[0:03] Well, hello everyone. Welcome to the
[0:06] WFRC budget committee meeting for March
[0:08] 19th, 2026.
[0:11] We'll call this meeting to order and um
[0:15] go to our agenda. We do have um
[0:19] introductions and consent agenda. I
[0:22] don't know if we need introductions
[0:24] here, but um we
[0:26] >> we would just like to read the names in
[0:28] for the record.
[0:30] >> Please go ahead.
[0:31] >> Okay. Thanks. Um on the call today, we
[0:34] have Marian Florence, Andrea Pearson,
[0:37] Scott Wardle, Kevin Wells, Andrew
[0:40] Gruber, Wayne Benan, Amy Wender Newton,
[0:43] Bob Stevenson, and Lee Perry. Thank you.
[0:47] >> Thank you. Um, so our first item on 1A
[0:51] is some action to approve the minutes of
[0:54] October 9th and accept the financial
[0:57] statements and check registers as well
[0:59] as look at the current financial report.
[1:03] And I'll turn it. Marian, do you have
[1:04] anything you want to add there or do you
[1:06] are you good if we
[1:07] >> I'm Yeah, the packet contains um both
[1:12] reports, financial reports as well as
[1:14] bank statements and check registers
[1:15] which is our practice. Um, so I do
[1:19] attach a memo there looking at the
[1:21] period that is reflected in the
[1:23] financial report. So everything is on
[1:26] track. Um, and so that is really
[1:28] provided to you for transparency and
[1:30] your oversight.
[1:33] >> Does anybody have any questions on any
[1:35] of that?
[1:38] » That not. I'll make a motion we pass the
[1:41] minutes as written.
[1:42] >> Second. I'll second it. Oh, give it to
[1:46] whoever else.
[1:48] >> Are you good if your uh motion includes
[1:52] the minutes, the financial statements
[1:54] and check registers as well as the
[1:55] current financial report
[1:57] >> A, B, C, and D.
[1:59] >> Okay. Our whole consent agenda all in
[2:01] one fell swoop. Perfect. And let's see
[2:04] who
[2:05] >> second Harvey. And that I that's what I
[2:08] understood was items A, B, C, and D.
[2:10] Thank you.
[2:11] >> Perfect. Thank you so much,
[2:13] Commissioner. Okay. Um, is there any
[2:15] questions or comments before we vote?
[2:19] >> Seeing none, we'll call for the vote.
[2:21] All in favor say I.
[2:23] >> I.
[2:23] Any opposed?
[2:26] Okay, that passes unanimously.
[2:29] Thank you. We're going to go to item
[2:30] number two. That's public comment. Is
[2:32] there anybody here from the public who
[2:34] would like to comment today?
[2:38] Darn it. Someday we're going to get
[2:40] somebody. I just know it. So, not today.
[2:43] Um, so we'll go to item number three.
[2:46] This is our WFRC budget committee item.
[2:49] And um, we have for you to look over the
[2:53] release of the draft fiscal year 27 of
[2:56] the WFRC goals, budget, and unified
[2:59] planning work program. Um, so I will
[3:03] turn this over to staff for any comments
[3:06] or introduction on this.
[3:09] >> Thank you. I'm going to um let Andrew
[3:11] talk about our goals to begin.
[3:14] >> Thanks, Marian. Uh thanks, Madame Chair.
[3:17] And hey, everybody, thank you for
[3:18] joining us for this meeting. Um
[3:22] as um the chair noted, we have one
[3:24] action item today. Uh and that's
[3:27] releasing for review and public review
[3:31] and comment our draft goals, budget, and
[3:34] unified planning work program for next
[3:37] fiscal year. Um
[3:40] this is a a something we do every year.
