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~ 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 flex i b i 1 itv to reduce FTE's, <br /> and there are sufficient FTE's currently allocated for the Engineering.Permit~Tech's. Fred/Cindy <br /> are going to follow up with job costing reports to see if they can de~-clc~h 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 rep ic« of each system and had an <br /> unexpended budget of $131,000 in FY08 in the Professional Scr~~ces liz~c item. The hope. is that <br /> this next go-round of rate updates that we will be able to mininuze the use of consultants by <br /> managing the RAC process differently. As we get. fiuther into this review; we ~~-i 11 want to look <br /> j at any available opportunities to reduce both FTL; and M&S costs in this fund. <br /> On a side note, we also plan to move the MWMC Non-d~>~x~j•rmenral accounts and transcrc•aions out of <br /> Fund 332 and into the Regional Sewer Fund (533) as para o~ ihc> 1-Y10 Budget process. This change <br /> will be more consistent.with the budgetin,~ and accountingfo~~ cu{ter regional charges which are <br /> collected by the city and then passed thrnu,}I1 to MWMC. <br /> <br /> 1 Summary of Recommendations for Your input and Support: <br /> 1. Move ahead with transferring direct Central Ser~-ices costs out ofthe SDC Admin Fund (332); <br /> I instead recoup these costs through the Circ ;1-b7 ``CSA Plan". <br /> 2. Retroactively credit hand 33? with the interest `bump" revenue erroneously credited t~o the <br /> individual system lands and 1~~tWMC. We recommend going back to theprevious three fiscal <br /> _ years for this adjustment. • <br /> 3. Return by mid-Tamar}' n ith a proh~sal for increasing the SDC Admin. Fee, ~ifnecessary, with the <br /> increase tc~ he nr~de cf~ecti~~c nn later i}~an Jtzl~~ 2009 <br /> 4. C~~n~inne io closel~~ monitor fund tinaneiaLactivity and status and look for opportunities to <br /> reassign F~1~:1 to other hro~~rrams, if necessary, to prevent this fund from running a deficit prior to <br /> year end. <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> _ <br /> <br />