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Committee of the Whole- Budget
2/1/2024
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Councilmember Theresa Gadus asks:
Please list all of the increases and decreases in the budget and the reason for those changes for the Department of Transportation and all its divisions.
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Referral Response:
Referral Response:
DATE: February 13, 2024
TO: Councilmember Theresa Gadus and Members of the Committee of the Whole - Budget
THROUGH: Douglas Stephens, Director Transportation
Melanie Campbell, Interim Director of Finance
FROM: Carol Wagner, Manager, Department of Transportation
Referral Response:
Please see below for explanations as to the increases and decreases in the Department of Transportation's operating budget.
* Road and Bridge Maintenance
o Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund
* Labor and Personnel
* Decreased by $649,540 from 2023
* Vacancies were frozen to align expenditures with estimated fund revenue and available fund balance.
* Supplies
* Decreased by $1,710,391 from 2023
* Materials for infrastructure repair was reduced due to the elimination of the overlay program and an increase in the utility cut restoration program which charges the expenses back to the Department of Public Utilities.
* Services
* Decreased by $334,037 from 2023
* Elimination of the rental of equipment for the overlay program,
* Capital
* Decreased by $577,084 from 2023
* The budget in 2023 was for equipment purchases. No equipment purchases are budgeted in this fund for 2024.
o Special Assessment Services Fund
* Labor and Personnel
* Decreased by $211,941from 2023
* Vacancies were frozen to reduce the expenditures in the SCM&R fund. Many of these positions are partially funded with the Special Assessment Services Fund which in turn reduced the labor budget in this fund.
* Supplies
* Decreased by $13,000 from 2023
* Office and computer supplies were reduced to align with prior spending.
* Services
* Decreased by $1,153,555 from 2023
* The contractual services account was reduced. This ac...
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