[3:42] It's a so it is a routine meeting but it
[3:45] is important. Um you know it's just our
[3:48] budget and everything we're going to do
[3:50] next year. So it's very uh important. Um
[3:53] but let me say this to you. This is um
[3:58] there is nothing here in our view that
[4:01] is out of the ordinary or exciting. Um
[4:05] uh like you I serve in a lot of
[4:07] organizations where we review a budget
[4:09] and it's always I always feel like it's
[4:10] helpful to know upfront like is there
[4:12] something big and unusual happening and
[4:14] the answer is no there are some changes
[4:17] but there are the types of changes that
[4:19] we go through in contracting amount of
[4:23] our contracts that go up and down that's
[4:25] a routine thing we'll explain that a
[4:27] little bit but overall the budget is
[4:29] very stable actually come our proposed
[4:31] budget proposed of course is coming
[4:34] down. Um so, uh we'll get into the
[4:37] details, but I just wanted to give you
[4:38] that sort of big picture, um context as
[4:41] a as a starting point. Um I'll talk some
[4:44] about the proposed goals for our agency
[4:48] for next year for fiscal year 27.
[4:51] Um ask any questions, of course, give
[4:53] any feedback or direction that you have.
[4:56] Uh and then Marian will talk about uh
[4:59] the budget for next year. Um, and then
[5:03] we typically don't go into detail on the
[5:06] unified planning work program. That's
[5:08] part three of these pieces. The unified
[5:11] planning work program again is the much
[5:14] more detailed version of the work that
[5:17] we anticipate doing next year. In
[5:19] contrast to the one page uh on the
[5:22] goals, we can talk about anything that
[5:24] you want in as much detail as you would
[5:28] like. Um but our intention is to be
[5:31] relatively succinct um as we present
[5:34] this uh information to you on process.
[5:38] So we have this budget committee meeting
[5:40] now March. Uh your action uh is to you
[5:45] know authorize us to go next to our
[5:48] council meeting which is next Thursday
[5:50] our f full council meeting next Thursday
[5:52] afternoon where we would do an
[5:54] abbreviated version. Uh, council member
[5:57] Winder Newton, of course, will work with
[5:58] you on how that gets presented, but an
[6:00] abbreviated version of this for the
[6:02] council meeting. The council's vote then
[6:05] is to release for public comment. We
[6:08] send the material to all the COGS. We
[6:10] put it make it available for review by
[6:11] anybody who wants to, and then we come
[6:13] back again in May, a budget committee
[6:16] meeting, and then final action at the
[6:18] May council meeting. That's the process.
[6:20] You all know this before, although I
[6:22] think if I've got this right, and if I
[6:25] don't, I'm going to be a little
[6:26] embarrassed. Um, this is Commissioner
[6:28] Harvey's first budget committee meeting.
[6:32] >> We have had some we've had some
[6:34] turnover.
[6:35] >> Um, and so, Commissioner Harvey, we're
[6:37] so happy to have you. Thank you for
[6:39] agreeing uh to participate in this. And
[6:42] hopefully everything I just said makes
[6:43] sense to you. If you or anybody wants to
[6:45] ask a question about that, of course,
[6:46] you can. I actually trust the process.
[6:49] It It may be mundane for the rest of
[6:52] you, but it's uh eye opening for me.
[6:55] Thank you.
[6:56] >> Thanks, Commissioner. And if you're
[6:58] driving, focus on driving. Are you in a
[7:00] car? Is he in a car?
[7:01] >> I pulled over. I pulled over so that I
[7:04] could uh I could be safe. Thank you.
[7:07] >> Good.
[7:08] >> Andrew, this is Jim's nap time. This is
[7:11] Tim's nap time. And you notice his eyes
[7:13] are barely open. So, Jim, take a take a
[7:17] few swigs of that Diet Coke real quick.
[7:20] >> I think his seats even back a little.
[7:23] >> Yes. And and I Bob, I want to tell you
[7:26] too that that senior center you're at
[7:28] right now is beautiful. Thank you.
[7:32] >> I just thought that Commissioner Harvey
[7:34] was really intently focused. That's what
[7:36] I was sensing, but I don't know. I don't
[7:38] know.
[7:39] >> Good. Good. Thank you.
