TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF DECEMBER 11, 2014
COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND EMPLOYMENT
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
Title
Authority to Amend the Tentative 2015 Budget
Body
Dear Sir:
The attached Changes to the Tentative 2015 Budget Recommendations (BF-20 budget forms) are submitted for your consideration during adoption of the Budget on December 11, 2014. Requested changes to appropriations are summarized in the table below:
FUND DEPARTMENT NET CHANGE
CORPORATE General Administration $321,400
Monitoring & Research 285,000
Information Technology 51,200
Law (52,800)
Finance 22,300
Engineering (26,843,600)
Maintenance & Operations 553,000
TOTAL CORPORATE FUND $(25,663,500)
CONSTRUCTION $0
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BOND $26,750,000
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT $611,100
BOND REDEMPTION & INTEREST $11,353,400
RETIREMENT $0
RESERVE CLAIM $(3,300,000)
The 2015 total appropriation request is $1,262,009,281, including these requested changes. These requested changes represent an increase of $9,751,000 from the Tentative Budget. Compared to the 2014 total adjusted appropriation of $1,219,656,083, this represents an increase of $42,353,198, or 3.5 percent.
The estimated total tax levy for the 2015 Budget is $556,917,148, a decrease of $3,108,809 from the Tentative Budget. Compared to the 2014 total adjusted levy of $540,250,057, this represents an increase of $16,667,091, or 3.1 percent.
The Corporate Fund total appropriation is $357,090,600, a decrease of $25,663,500 from the Tentative Budget. The decrease is primarily due to the reallocation of the Community Flood Control Program, in the total amount of $26,750,000, to the Capital Improvements Bond Fund. Compared to the 2014 Corporate Fund total adjusted appropriation of $395,344,700, this represents a decrease of $38,254,100, or 9.7 percent.
The Construction Fund total appropriation request remains unchanged from the Tentative Budget at $37,910,700. Compared to the 2014 Construction Fund adjusted appropriation of $53,306,000, this represents a decrease of $15,395,300 ,or 28.9 percent.
The Capital Improvements Bond Fund total appropriation request is $511,632,500, an increase of $26,750,000 from the Tentative Budget. The increase is due to the reallocation of the Community Flood Control Program from the Corporate Fund. Compared to the 2014 Capital Improvements Bond Fund adjusted appropriation of $386,208,300, this represents an increase of $125,424,200, or 32.5 percent.
The Stormwater Management Fund total appropriation request is $46,520,300, an increase of $611,100 from the Tentative Budget. Compared to the 2014 Stormwater Management Fund adjusted appropriation of $50,907,400, this represents a decrease of $4,387,100, or 8.6 percent.
The Bond Redemption & Interest Fund total appropriation request is $216,501,181, an increase of $11,353,400 from the Tentative Budget. Compared to the 2014 Bond Redemption & Interest Fund adjusted appropriation of $194,905,683, this represents an increase of $21,595,498, or 11.1 percent.
The Retirement Fund total appropriation request remains unchanged from the Tentative Budget at $61,654,000. Compared to the 2014 Retirement Fund adjusted appropriation of $74,984,000, this represents a decrease of $13,330,000, or 17.8 percent.
The Reserve Claim Fund total appropriation request is $30,700,000, a decrease of $3,300,000 from the Tentative Budget. Compared to the 2014 Reserve Claim Fund adjusted appropriation of $64,000,000, this represents a decrease of $33,300,000, or 52.0 percent. The decrease is primarily due to the payment of a large settlement in 2014.
The total number of positions requested for 2015 is 1,982, a net increase of 21 positions from 2014. This is also a net increase of seven positions from the Tentative Budget. In General Administration, three Police Officer positions were added. In the Information Technology Department three positions were added (a Business Analyst, a Senior Business Analyst, and a Project Management Office Manager) and three positions were dropped (a Computer Systems Administrator, a Computer Systems Coordinator, and a Supervising Systems Analyst). In the Law Department, an Administrative Specialist position was dropped. In the Engineering Department, Corporate Fund, an Associate Mechanical Engineer #1 position was dropped. In the Maintenance & Operations Department, a Maintenance Laborer Class A Shift position was added in the General Division, a Laborer Foreman position was added in the North Service Area, a Maintenance Laborer Class A position was added in the Calumet Service Area, and two Electrical Operator II positions and one Maintenance Laborer Class A Shift position were added in the Stickney Service Area.
Revised Tentative Budget pages 7 and 8 present changes to the appropriations and levies. Revised Tentative Budget pages 9 and 10 present account and personnel summary comparison changes. Revised Tentative Budget pages 11 and 12 present detailed summaries of the changes in revenues, expenditures, and net assets appropriable for 2015 budgeted and 2014 estimated.
The project lists for the Construction Fund, Tentative Budget pages 53 and 54, have been revised to reflect changes in the project schedule.
Revised Executive Director's Recommendations Budget pages 36, 71, 75, 78, 83 - 84, 88 - 90, 94, 97 - 99, 509, and 517 - 518 present revised budget financial schedules for the Corporate Fund, Construction Fund, Capital Improvements Bond Fund, Stormwater Management Fund, Bond Redemption & Interest Fund, and Reserve Claim Fund.
The attached BF-20 budget forms (pages 1 through 17) detail all requested changes in appropriation and staffing.
The Executive Director's Budget Recommendations and the Tentative Budget, which include all the budget related Ordinances in their entirety and the Report of the Committee on Budget and Employment adopted in Motion A, are available for review on the District's website, www.mwrd.org <http://www.mwrd.org>.
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 December 11, 2014
Attachments
- Revised Tentative Budget pages 7 - 12, 53 - 54, dated December 2, 2014
- Revised Executive Director's Recommendations Budget pages 36, 71, 75, 78, 83 - 84, 88 - 90, 94, 97 - 99, 509, and 517 - 518, dated December 2, 2014
- BF-20 budget forms pages 1 - 17, dated December 2, 2014