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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> August 13, 2013 5.1 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> 2014 Budget: Schedule, Travel and Training, Dues/Subscriptions/Fees, and Personnel <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> Staff has begun the 2014 budgeting process. The budgeting process schedule is as follows: <br /> August Meeting: Travel and Training <br /> Dues, Subscriptions, and Fees <br /> Personnel <br /> September Meeting: 10 Year Capital Projections <br /> 2014 Capital Projections <br /> CIP Budget <br /> October Meeting: Projected Purchased Power Costs <br /> Projected Sales Revenues <br /> Projected Expenses <br /> November Meeting: Completed Budget with Rate Analysis <br /> December Meeting: Adopt Budget with Rate changes (if any) <br /> The Travel and Training Budget has less than a 1% increase over the prior year. New on the <br /> schedule is the Apprentice Program for the Technical Services Department, and a potential <br /> additional APPA training for Administration. Other departments had decreases related to some <br /> cyclical trainings not occurring in 2013, which resulted in the marginal increase in total. <br /> The Dues, Subscriptions, and Fees budget has a 4% increase, reflecting various known and <br /> projected increases for 2014. One item to note is that the approximate $7,000 in software <br /> support related to utility billing support will be increasing in 2014 - how much of an increase <br /> remains to be determined. <br /> rs <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> �NATUREI <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider - r <br />