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Mission Statement Operating Budget Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Personnel Cost
2009 Appropriation	$ 16,704,493	$ 10,270,122	$ 21,037,692
2010 Appropriation	$ 14,687,840	$ 12,611,492	$ 21,319,362
2011 Appropriation	$ 13,688,926	$ 12,061,492	$ 16,165,582
2012 Appropriation	$ 14,302,210	$ 12,061,492	$ 16,358,985
2013 Base Budget	$ 14,302,210	$ 12,061,492	$ 16,551,505
2013 Addenda	$ 354,999	$ 272,565	$ 34,472
2013 Total	$ 14,657,209	$ 12,334,057	$ 16,585,977
2014 Base Budget	$ 14,302,210	$ 12,061,492	$ 16,551,505
2014 Addenda	$ 30,690	$ 436,780	$ (157,287)
2014 Total	$ 14,332,900	$ 12,498,272	$ 16,394,218

Authorized Position Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Total Positions
2009 Appropriation	206.77	112.61	319.38
2010 Appropriation	179.39	112.61	292.00
2011 Appropriation	179.39	112.61	292.00
2012 Appropriation	179.39	112.61	292.00
2013 Base Budget	179.39	112.61	292.00
2013 Addenda	(2.00)	0.00	(2.00)
2013 Total	177.39	112.61	290.00
2014 Base Budget	179.39	112.61	292.00
2014 Addenda	(5.00)	0.00	(5.00)
2014 Total	174.39	112.61	287.00

• Upgrade fiscal system
  Provides funding to replace the agency's existing accounts receivable fiscal system. The agency will use nongeneral fund sources in FY 2013; a general fund appropriation is provided in FY 2014. The agency's existing financial system is based on a 20 year-old, unsupported dBASE III platform and is out of compliance with the Commonwealth's standards. Due to the age of the software and lack of source code, no modifications can be done to bring this system into compliance.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ 120,000
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 120,000		$ 0

• Reduce unit budgets
  Reduces expenditures across the agency.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (13,701)		$ 0

• Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
  Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of state employee workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of FY 2013 and FY 2014 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 9,091		$ 12,840

• Develop mobile information technology environment for employees
  Authorizes the Department of Forestry to sell three buildings and to use the proceeds of the sales to begin to replace the computers assigned to field staff with notebook computers and provide field staff with wireless smart phones. It is anticipated that in the long-term the implementation of the new technology will increase efficiency and ultimately reduce costs.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 75,000		$ 359,215

• Reduce workforce
  Eliminates one filled position in administration.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (47,600)
  Authorized Positions		$ 0		$ (1)

• Adjust funding to reflect changes in information technology and telecommunication charges
  Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of information technology and telecommunication charges based on changes in utilization, services, and rate changes approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 1, 2010, and September 1, 2011.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 103,126		$ 103,126

• Discontinue printing annual forestry calendar
  Eliminates the use of general fund dollars to produce the annual calendar.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (20,000)		$ (20,000)

• Provide additional funding for the purchase of heavy equipment
  Provides funding for the department to acquire forest fire protection and suppression equipment through the state's Master Equipment Lease Purchase program.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 250,000		$ 0

• Provide funding to agencies for changes in payroll processing costs
  Provides funding for organizational changes related to processing payroll that are expected to achieve long term efficiencies.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 40,668		$ 40,668

• Discontinue contractual agreement for hydrologist
  Discontinues a contractual agreement with Virginia Tech to support research projects under the direction of their hydrologist on staff.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (20,000)

• Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
  Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the costs of items such as changes in retirement and other benefit contribution rates, as well as the distribution of other centrally funded items.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 156,162		$ 156,162
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 77,565		$ 77,565

• Eliminate vacant positions
  Eliminates positions that become vacant through turnover of personnel, or the ability of the agency to supplant general fund dollars with nongeneral fund dollars.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (170,347)		$ (314,506)
  Authorized Positions		$ (2)		$ (4)