Increases in District of Columbia government operating expenses,
all funds, 1960 over 1952-Continued

Analysis of increases-Continued

Staffing and maintenance of new construction:

Public welfare__

Sanitary engineering

Public schools...

Public health.......

$3, 148, 216

1, 230, 729

Public library

Fire department..

Total staffing and maintenance of new construction___

Expansion or improvement of major services:

Public schools (including reduction of pupil-teacher ratio
and increase in number of pupils).......
Public welfare (including increased caseload) -
Public Health (including increased assistance to private
hospitals, also improved care at District of Columbia
General and Glenn Dale Hospitals) -

Recreational facilities__

Buildings and grounds, increased building maintenance__
National Zoological Park, improved safety and main-
tenance.

Highways and traffic, improved street lighting.

1, 154, 328 663, 753 268, 034 439, 950

6,905, 010

5, 236, 409 3,887, 658

8, 265, 247 850, 000 115,000

173, 000

102, 000

Department of Occupations and Professions (offset by fees
formerly collected by boards and commissions-now de-
posited to general revenues)----

Increased cost of new and replacement equipment..
Other increases, not identified above..

Total increases..

Source: District of Columbia government.

241, 500 1, 462, 638 2,710, 348

81, 916, 844

APPENDIX 9-3.-Employment in the District of Columbia government, 1955 and 1960 1

See footnotes at end of table, p. 97.

APPENDIX 9-3.-Employment in the District of Columbia government, 1955 and 1960 1-Continued

Department of Veterans' Affairs..

+20

197 as follows: 29 staffing new buildings, 74 increased
population, 76 to provide minimum standards and 18 for
improvement of services. 22 for surplus food distribution;
10 increased administrative workload and 459 at Childrens
Center as follows: Staffing for new construction 183; in-
creased population 209, and improved services 67.
Includes 9 positions for maintenance and operation of multi-
purpose buildings and 11 to provide sound estimates in
connection with capital outlay program.

Increase of 3 positions for field party and a decrease of
clerical.

Includes 54 positions to expand housing program as a result of
urban renewal and slum clearance; 9 for plumbing connec-
tion program; 9 for increased workload and charitable solici-
tation program in licenses and permits; 10 for establishing
new zoning activity; 5 for condemnation of insanitary
buildings workload and 4 for administrative workload, less
16 positions abolished due to closing of markets and lack
of funds.
Includes 27 positions transferred from Department of Motor
Vehicles; 53 positions for improvement of services and 203
for construction programs as a result of the District of
Columbia Public Works Act of 1954 and the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1956.

Includes 16 positions for Safety Responsibility Act; 12 for
central-drivers file; 12 for permit-control workload and 6
for increased administrative workload.
Fringe-parking lot guards.

Includes 138 positions to staff new sewage-treatment plant;
33 to maintain sanitary standards; 13 for Federal meter
program; and 4 for District of Columbia-Maryland agree-
ment.

Includes 37 positions abolished due to curtailment of capital
improvements program as opposed to an increase of 8
guard positions requested in 1960 estimates.
+43 for improvement of services and 1 for position of command-
ing general not previously considered on District payroll.
+74 Includes 49 positions transferred from temporary rolls to
permanent; 5 for Dutch-elm-disease control and 20 for;
increased maintenance of park areas.

Includes 3 positions for establishment of property accounting
system; 7 policemen for improved public service; 16 to
provide improved safety standards; 1 veterinarian; 25 for
increased maintenance workload; 2 for staffing new con-
struction; and 1 for increased administrative workload.

+2
+74

Department of Highways and Traffic.

3,495, 487

939

6, 073, 414

1,222

+2,577, 927

+283

Department of Motor Vehicle..

634, 840

150

945, 420

196

+310, 580

+46

The columns showing the differences between the 2 years for salaries and number should not be correlated since the relationship is distorted by pay increases between 1955 and 1960. Source: District of Columbia government.