[7:40] >> Um Okay. So, um, without further ado,
[7:44] let's talk about the goals. Okay. Um,
[7:48] uh, what we're putting on screen here
[7:51] for you is a redline version, meaning
[7:54] it's showing the proposed goals with the
[7:57] modifications from 26. Um,
[8:02] we did some notable changes from 25 to
[8:04] 26 in the goals. This year from 26 to 27
[8:10] what we are proposing to you is
[8:12] significant continuity in the goals. Uh
[8:16] this is largely because the work of our
[8:18] agency is actually you know carries out
[8:22] year after year and we have many
[8:23] activities that carry yeartoyear. Um and
[8:27] so there's consistency from one year to
[8:29] the next in the goals. That's not a
[8:30] surprise. Um I'll just do real quick
[8:33] topline that we have three proposed
[8:36] goals that have we are not suggesting
[8:38] change from 26 to 27. I'll hit each of
[8:41] those and then come back to show you a
[8:43] little bit of what what we are proposing
[8:44] to change. Goal number one
[8:46] collaboratively advance the WASA choice
[8:48] vision to accommodate growth and enhance
[8:49] quality of life. Marian goal number two
[8:52] provide subject matter expertise to
[8:54] federal, state and local officials and
[8:56] policy makers. And goal number three is
[8:58] the internal goal. Strive for
[9:01] organizational excellence. Okay. So
[9:03] let's go up to the first one. Uh
[9:05] advancing the wasat choice vision for
[9:06] growth growth and quality of life.
[9:08] You'll see that we split this into sort
[9:10] of three buckets of the overall vision.
[9:13] There's a regional plans. There's
[9:16] funding and assistance that we provide
[9:18] to our communities to your communities.
[9:20] Um, and then there's other types of
[9:22] resources that we make available to the
[9:25] communities and stakeholders and
[9:27] partners as we go through this uh, great
[9:29] fun and important work we get to do
[9:31] together. Um,
[9:34] we are happy to take comments or
[9:35] questions about anything even if it's
[9:37] not proposed to be changed. The red are
[9:40] proposed modifications. And if you can
[9:42] see it, you'll see it's mainly word
[9:44] smithing candidly, not really
[9:46] substantive changes like the first one
[9:48] changing as a component of the vision to
[9:51] as the transportation component of the
[9:53] vision. It's word smithing. Um to better
[9:57] slightly better express what we think
[9:59] the goals are. I will note one new
[10:03] proposed sub goal under resources
[10:07] which is formalized measurement of
[10:08] progress towards the Wasatch choice
[10:10] vision. It is one thing to have a vision
[10:13] and know where we want to go. Critically
[10:15] important. It is also really essential
[10:18] to evaluate how we are doing on an we I
[10:22] don't mean WFRC I mean our region and
[10:24] our communities. How are we doing
[10:26] year-toear in advancing towards
[10:28] achieving that vision? So we have been
[10:31] working on this and it's something that
[10:32] we really want to uh finalize AC um
[10:36] across the next year so we can tell are
[10:38] we moving in the right direction.
[10:40] Transportation choices, housing options,
[10:43] etc. I won't go into detail on that, but
[10:45] measuring progress is something that's
[10:47] really important if you want to get to
[10:49] the goal that you're aiming for. So
[10:51] that's the that's the one uh new sort of
[10:54] um emphasis area.
[10:58] Uh madam chair I'll just keep going in
[10:59] case any unless anybody wants to jump
[11:01] in. The second one again is the subject
[11:03] matter expertise. This is the policy
[11:06] work. You know the first one is federal
[11:08] uh issues. Um we'll talk about federal
[11:12] budget in just a in a moment just a
[11:14] little bit. Um the second one is state
[11:16] and local officials. And there's just a
[11:18] tweak here um just because a little bit
[11:21] of sensitivity. We're rather than saying
[11:23] engage in policym we're saying provide
[11:26] information and resources to state and
[11:28] local officials and policy makers. Um
[11:32] again mainly word smithing or sort of uh
[11:34] tonal tweaks. And then in item three is
[11:38] again our internal goal of striving for
[11:40] organizational excellence. We've
[11:41] reframed this goal a little bit about ma
[11:45] engagement
[11:46] uh and accountability
[11:49] uh using our tools like our website and
[11:51] regular communications but of course and
[11:53] I'll I'll read this one because you are
[11:55] the budget committee use resources
[11:57] prudently and efficiently maintain
[11:59] budget stability and these notions of
[12:02] prudence and use of our funds
[12:04] transparency in the way that we do
[12:06] things that weaves through everything we
[12:08] do particularly you uh the budget
[12:11] committee. Um we won't go into much
[12:14] detail, but at any point if any of you
[12:16] have questions now or offline about
[12:18] anything we talk about today, we're
[12:19] always happy to to cover that in any
[12:21] detail as you would like. Madame Chair,
[12:24] I'll stop there and see if you or
[12:26] anybody has any comments or reactions to
[12:28] these um three goals and the modest
[12:31] modifications we're proposing.
[12:34] >> All right. Do you guys have any
[12:37] uh any goals any questions or issues or
[12:42] comments on any of these?
[12:46] I absolutely love the transparency and
[12:49] the thoroughess that you've gone through
[12:50] with this. Um, a as you talk about
[12:53] sitting with other organizations, I
[12:55] couldn't agree more that the values and
[12:57] the goals drive everything else and the
[12:59] behaviors and outcome and and Marian and Andrew and your team have done an
[13:04] amazing job with this.
[13:07] >> Agreed.
[13:08] Someday though, I have to be honest, I
[13:11] have this dream of coming to one of
[13:13] these meetings and like throwing out
[13:15] some big bomb just to freak Andrew out
[13:18] and having you all go along with it. But
[13:20] I'm not going to do that today. So,
[13:22] >> thank you.
[13:23] >> Much appreciated.
[13:25] >> Well, you know, Amy, you have a few
[13:27] meetings left. So, um,
[13:29] >> I know I'm worried about her last.
[13:33] » Okay.
[13:34] >> Well, I've done my fair share, I feel
[13:35] like, during the time I've been here,
[13:37] throwing out little things that you do
[13:40] is ask really good questions that make
[13:42] us think and like I really like your
[13:44] questions actually.
[13:45] >> Well, thank you. You guys do a great job
[13:48] and we are so lucky to be in such good
[13:50] hands on this. Um, I think this looks
[13:52] great. Does anybody have any Do you guys
[13:56] have anything else, Andrew or Marian
[13:58] that you want to add or are we good to
[14:01] go?
[14:03] >> Do you you want a motion to move this
[14:04] forward to the meeting?
[14:05] >> No, my our suggestion is that we do
[14:07] ultimately we let it we our suggestion
[14:09] is we do goals and budget work program
[14:11] and then we do one motion on all of
[14:13] them. So, if it's okay
[14:13] >> Oh, you want it on all? Okay.
[14:15] >> Yeah. Yeah. And we can do it however you
[14:16] want, but that would work. And if so, we
[14:17] could just move on to budget now if that
[14:19] works for you.
[14:20] >> Let's do it. Let's do it.
[14:22] >> So, um, Commissioner Harvey is is new to
[14:25] this. Um, there are a lot of numbers.
[14:28] And so, this year I I'm starting again
[14:30] with the numbers as usual, but I'm also
[14:33] going to run you briefly through the
[14:35] presentation. Um, it's similar to the
[14:38] one that I did last May for the council,
[14:39] which really gives the the really
[14:41] topline overview. Um, we're always
[14:44] trying to strike that balance between
[14:46] the transparency and the detail and and
[14:49] the really like the big picture what is happening. And as Andrew noted,
[14:54] it's a again a stable budget. And what
[14:56] we're doing is um this budget document
[15:00] is divided into three sections. The
[15:03] first is by category is the expenditures
[15:06] by category and then the second is the
[15:08] expenditures um by program. All of the
[15:12] work that we do falls under these
[15:14] programs. Um, local government other is
[15:17] kind of our thing, anything that's kind
[15:19] of outside of these specific programs.
[15:21] Um, but our work is very well understood
[15:24] in this context. And then the third
[15:27] section is about revenues. And of
[15:29] course, as a governmental agency, we are
[15:31] driven by revenues. all all of the work
[15:33] that we do is um is from the revenues
[15:37] that we have and the mandates that we
[15:39] have um in to do that work. So starting
[15:42] back at the top
[15:43] >> Marian just one clarification these are
[15:45] sort of three different ways of looking
[15:47] at the same information right by by
[15:50] function by program and by revenue
[15:52] source. Okay. Thank you.
