Annual Budget
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT DECISION PACKAGE
Fund Department Division Dept Rank City Rank[1]
1 10 30 1  
         
TYPE OF PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM      
Hire two part-time planning interns, one for general planning and one for Historic Resources, to equal one FTE position. The Historic Resources Intern is a currently maintained position that is partially grant-funded, whose duties include, assisting the Historic Resources Administrator with all aspects of the Design Review Process. The General Planning Intern would be a new position that would assist in creating and maintaining an electronic filing system, and assisting with planning projects. 
BENEFITS OF FUNDING PROGRAM      
This program improvement is beneficial not only to the general public and development community in making information more readily available, but also to the department as a whole in easing workloads and improving response time to general requests from the public.   In addition to the benefits to the public, development community and the department as a whole, the funding of these two positions benefits the interns by providing them valuable knowledge and experience in their fields of study. 
ESTIMATE AND EXPLANATION OF NEW REVENUE    
 
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FUNDING PROGRAM    
This program improvement is a necessary step in achieving an efficient, streamlined, modern development process. Currently the State of Kansas funds the Historic Resources Intern position 60% through a Historic Preservation Fund grant, but they have indicated that funding is potentially not available for the 2008 grant cycle. This would mean a loss of a valuable asset to the Historic Resources program and make the workload of  that division unmanageable. Growth in the Preservation Program was identified during the last budget year in an approved Program Improvement for an additional Planner II to assist with Downtown redevelopment projects and Commercial Design reviews.  The resources previously approved were reallocated to assist the department in implementing recommendations from the Matrix report.
POSITIONS INVOLVED IN PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT    
One new part-time position is created, a Planning Intern, and 100% funding is taken over for the already created position of Historic Resources Intern. Together, these positions equal funding for one full-time employee (without benefit package). 
FINANCING OF PROGRAM
FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR THIRD YEAR
PERSONAL SERVICES  $            24,960  $            24,960  $            24,960
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES      
COMMODITIES        
CAPITAL OUTLAY        
TOTAL COST    $            24,960  $            24,960  $            24,960
SAVINGS FROM FUNDING PKG.  
NET COST    $            24,960
ANNUAL COST (IF DIFFERENT FROM NET)  $            24,960
Annual Budget
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT DECISION PACKAGE
PERSONAL SERVICES
10-01 Regular Salaries    
10-02 Overtime    
10-04 Longevity Pay    
10-04 Holiday Pay    
10-06 Part-time Salaries  $            24,960  
12-01 FICA    
12-02 Unemployment    
12-03 KPERS    
12-06 Life Insurance    
     
Subtotal    $            24,960
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
     
     
     
     
     
Subtotal    $                   -  
COMMODITIES
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Subtotal    $                   -  
CAPITAL OUTLAY
     
     
     
     
     
Subtotal    $                   -  
TOTAL      $           24,960

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Roderick L. Bremby:

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