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Mission Statement Operating Budget Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Personnel Cost
2009 Appropriation	$ 16,704,493	$ 10,270,122	$ 18,356,495
2010 Appropriation	$ 14,687,840	$ 12,611,492	$ 18,638,165
2011 Appropriation	$ 13,688,926	$ 12,061,492	$ 16,165,582
2012 Appropriation	$ 14,302,210	$ 12,061,492	$ 16,358,985
2013 Addenda	$ 14,907,209	$ 12,334,057	$ 16,585,977
2013 Addenda	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
2013 Total	$ 14,907,209	$ 12,334,057	$ 16,585,977
2014 Addenda	$ 14,832,900	$ 12,498,272	$ 16,394,218
2014 Addenda	$ (56,998)	$ 136,567	$ 0
2014 Total	$ 14,775,902	$ 12,634,839	$ 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 Addenda	177.39	112.61	290.00
2013 Addenda	0.00	0.00	0.00
2013 Total	177.39	112.61	290.00
2014 Addenda	174.39	112.61	287.00
2014 Addenda	(0.80)	0.80	0.00
2014 Total	173.59	113.41	287.00

• Extend the financing term of the agency's master equipment lease for firefighting equipment
  Alters the financing term of the master equipment lease provided for the purchase of firefighting equipment. Extending the financing term from five years to seven years reduces the lease payments, thereby generating savings.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (69,793)

• Allocate technology costs across all applicable service areas
  Distributes costs associated with information technology (IT) across all applicable service areas. By equitably distributing the costs across all programs, the agency will also use nongeneral fund revenue supporting those service areas to pay the associated IT expenses.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (74,995)
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 0		$ 74,995

• Reduce discretionary expenditures
  Decreases general fund support for discretionary expenses such as training, office supplies, travel, and equipment.  

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (42,175)

• Upgrade the agency’s Integrated Forest Resource Information System
  Provides general fund appropriation to support an upgrade to the agency’s Integrated Forest Resource Information System.  Improvements to the system are necessary in order to address issues identified in the 2011 Information Security Audit.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ 175,000

• Adjust funding for changes in methodology for Oracle related charges
  Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of the impact of VITA charges resulting from a planned change in the rates methodology as applied to Oracle specific costs effective July 1, 2013.  Under the new methodology, Oracle costs will be charged directly to those few agencies with Oracle licenses rather than sharing the costs via standard server rates among the many agencies using the servers on which the Oracle software resides as is currently done.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (14,852)

• Provide assistance for the general fund portion of agency Line of Duty Act costs
  Provides additional funding to cover the general fund share of Line of Duty Act costs for state agencies.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ 31,389

• Supplant general fund support for a position in conservation with nongeneral funds
  Replaces general fund appropriation provided for the personnel costs of the Assistant Director of the agency’s Conserve the Forest Land Base Division with nongeneral fund revenue. The department will utilize its portion of revenues collected in the Land Preservation Fund in place of general fund dollars.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 0		$ (61,572)
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 0		$ 61,572