Fire Budget Growth

Source: Portsmouth City Budgets 95/96 – 10/11http://cityofportsmouth.com/finance/budgets.htm [Accessed March 6, 2011], Portsmouth Public Library, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U for Boston, Brockton and Nashua [Accessed March 6, 2011]

Below is how often and during what years councilors voted increases above or under inflation.