TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 6, 2014
COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND EMPLOYMENT
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Authority to Accept the Executive Director's 2015 Budget Recommendations and the Attached Changes
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Dear Sir:
The attached changes to the Executive Director's 2015 Budget Recommendations (BF-19 budget forms) are submitted for your consideration during the Committee on Budget and Employment Special Meeting beginning on November 6, 2014. The requested net changes to appropriations are summarized below:
FUND DEPARTMENT NET CHANGE
CORPORATE Monitoring & Research $0
Procurement & Materials Management 0
Engineering 0
Maintenance & Operations 0
TOTAL CORPORATE FUND $0
CONSTRUCTION $70,000
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BOND ($5,314,400)
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ($1,091,800)
The total appropriation request for the 2015 Budget is $1,252,258,281, a decrease of $6,336,200 from the initial appropriation request of $1,258,594,481. Compared to the 2014 total adjusted appropriation of $1,219,656,083, this is an increase of $32,602,198, or 2.7 percent.
The estimated total tax levy for the 2015 Budget is $560,025,957, unchanged from the initial budget request. Compared to the 2014 total adjusted levy of $540,255,741, this is an increase of $19,770,216, or 3.7 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Corporate Fund is $382,754,100, unchanged from the initial budget request.
The total appropriation request for the Construction Fund is $37,910,700, an increase of $70,000 from the initial budget request of $37,840,700. The increase will provide carryover funding for equipment needed at the Terrence J. O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant storeroom.
The total appropriation request for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund is $484,882,500, a decrease of $5,314,400 from the initial budget request of $490,196,900. The net change in appropriation is due to changes in the project schedule, partially offset by the funding of intergovernmental agreements with the Chicago Public Schools and the City of Chicago.
The total appropriation request for the Stormwater Management Fund is $45,909,200, a decrease of $1,091,800 from the initial budget request of $47,001,000. The net change in appropriation is due to changes in project estimates, a change in funding for the intergovernmental agreements with the Chicago Public Schools from the Stormwater Management Fund to the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, reduced estimates for land acquisitions, and an equity transfer to the Bond Redemption & Interest Fund to reimburse debt service expenses for stormwater management capital projects.
Revised budget pages 40-41 include appropriation changes and a correction to the estimated tax rate of the March 2007 Unlimited Tax Series A refunding bonds.
Revised budget pages 50-51 summarize the appropriations and position counts and reflect all proposed changes for the 2015 Budget. There is an increase of one position in the Corporate Fund from the Executive Director's Recommended Budget due to the addition of an Engineering Technician IV #1 in the General Division of the Maintenance & Operations Department. The total number of positions requested for 2015 is 1,975, a net increase of 14 positions from 2014.
Revised budget pages 72-73 present a detailed summary of revenues and expenditures for all funds for 2015, as budgeted, and 2014, as estimated.
Revised budget pages 348-349, 405-406, and 458 provide an updated list of capital projects for the Construction Fund, the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, and the Stormwater Management Capital Improvements Bond Fund.
Revised position analysis pages for four departments in the Corporate Fund reflect the following changes:
Monitoring & Research: Section 162 on page 155 shows the transfer in of one Laboratory Technician I and Section 166 on page 156 shows the transfer out of one Laboratory Technician I.
Procurement & Materials Management: Section 211 on page 172 shows the transfer out of one Budget & Management Analyst; Section 221 on page 172 shows the transfer in of one Budget & Management Analyst; Section 222 on page 173 shows the transfer out of one Administrative Specialist; and Section 224 on page 173 shows the transfer in of one Administrative Specialist.
Maintenance & Operations, General Division: Section 679 on page 260 shows the addition of one Engineering Technician IV #1.
Engineering: Section 545 on page 332 shows the transfer in of one Associate Mechanical Engineer #1 and the transfer out of two Senior Mechanical Engineers; Section 546 on page 332 shows the transfer out of one Senior Electrical Engineer; Section 555 on page 334 shows the transfer in of one Senior Electrical Engineer and the transfer out of one Principal Civil Engineer; and Section 556 on page 335 shows the transfer in of one Principal Civil Engineer, one Senior Electrical Engineer, and two Senior Mechanical Engineers, and the transfer out of one Associate Mechanical Engineer #1 and one Senior Electrical Engineer.
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1 through 8, detail all requested changes in appropriation and staffing. Revised "Pink Pages" 30, 36A, and 39-41 reflect the BF-19 staffing changes.
Requested, Eileen M. McElligott, Administrative Services Manager, BKS
Respectfully Submitted, Kari K. Steele, Chairman Committee on Budget and Employment
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Special Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for November 6, 2014
Attachments
- Revised budget pages 40-41, 50-51, 72-73, 155-156, 172-173, 260, 332, 334-335, 348-349, 405-406, and 458, dated October 29, 2014
- BF-19 budget forms, pages 1-8, dated October 29, 2014
- Revised "Pink Pages" 30, 36A, and 39-41, dated October 29, 2014