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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 /> <br /> `i program. <br /> PW Engineeering -According to program staff, there is not much fle3ibility to reduce FTE's, <br /> and there are sufficient FTE's currently allocated for the Engineering, Permi~Tech's. Fred/Cindy <br /> are going to follow. up with job costing reports to see if they can deg-clap more quantifiable <br /> information. A significant portion of the M&S budget has been used for consultant costs for the <br /> comprehensive review of each system. We have fmished a~ rc ~ i c~~ of each system and had an <br /> unexpended budget of $131,000 in FY08 in the Professional Services line ite~~i. The hope is~that <br /> this next go-round of rate updates that we will be able. to uunimze the use cif a>>~sultants by <br /> managing the RAC process differently. As we get. further into this review, wr «ill want to look <br /> at any available opportunities to reduce both FTL and M&S cysts in this fund. <br /> On a side note, we also plan to move the MWMC Non-de~un-tmei~~ul c~~ ~•r~unts and transsa~:aions out of <br /> I Fund 332 and into the Regional Sewer Fund (533) as part ul nc~ T YlO Budget process. This change <br /> will be more consistent with the budgetinP and accountingfor ~ulrrJ^ regional charges which are <br /> collected by the city and then passed throu,~;k to MWMC. <br /> Summaryof Recommendations for Your lnput and Support: <br /> I <br /> 1. Move ahead with transferring direct Central Sen~ices assts ~~ut of~the SDC Admin Fund (332); <br /> instead recoup these costs Through the Circ n-S7 `~C'SA Plan". <br /> 2. Retroactively credit 1=tool }32 with the interest `bump" re~~nue erroneously credited to the <br /> individual system funds and 1\~1 WMC. We recommend going back to the previous three fiscal <br /> years for this adjustn~cnt. <br /> ~ ~ 3. Return bymid-January ~~~ith a proposal for increasing the SDC Admin. Fee, if necessary, with the <br /> increase to be made cC(ecti~~c no later than July L, 2009 <br /> i <br /> 4. Continue to closely monitor fund tin<<nrial activity and status and look for opportunities to <br /> reassign FTE to other pro~~rauls. if necessary, to prevent this fund from nunung a deficit prior to <br /> ` year end. <br /> <br /> I <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />