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Department of Public Utilities FY2020 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 FY2020. Last year was a two-year budget cycle in which the then current year (FY19) actual budget and a projection for the subsequent year (FY20) was presented. This year that second-year budget is updated and considered for approval.
The FY20 expenditure budget overall as presented is lower than the projection last year, due primarily to the postponement of construction of the White Rock Treatment Plant until 2021, offset somewhat by the addition of budget authority for the Gas and Water portions of the AMI project, and additional projects scheduled in the water production budget, which will be discussed below.
Comparing to the final FY19 approved budget, the proposed FY20 budget represents a 2.1 percent increase, again, due primarily to the addition of the Gas and Water portions of the AMI project and the water production projects mentioned above and discussed in more detail in the water section below.
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. Interdepartmental charges (IDC’s), for example, have not been finalized by the Office of Management and Budget, so will need to be updated in the final budget presented for adoption. All changes will be noted when the Board considers the final budget for adoption in March.
Staffing changes
There are no additional FTEs proposed in this budget. The limited term FTE previously shown in the Admin budget was in support of the County ERP project and was funded by that project, but with the conclusion of that project is no lo...
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