TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 1, 2018
COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND EMPLOYMENT
Mr. John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
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Authority to Accept the Executive Director’s 2019 Budget Recommendations and the Attached Changes
Body
Dear Sir:
The attached changes to the Executive Director’s 2019 Budget Recommendations (BF-19 budget forms) are submitted for your consideration during the Committee on Budget and Employment Special Meeting beginning on November 1, 2018. The requested net changes to appropriations are summarized below:
FUND DEPARTMENT NET CHANGE
CORPORATE General Administration $0
Monitoring & Research|9 10| Information Technology 80,000
Finance (25,000)
Maintenance & Operations 0
TOTAL CORPORATE FUND $55,000
CONSTRUCTION $310,000
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BOND $12,276,000
The total appropriation request for the 2019 Budget is $1,092,299,141, an increase of $12,641,000 from the initial appropriation request of $1,079,658,141. Compared to the 2018 total adjusted appropriation of $1,151,051,387, this is a decrease of $58,752,246, or 5.1 percent.
The estimated total tax levy for the 2019 Budget is $640,649,270, unchanged from the initial budget request. Compared to the 2018 total adjusted levy of $621,317,594, this is an increase of $19,331,676, or 3.1 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Corporate Fund is $376,862,500, an increase of $55,000 from the initial budget request of $376,807,500. The change in appropriation will allow for the implementation of two Information Technology projects that will result in increased efficiencies. Compared to the 2018 adjusted appropriation of $370,209,200, this is an increase of $6,653,300, or 1.8 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Construction Fund is $17,912,300, an increase of $310,000 from the initial budget request of $17,602,300. The change in appropriation is primarily due the addition of one project to rehabilitate Main Sewage Pump motor windings at the Stickney WRP. Compared to the 2018 adjusted appropriation of $26,080,600, this is a decrease of $8,168,300, or 31.3 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund is $248,707,900, an increase of $12,276,000 from the initial budget request of $236,431,900. The change in appropriation is due to changes in project schedules and cost estimates. Compared to the 2018 adjusted appropriation of $312,982,900, this is a decrease of $64,275,000, or 20.5 percent.
Revised budget pages 44-45 include appropriation changes with no changes to the estimated tax rate.
Revised budget page 55 summarizes the appropriations and reflects all proposed changes for the 2019 Budget.
Revised budget pages 75-77 present a summary of revenues and expenditures for all funds for 2019, as budgeted, and 2018, as estimated.
Revised budget page 87 presents estimated balance sheets for the Corporate Fund due to changes in appropriated assets.
Revised budget pages 93-94 present estimated revenue and balance sheets for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund due to changes in cost estimates and project schedules.
Revised budget page 95 presents estimated balance sheets for the Construction Fund due to changes in cost estimates and project schedules.
Revised position analysis page 160 for the Monitoring & Research Department in the Corporate Fund shows the implementation of a crosshatch #4 for one Laboratory Technician II position in Section 124, which signifies a pay grade change to the Technical, Administrative, and Managerial (TAM) salary schedule from the previously assigned salary schedule.
Revised budget pages 337-338 and 389-391 provide an updated list of capital projects for the Construction Fund and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund.
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1 through 10, detail all requested changes in appropriation and staffing.
Requested, Eileen M. McElligott, Administrative Services Officer, SAR:SKL
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 1, 2018
Attachments
Revised budget pages 44-45, 55, 75-77, 87, 93-94, 95, 160, 337-338, and 389-391 dated October 24, 2018
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1-10, dated October 24, 2018