[15:53] >> Exactly. So all of the
[15:55] >> Thank you. All of those numbers are the
[15:57] exact are the same and in the totals and
[16:00] then across the top you'll see last
[16:02] year's actuals and then the current year
[16:05] FY26 has three columns. the initial
[16:08] budget, which is the same as what we're
[16:10] looking at proposing today, the
[16:12] equivalent from last year, which is why
[16:14] that is highlighted um and in gray, and
[16:19] then the amended budget, which is what
[16:22] we do in October, and then an estimate
[16:24] for this current year. Um, and so what I
[16:27] like to do is compare this column of the
[16:29] initial budget from last year to the
[16:32] column of initial budget this year
[16:33] because when we create our initial
[16:35] budget, we're looking at new funding um
[16:38] for the coming year. And so what we're
[16:41] looking for is changes in those numbers.
[16:44] And as you can see, many of them are
[16:45] zero. Um, and the big change is here on
[16:49] what we call the contractual line. And
[16:51] that really represents projects that
[16:54] we're working on. And so what happens is
[16:56] that the salary, we really um we
[17:00] prioritize our staff really. And so that
[17:02] line always has a little bit of a um
[17:05] increase where we have a cap. We don't
[17:08] know what COLA is yet. We don't know
[17:10] merit. We actually don't know our health
[17:12] benefits um increase because that
[17:14] happens in January. So, we make an
[17:17] increase to hold as a maximum budget
[17:20] number um to hold what we plan to do and
[17:23] we'll be doing that work in the spring
[17:25] to make sure that what when we give
[17:27] those increases when we have cola when
[17:29] we have um retirement changes from URS
[17:33] um some of these are changes that we
[17:35] initiate and some are are reactions to
[17:38] um our benefits broker and the and the
[17:41] retirement plans and that kind of thing.
[17:43] So, so this first line does go up and
[17:47] then the second line goes down $1.6
[17:49] million.
[17:51] >> Marian, let me Mary, excuse me. Let me
[17:52] just again jump in, please. So, so just
[17:55] to reiterate that salary and employee
[17:57] benefits line item, the largest item in
[17:59] our budget for our staff, you see it
[18:02] going up only by 2%. And that's the net
[18:06] effect of a variety of things happening,
[18:08] timing of staff, you know, changes and
[18:11] also anticipating, as Marian said,
[18:16] >> uh, some degree of COLA merit and and,
[18:19] um, uh, benefit cost changes, although
[18:21] we have not settled those. And Marian,
[18:22] maybe you were going to do this later,
[18:23] but, you know, noting that we uh,
[18:27] consult with the cities and counties
[18:31] around our region. We look at what the
[18:33] state's doing to make sure that what we
[18:35] do is in line with
[18:38] um the sort of custom of what uh you all
[18:41] are doing uh when we're looking at uh
[18:44] salaries and also uh adjustments.
[18:47] >> Exactly.
[18:48] >> That's reasonable. Great. Thank you.
[18:52] >> So, uh this biggest change here of $1.6
[18:55] $6 million um really reflects the fact
[18:58] that when we created our initial budget
[19:01] last year, we had three big projects
[19:04] that we were including in that budget
[19:06] which have either been adjusted or
[19:08] finished into this year. One um was that
[19:12] we initially budgeted for the entire
[19:14] three-year activity- based model
[19:17] development project and then we have
[19:19] adjusted to only budget for one of those
[19:21] years at a time. It's a three-year
[19:23] project um that we're doing in
[19:25] partnership with MAG and UD do and UTA.
[19:28] Um we've completed, if you recall about
[19:31] four years ago, um we have $5 million
[19:35] that we share with MAG to accomplish the
[19:38] station area planning work in both of
[19:40] our areas. And over time, that work has
[19:44] been done. And so each year our initial
[19:47] budget for that work goes down um to to
[19:50] represent the fact that we've done that
[19:52] work in in the past years. So I think
[19:54] this FY27 will be our final final year
[19:58] of that curve coming down. Uh last year
[20:01] we also concluded um our roadway or this
[20:04] current year we're concluding our
[20:06] roadway safety audits and so next year
[20:07] we won't see that in the budget. Um so
[20:11] those three projects together um ending
[20:15] mean that this number of our total
[20:17] budget then comes down um from it was
[20:21] 12.2
[20:22] a year ago in March and now it's 10.6
[20:25] six this year. And again, um I'll show a
[20:28] graph to you, but basically this, as I
[20:30] said, is is really as a a function of
[20:33] the programs. And so here we have by
[20:37] program, and you can see that um there's
[20:41] not a lot of fluctuation until you get
[20:43] here to the bottom. The station area
[20:45] planning is down by a half a million
[20:47] dollars. The activity based model is
[20:49] down 777 safe streets for all. So that's
[20:52] where the change is happening. in this
[20:54] other work that we're doing. The budget
[20:56] is stable. We're continuing um to work
[20:59] in these areas and our our core planning
[21:02] work in the consolidated transportation
[21:04] planning grant um is going up by 3%. So
[21:09] that and that is pretty typical for for
[21:11] us. Um
[21:14] are there any questions on that expense
[21:16] side? I want to there again there's a
[21:19] lot of lines and I'm happy to to dig in.
