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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Melissa Karpinski – Finance Manager <br />MEETING DATE: <br />August 10, 2021 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />5.3 <br />SUBJECT: <br />2022 Annual Business Plan: Travel & Training Budget; Dues & Subscriptions - Fees Budget <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />No action is required. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The 2022 budgeting process has begun. Per the 2021 Governance Agenda the budgeting <br />process schedule is as follows: <br /> August Meeting: Travel & Training <br /> Dues & Subscriptions - Fees <br /> <br /> September Meeting: 20 Year Capital Projections <br /> Capital Projections <br /> Conservation Improvement Program <br /> <br /> October Meeting: Projected Purchased Power Costs <br /> Projected Sales Revenues <br /> Projected Expenses <br /> <br /> November Meeting: Completed Budget with Rate Analysis <br /> <br /> December Meeting: Adopt Budget with Rate changes (if any) <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />The Travel & Training budget has a 7% increase over the prior year. The increase is mainly due <br />to adding back in some management training that was not budgeted for in 2021 and some <br />additional training for our HR position. Some of the proposed key items are as follows: <br />• Additional leadership training in all departments that was identified as a need in our <br />Organizational Effectiveness Survey: $20,000 (distributed among all departments) <br />• Participation at the APPA rodeo for one team: $4,500 <br />• Backflow Tester certification class for water operators: $3,600 <br />• SHRM conference for the Human Resources position: $3,000 <br />• Additional training for IT position: $3,000 <br /> <br />82