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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Melissa Karpinski –Finance Manager <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />August 11, 2020 5.3 <br />SUBJECT: <br />2021 Annual Business Plan: Schedule; Travel & TrainingBudget; Dues & Subscriptions - Fees <br />Budget <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The 2021 budgeting process has begun. Per the 2020 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 />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 />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />The Travel & Training budget has a 64% increase over the prior year. The increase is mainly due <br />to adding in Labor expense ($90,000) whichwas not included in past budget presentations. If <br />this were removed there would only be a 10% increase from the prior year. Some of the <br />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 American Public Power Association rodeo for one team: $5,000 <br /> Backflow Tester certification class for water operators: $3,600 <br /> Additional training for the new Human Resources positions: $2,000 <br /> Additional training for IT position: $3,000 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />74 <br /> <br />