TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF DECEMBER 12, 2024
COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND EMPLOYMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
Title
Authority to Amend the Tentative 2025 Budget
Body
Dear Sir:
The attached changes to the Tentative 2025 Budget Recommendations (BF-20 budget forms) are submitted for your consideration during the adoption of the Budget on December 12, 2024. The requested net changes to appropriations are summarized below:
FUND DEPARTMENT NET CHANGE
CORPORATE Board of Commissioners $223,500
General Administration (155,000)
Monitoring & Research|9 10| Human Resources (68,500)
Information Technology|9 10| Engineering|9 10| Maintenance & Operations|9 10| TOTAL CORPORATE FUND $0
CONSTRUCTION $3,072,700
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BOND $(72,000)
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT $4,109,000
RESERVE CLAIM $(3,700,000)
The total appropriation request for the 2025 Budget is $1,694,607,674, an increase of $3,409,700 from the 2025 Tentative Budget. Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $1,428,932,635, this is an increase of $265,675,039, or 18.6 percent.
The estimated total tax levy for the 2025 Budget is $709,708,434, unchanged from the Tentative Budget. 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 Tentative Budget. 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 $84,543,600, an increase of $3,072,700 from the Tentative Budget request of $81,470,900. The change in appropriation is primarily due to changes in the project schedule for multiple projects, including the Biogas Combined Heat and Power System at the Egan WRP ($2.9 million). Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $74,598,800, this is an increase of $9,944,800, or 13.3 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund is $546,102,500, a decrease of $72,000 from the Tentative Budget request of $546,174,500. The change in appropriation is due to changes in the project schedule for Elevator Improvements at the Mainstream Pumping Station ($3.0 million) offset by a revised cost estimate for Chemical Phosphorus Removal at the O’Brien WRP ($2.9 million). Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $308,278,600, this is an increase of $237,823,900, or 77.1 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Stormwater Management Fund is $134,723,100, an increase of $4,109,000 from the Tentative Budget request of $130,614,100. The change in appropriation is primarily due to changes in the project schedule for multiple projects, including the Addison Creek Channel Improvements project ($11.7 million), partially offset by changes in the project schedule for Stormwater Storage at Community High School District 218 Administration Sports Field and Storm Sewer Improvements in Oak Lawn ($2.7 million), LeMoyne Street and Maypole Avenue Underground Storage Projects in Chicago ($1.8 million), Groveland Avenue Levee Improvements in Riverside ($1.5 million), and the Flood Control Project on Prairie Creeks ($1.1 million). Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $131,517,700, this is an increase of $3,205,400, or 2.4 percent.
The total appropriation request for the Reserve Claim Fund is $53,586,800, a decrease of $3,700,000 from the Tentative Budget request of $57,286,800. The change in appropriation is due to a revised 2024 estimated expenditure. Compared to the 2024 adjusted appropriation of $52,315,900, this is an increase of $1,270,900, or 2.4 percent.
Revised Tentative Budget pages 8-9 include appropriation changes with no changes to the estimated tax levy.
Revised Tentative Budget page 10 summarizes the appropriations and reflects all proposed changes for the 2025 Budget.
Revised Tentative Budget page 11 presents all proposed position changes included in the BF-20 amendment and includes the drop of one Administrative Clerk position and one Secretary to Officer position in General Administration, the addition of one Associate Electrical Engineer position and the drop of one Assistant Electrical Engineer position in the Engineering Department, and the drop of one Administrative Specialist position in the Maintenance & Operations Department. Additionally, one Maintenance Laborer Class B position was transferred from Section 843 to Section 943 in the Maintenance & Operations Department. The total number of positions was decreased by three from the Tentative Budget. The total number of positions requested for 2025 is 1,952, a net decrease of 14 positions from 2024.
Revised Tentative Budget pages 12-14 present a summary of revenues and expenditures for all funds for 2025, as budgeted, and 2024, as estimated, and 2023 actuals. These pages include changes in revenues and expenditures for 2025, as budgeted, and 2024, as estimated.
Revised Executive Director’s Budget Recommendations pages 84-85 present the estimated balance sheet and the appropriable revenue for the Corporate Fund. These pages include changes in 2025 assets available for appropriation and budgeted 2025 revenues.
Revised Tentative Budget pages 15-16 present the estimated balance sheet and the appropriable revenue for the Capital Improvements Bond Fund. These pages include changes in project schedules.
Revised Tentative Budget page 17 and revised Executive Director’s Budget Recommendations page 93 present the estimated balance sheet and the appropriable revenue for the Construction Fund reflecting changes in project schedules.
Revised Executive Director’s Budget Recommendations page 95 presents the estimated balance sheet for the Stormwater Management Fund reflecting changes in project schedules.
Revised Executive Director’s Budget Recommendations page 101 presents the estimated balance sheet for the Reserve Claim Fund reflecting changes to 2024 estimated expenditures.
Revised Tentative Budget pages 70-72, 74-76, and 78-79, provide an updated list of capital projects for the Construction Fund, Capital Improvements Bond Fund, and Stormwater Management Fund, respectively.
The attached BF-20 budget forms (pages 1-14) detail all requested changes in appropriation and staffing.
The Executive Director’s Budget Recommendations and the Tentative Budget, which include all the related budget 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 .
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 December 12, 2024
Attachments
Revised Tentative Budget pages 8-17, 70-72, 74-76, and 78-79, dated December 4, 2024
Revised Executive Director’s Recommended Budget pages 84-85, 93, 95, and 101, dated December 4, 2024
BF-20 budget forms, pages 1-14, dated December 4, 2024