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Department of Public Utilities FY2018 Budget Presentation
Recommended Action
None - discussion item only. Budget will be presented in March for approval.
Staff Recommendation
None - discussion item only. Budget will be presented in March for approval.
Body
Attached is the proposed budget for FY2018. The budget as presented is a reduction of 1% from the fiscal year 2017 budget, and a reduction of 5% from the preliminary Fy2018 budget presented last year. The change from the preliminary budget reflects two significant planning changes. The White Rock Wastewater plant previously scheduled for construction in FY2018 has been moved out to FY2021due to funding constraints. Offsetting that reduction somewhat, the ski hill pipeline originally scheduled for FY2017 has been pushed out into FY2018, and $1.5M of the water well replacement project originally scheduled for FY7 has been pushed out to FY18.
Changes in each Utility sub fund are discussed below.
Note: this is a preliminary draft, some inputs are still being finalized and some numbers are likely to change between now and final presentation to the Board for approval in March. All changes will be noted when the Board considers the final budget for adoption in March.
Staffing changes
We have one additional limited term FTE on the admin roster, but that additional person is funded by the County ERP project to partially backfill staff resources that will be dedicated to the project. Included in the Electric Production budget is funding for double filling a Hydro Plant Maintenance technician for one year in anticipation of retirement of one of the existing staff in 2018. This double fill is utilizing an existing vacancy so does not result in an increased FTE count. The Plumbers and Pipefitters Union agreement is coming up for renewal, and negotiations are likely to result in some salary adjustment. There is also a reclassification of a staff position in the Admin division. $47,000 is included...
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