for buildings and properties, $69,500 for tax collection, $728,300 for police, $328,300 for the fire department, $418,9000 for refuse disposal and $318,500 for highway/general.
City of Corry residents pay 8.65 mills based on 100 percent of assessed value for a property tax.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Corry has a population of 6,605, down 3.4 percent from 2000. The city spends approximately $570 per capita.
City of Meadville
Meadville also has a council-manager form of government with a city manager, mayor and four additional councilmen. Joseph Chriest acts as city manager, with John Christopher Soff (mayor) and LeRoy Stearns, John Battaglia and Nancy Mangilo-Bittner serving as council members. The city has a vacant seat on its council.
Meadville's 2012 budget stands at $8.9 million and is split between several departments and authorities, including Management and Development, $574,000; Finance Department, $433,000; Department of Public Works, $1.1 million; police, $2.38 million; fire department, $1.56 million and General Government, $2 million.
City residents pay 20.92 mills based on 75 percent of their home's assessed value for a property tax.
The 2010 population in Meadville was 13,388, down 2.2 percent from the 2000 U.S. Census. The city spends approximately $667 per capita.