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1\ <br /> i <br /> PDD currently reevaulates their FTE allocations every few years to ensure their costs are <br /> equitability allocated between program areas and funds., According to PDD, the level of support <br /> currently charge to Fund 332 is appropriate. On the M&S side of the budget, Bank Service~Fees <br /> account for $33,400 of the FY09 budget. We are working with PDD to explore an option to <br /> charge customers directly for the bank service fees rather than having that cost be borne by the <br /> program. <br /> ' ~ PW Engineeering -.According to program staff, there is not much fle to reduce FTE's, <br /> <br /> 1 and there are sufficient FTE's currently allocated for the Enginee ' errru ech's. Fred/Cindy <br /> are going to follow up with job costing reports to see if they can op more quantifiable <br /> information. A significant portion of the M&S budget has be s consultant costs for the <br /> comprehensive review of each system. We have fmished a 'ew o i ystem and had an <br /> unexpended budget of $13`1,000 in FY08 in the Professical 'ces line i The hope is that <br /> this next go-round of rate updates that we will be abl to ~uuuze the use ~ sultants by <br /> <br /> ' managing the RAC process differently. As we get. iiirther into this review, we 'll want to look <br /> at any available opportunities to reduce both FT's and 1VI&S cysts in this fund. <br /> On a side note, we also plan to move the MWMC Non-ch~~af-trnenial uunts and trans~;tions out of <br /> Fund 332 and into the Regional Sewer Fund .(S33) as part the FYIO Budget process. This change <br /> will be more consistent with the budge ' g and accountingfut~ ether regional charges which are <br /> collected by the city and then passed th i{{~ to MWt11C. <br /> Summary of Recommendations for Your ~ <br /> ~~ut , ort: K <br /> 1. Move ahead with transferring direct Centf~ SE , ~ es the SDC Admin Fund (332); <br /> instead recoup these cost s Through the Cire "CSA Pl <br /> 2. Retroactively cr~,ilit fund 3~2 with the inter "bump" re nue erroneously credited.to the. <br /> individual s ~5teru funds and ~~~WMC: We r end going back to the previous three fiscal <br /> years for is ac~~ustment. <br /> 3, Return. by mid-Ja~iiary~ ith a ln~cosal for incr g the .SDC Admin. Fee, if necessary, with the <br /> increas, to ~be made zflecti~~c no later t}a;~n.J~~ , 2009 <br /> ~J <br /> 4. ely monitor fiend financial activity and status and look for opportunities to <br /> assign:.. er pro~~raulif necessary, to prevent this fund from running a deficit prior to <br /> yearend. . <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />