TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 7, 2024
COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND EMPLOYMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
Title
Authority to Accept the Executive Director’s 2025 Budget Recommendations and the Attached Changes
Body
Dear Sir:
The attached changes to the Executive Director’s 2025 Budget Recommendations (BF-19 budget forms) are submitted for your consideration during the Committee on Budget and Employment Special Meeting beginning on November 7, 2024. The requested net changes to appropriations are summarized below:
FUND DEPARTMENT NET CHANGE
CORPORATE General Administration $0
Monitoring & Research|9 10| Information Technology|9 10| Engineering|9 10| Maintenance & Operations|9 10| TOTAL CORPORATE FUND $0
CONSTRUCTION $390,000
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BOND $(14,750,000)
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT $0
The total appropriation request for the 2025 Budget is $1,691,197,974, a decrease of $14,360,000 from the initial appropriation request of $1,705,557,974. Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $1,428,932,635, this is an increase of $262,265,339, or 18.4 percent.
The estimated total tax levy for the 2025 Budget is $709,708,434, unchanged from the initial budget recommendation. Compared to the 2024 total adjusted levy of $691,679,040, this is an increase of $18,029,394, or 2.6 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Corporate Fund is $522,294,700, unchanged from the initial budget recommendation. Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $497,258,600, this is an increase of $25,036,100, or 5.0 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Construction Fund is $81,470,900, an increase of $390,000 from the initial budget request of $81,080,900. The change in appropriation is primarily due to a change in the project schedule for a New Entrance at SEPA No. 3 ($0.4 million). Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $74,598,800, this is an increase of $6,872,100, or 9.2 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund is $546,174,500, a decrease of $14,750,000 from the initial budget request of $560,924,500. The change in appropriation is due to a change in the project schedule for TARP Control System Replacement in the Calumet Service Area ($26.3 million), partially offset by the addition of final design work for the Replacement of a Dewatering Facility at the Calumet WRP ($6.5 million) and a change in the schedule for final design on the Gloria Alitto Majewski Reservoir Rehabilitation ($5.0 million). Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $308,278,600, this is an increase of $237,895,900, or 77.2 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Stormwater Management Fund is $130,614,100, unchanged from the initial budget request. Major proposed BF-19 changes include the addition of the NatureNook Pilot Project 1 in Burnham ($1.2 million), offset by a change in the project schedule for the Flood Control Project on Prairie Creeks ($1.0 million) and the Flood Control Project in the Worth Woods Subdivision ($0.2 million). Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $131,517,700, this is a decrease of $903,600, or 0.7 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 2025 Budget. The total number of positions requested for 2025 is 1,955, a net decrease of 11 positions from 2024. The amended position changes, detailed below, resulted in a net increase of one position from the Executive Director’s Recommendations.
Revised budget pages 71-73 present a summary of revenues and expenditures for all funds for 2025, as budgeted, and 2024, as estimated, and include changes in 2024 estimated expenditures.
Revised budget pages 90-91 present estimated balance sheet and revenue estimates for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund due to changes in project schedules.
Revised budget page 92 presents the estimated balance sheet for the Construction Fund due to changes in project schedules.
Revised position analysis pages 196-199 for the Information Technology Department in the Corporate Fund show the drop of one Administrative Specialist #1 position, the addition of a crosshatch #2 to one Senior IT Security Administrator #1 position, and the reorganization of multiple positions to align them within the proper sections and reporting structure based on job responsibilities. Revised position analysis pages 308, 310, and 311 for the Engineering Department in the Corporate Fund show the transfer of two positions between the Engineering Department in the Stormwater Management Fund, including one Associate Civil Engineer position into, and one Assistant Civil Engineer position out of, Section 544. Additionally, one Associate Civil Engineer position was added and one Administrative Specialist position was dropped in Section 555. Section 556 includes the addition of three Assistant Electrical Engineer positions and the drop of three Associate Electrical Engineer positions. Revised position analysis page 252 for the Maintenance & Operations - General Division in the Corporate Fund shows the addition of three Assistant Electrical Engineer positions and the drop of three Associate Electrical Engineer positions in Section 681. Revised position analysis page 265 for the Maintenance & Operations - North Service Area in the Corporate Fund shows the addition of a crosshatch #1 to one Administrative Clerk position and the addition of one Maintenance Laborer Class B position in Section 743. Revised position analysis pages 278-280 for the Maintenance & Operations - Calumet Service Area in the Corporate Fund show the addition of one Maintenance Laborer Class B position and the transfer in from Section 811 and addition of a crosshatch # 1 to one Administrative Specialist position in Section 843. Additionally, one Secretary #2 position was transferred from Section 811 to Section 821 and one Administrative Clerk position was transferred from Section 811 to Section 831. Revised position analysis page 516 for the Engineering Department in the Stormwater Management Fund shows the transfer of two positions between the Engineering Department in the Corporate Fund, including one Associate Civil Engineer position out of, and one Assistant Civil Engineer position into, Section 522.
Revised budget pages 324-326, 389-391, and 463-464 provide an updated list of capital projects for the Construction Fund, Capital Improvements Bond Fund, and Stormwater Management Fund, respectively.
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1 through 13, detail all requested changes in appropriation and staffing.
Revised “Pink Pages” 31 and 33-36 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 7, 2024
Attachments
Revised budget pages 40-41, 51-52, 71-73, 90-92, 196-199, 252, 265, 278-280, 308, 310-311, 324-326, 389-391, 463-464, and 516, dated October 30, 2024
BF-19 budget forms, pages 1-13, dated October 30, 2024
Revised “Pink Pages” 31 and 33-36, dated October 30, 2024