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City of Palm Desert Full-time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function / Program Last Ten Fiscal Years

Function / Program	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
General Government
City	64	58	38	35	33	33	31	31	32	32
Economic Dev & Housingb	16	16	17	12	11	11	11	10	11	13
Public Safety	29	30	29	28	30	30	28	29	29	28
Police & Fire (1)	175	158	141	141	140	174	172	179	170	163
Public Works	44	43	39	33	38	38	39	39	39	40
Totals	328	305	264	249	252	286	281	288	281	276

(1) The City operates as a "contract city" utilizing, primarily, agreements with other governmental entities, private firms and individuals to provide services. Contracted services include: Police and Fire protection through the County of Riverside, Cal-Fire, animal control, health services, legal services and landscape maintenance.

a - As of June 2011 realignments were made due to budget cuts, retirements and layoffs, these continued to FY 2013.

b - On February 1, 2012 the State of California dissolved the City of Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency as part of the Statewide dissolution of all City Redevelopment Agencies, which in turn created the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Desert.

Source: City of Palm Desert Financial Plan, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Riverside County Sheriff's Department