BOARD MEETING DATE: September 5, 2008
AGENDA NO. 27
REPORT:
Summary of Changes to FY 2007-08 Approved Budget
SYNOPSIS:
This is the annual report of budget changes for FY 2007-08.
COMMITTEE:
Not Applicable
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Receive and file.
Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer
Background
After the close of each fiscal year, staff has prepared and presented to the Board a report of midyear revisions to the budget. The attached Board-approved budget changes reflect actions taken by the Board to increase the budget. In addition, there were organizational unit-requested budget changes that did not increase the budget but reallocated already-budgeted funds within a Major Object to meet operational needs. Organizational unit-requested budget changes included such things as a transfer of budgeted funds from Administrative & Human Resources to Information Management for enhancements to allow on-line subscriber account maintenance and electronic distribution of public notices; from District General to Information Management for enhancements to the CLASS finance and permitting systems for Rule 301, plan billing, and refunds processing; from Finance to Information Management to enhance finance reports and to develop a web-based budget system; and from Science & Technology Advancement to Information Management for development of a web application to display the Port of Long Beach’s air quality data for public inquiry. Expenditures relating to budget increases and/or transfers follow Board-established policy regarding purchasing and contracting.
BOARD-APPROVED FY 2007-08 BUDGET CHANGES:
| Date of Board Action |
Budget Increases |
Description |
| July 2007 | $ 600,000 | From the Clean Fuels Fund for technical assistance, expert consultations, public outreach, technical conference sponsorship, and advanced technology vehicle leases. |
| July 2007 | $ 275,000 | From BP ARCO Settlement Projects Fund for outside counsel to assist AQMD in post-trial/appeal matters relating to defending the railroad rules. |
| July 2007 | $ 56,900 | From the Mobile Sources Air Pollution Reduction Fund to facilitate the payment of MSRC miscellaneous and meeting costs. |
| September 2007 | $ 300,000 | From the Carl Moyer Fund, SB 1107 account, for technical assistance, expert consultations, and public outreach. |
| September 2007 | $ 207,125 | From U.S. EPA ($100,000), and the Rule 1309.1 Priority Reserve Fund ($107,125) to develop and demonstrate a diesel particulate filter on a Pacific Harbor Line switch locomotive. |
| September 2007 | $ 230,000 | From Designated for Permit Streamlining for temporary staff to assist in processing permits and program enhancements to increase permitting efficiency. |
| September 2007 | $ 905,000 | From Designated for Building Refurbishment for re-roofing the AQMD headquarters and the child care center, upgrade of security video and recording system, and re-sealing and re-striping headquarters parking lots. |
| September 2007 | $ 156,763 | From Undesignated Fund Balance to add an Office Assistant position and a automated insurance tracking system to provide oversight of contractor compliance with insurance requirements, and to add a Systems and Programming Supervisor position needed to address the high volume of systems development work needed throughout the agency. |
| October 2007 | $ 25,100 | From Undesignated Fund Balance to supplement the amount already budgeted for security guard services. |
| October 2007 | $ 70,000 | From Designated for Enhanced Compliance for a CNG van to be used by the AQMD compliance staff for service station vapor recovery testing. |
| October 2007 | $ 2,061,572 | From Department of Homeland Security for an enhanced particulate monitoring program ($466,566); from U.S. EPA for carryover of unspent federal FY 06-07 15th year PAMS program funds ($88,000), for the 16th year PAMS program ($1,071,400), for the National Air Toxics Trend Station (NATTS) Program ($35,700), for the PM 2.5 Program ($370,050); and from the BP ARCO Settlement Projects Fund for the port and I-710 air monitoring program ($29,856). |
| November 2007 | $ 116,000 | From the Air Quality Investment Fund to carry out the 2008 Lawnmower Exchange Program.
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| November 2007 | $ 17,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance to amend Hearing Board compensation. |
| December 2007 | $ 100,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance for municipal outreach to implement the 2007 SIP measure on AB 2766 funding. |
| December 2007 | $ 150,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance for system development work to modify AQMD’s annual emissions reporting program. |
| December 2007 | $ 225,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance for additional particulate monitors, and enhancements to the AQMD air quality website and the interactive voice response system, to address wildfire events. |
| January 2008 | $ 125,000 | From the Air Toxics “Hot Spots” Fund for continued privatization of portions of the annual emissions reporting program. |
| January 2008 | $ 45,000 | From CARB ($25,000) and SCAG ($20,000) to amend a contract with a consultant for assistance with development of the 2007 SIP White Paper. |
| February 2008 | $161,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance for air monitoring station improvements. |
| February 2008 | $ 336,517 | From Undesignated Fund Balance to add five compliance positions and one clerical position for the field implementation of CARB’s Enhanced Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP). The costs are to be offset by estimated annual inspection fee revenue. |
| March 2008 | $ 612,196 | From Designated for Equipment Replacement for the purchase of offset printing equipment with a computer-to-plate system. |
| March 2008 | $ 350,000 | From Designated for Litigation and Enforcement for outside legal counsel for litigation on the Architectural Coatings Rules, Priority Reserve Rule, cases with the California Public Utilities Commission and the FERC involving “hot gases”, a power-plant project in Romoland, and the State Water Board involving the Salton Sea. |
| April 2008 | $ 100,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance for a contract with the California Chapter of the Asthma & Allergy Foundation to sponsor a week-long asthma camp for 130 children with severe asthma. |
| April 2008 | $ 75,000 | From Undesignated Fund Balance for a contract to conduct an assessment of alternative methodologies for Rule 403 compliance monitoring.
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| May 2008 | $ 84,000 | From Designated for Equipment Replacement for additional air toxic samplers to expand airborne hexavalent chromium monitoring in western Riverside and San Bernardino counties. |
| June 2008 | $ 20,000 | From CARB to amend a contract to complete the AB 1222 pilot program to assess remote sensing device technology to measure locomotive emissions. |
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$7,404,173
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Total Board-approved FY 2007-08 Budget changes |
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Sources of Funding: |
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| $1,609,881 | Interfund Transfers | |
| $2,271,716 | Grants/Contracts | |
| $2,251,196 | Budget Designations | |
| $1,271,380 | Undesignated Fund Balance | |
| $ 125,528,321 | FY 2007-08 adopted Budget | |
| $ 132,932,494 | FY 2007-08 ending Budget |