TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 2, 2023
COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND EMPLOYMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
Title
Authority to Accept the Executive Director’s 2024 Budget Recommendations and the Attached Changes
Body
Dear Sir:
The attached changes to the Executive Director’s 2024 Budget Recommendations (BF-19 budget forms) are submitted for your consideration during the Committee on Budget and Employment Special Meeting beginning on November 2, 2023. The requested net changes to appropriations are summarized below:
FUND DEPARTMENT NET CHANGE
CORPORATE Monitoring & Research $0
Procurement & Materials Management $0
Human Resources $26,000
Information Technology $(86,000)
Finance $60,000
Maintenance & Operations $0
TOTAL CORPORATE FUND $0
CONSTRUCTION $1,370,800
The total appropriation request for the 2024 Budget is $1,361,511,835, an increase of $1,370,800 from the initial appropriation request of $1,360,141,035. Compared to the 2023 adjusted appropriation of $1,432,153,683, this is a decrease of $70,641,848, or 4.9 percent.
The estimated total tax levy for the 2024 Budget is $693,692,444, unchanged from the initial budget recommendation. Compared to the 2023 total adjusted levy of $679,676,607, this is an increase of $14,015,837, or 2.1 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Corporate Fund is $496,985,500, unchanged from the initial budget recommendation. Compared to the 2023 adjusted appropriation of $475,066,000, this is an increase of $21,919,500, or 4.6 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Construction Fund is $61,336,900, an increase of $1,370,800 from the initial budget request of $59,966,100. The change in appropriation is primarily due to changes in project schedules. Compared to the 2023 adjusted appropriation of $51,500,400, this is an increase of $9,836,500, or 19.1 percent.
Revised budget pages 40-41 include appropriation changes with no changes to the estimated tax rate.
Revised budget pages 51-52 summarize the appropriations and positions and reflect all proposed changes for the 2024 Budget. The total number of positions requested for 2024 is 1,968, a net increase of 11 positions from 2023. The amended position changes, detailed below, resulted in no change to position counts from the Executive Director’s Recommendations.
Revised budget pages 71-73 present a summary of revenues and expenditures for all funds for 2024, as budgeted, and 2023, as estimated, and include changes in 2023 estimated expenditures.
Revised budget page 88 includes a correction to the pie chart.
Revised budget page 92 presents estimated balance sheet for the Construction Fund due to changes in project schedules.
Revised position analysis page 167 for the Procurement & Materials Management Department in the Corporate Fund shows the addition of two Supervising Buyer positions, the drop of one Buyer position, and the drop of one Senior Buyer position in Section 222. Revised position analysis page 196 for the Information Technology Department in the Corporate Fund shows the reclassification of one Computer Systems Administrator #2 position to a Systems Administrator position in Section 282. The amended position changes resulted in no change to position counts from the Executive Director’s Recommendations.
Revised budget pages 325-326 and 451-452 provide an updated list of capital projects for the Construction Fund and Stormwater Management Fund, respectively.
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1 through 9, detail all requested changes in appropriation and staffing.
Revised “Pink Pages” 28, 31, 33, and 39-40 reflect the BF-19 staffing changes.
Requested, Shellie A. Riedle, Administrative Services Officer, IG
Recommended, Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Special Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for November 2, 2023
Attachments
Revised budget pages 40-41, 51-52, 71-73, 88, 92, 167, 196, 325-326, and 451-452, dated October 25, 2023
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1-9, dated October 25, 2023
Revised “Pink Pages” 28, 31, 33, and 39-40, dated October 25, 2023