[21:22] Um, that's also obviously in your packet
[21:24] if you want to ever go back and then ask
[21:26] me questions. That's good.
[21:29] >> Madame Chair, if I may.
[21:30] >> Yes, please. Commissioner Harvey.
[21:33] >> These are all uh line though. These
[21:35] lines, if I understood or was listening
[21:38] correctly, these are all lines that are
[21:40] a little bit fluid. They will move
[21:41] around a little bit between uh now and
[21:44] the next few months. Is that correct?
[21:47] >> Some of them.
[21:48] >> Just briefly, just briefly. I'm not
[21:50] talking huge swings, but slightly.
[21:53] >> Yeah. So, what happens um Commissioner,
[21:55] that's a good point. We start the year,
[21:58] um for instance, knowing that we have um
[22:01] that we have this new money coming in
[22:03] and then if we don't finish a project in
[22:06] this current year, in October, we'll
[22:08] amend the budget to include that that
[22:10] amount. So that's why the final the
[22:13] October budget then includes a lot of
[22:15] projects that we're working on right now
[22:17] and we're not we're not sure when the
[22:19] ending will be and when we finish June
[22:22] 30th anything that's um still awarded to
[22:26] projects that we have not spent yet
[22:27] comes over into the into the new year.
[22:29] So yeah
[22:30] >> understand thank you.
[22:32] >> Awesome. Um on the revenue side, uh you
[22:36] can see obviously the revenues match the
[22:40] expenses, some one for one. Um a lot of this is, you know, supporting
[22:46] the programs that you were just looking
[22:48] at there in the list. Um Andrew, did you
[22:51] want to take a minute to talk about the
[22:53] federal sources here? Um,
[22:57] federal funds represent the majority of
[23:01] our revenues, about 75% of our revenues.
[23:04] They come through through US DOT and
[23:07] they are um mainly these formula funds
[23:12] uh that are authorized in the in the
[23:15] surface transportation authorization
[23:17] legislation which happens every five or
[23:19] so years. That authorization expires
[23:22] this year, September 30, 2026.
[23:25] And um I was just in DC, Monday through
[23:29] Wednesday. And uh the projections
[23:32] predictions at this point are that
[23:34] Congress is not going to get that
[23:36] reauthorization bill done on time. Uh
[23:40] which means that they will likely do a
[23:42] continuing resolution for a year or so.
[23:45] Remains to be seen. So in a way there's
[23:48] a lot going on in Washington on
[23:50] transportation funding as these issues
[23:52] are being debated but also not much is
[23:55] happening. I don't expect any uh
[23:57] legislation to pass in this regard for
[23:59] some period of time. Um the good news is
[24:03] that the transportation funding has been
[24:05] really stable uh year in year out. The
[24:08] funding that comes to us as a
[24:09] metropolitan planning organization year
[24:11] in year out has been stable. Um, one of
[24:14] the big pushes and Commissioner
[24:16] Stevenson has been really involved uh in
[24:19] this. He co-chairs the transportation
[24:22] committee for the National Association
[24:23] of Regional Councils. One of our big
[24:26] pushes with our peers around the country
[24:27] is to increase what you see on the
[24:29] screen in front of you, federal highway
[24:31] admin PL or planning, metropolitan
[24:34] planning funding. That's the core money
[24:36] that allows us to do what we do. Uh, and
[24:40] it has not kept up. uh with inflation,
[24:44] let alone the you know growth of our
[24:46] region and increased complexity of the
[24:48] demands on our work. And so one of the
[24:51] things that across the nation we've been
[24:53] advocating for uh is an increase in the
[24:56] next bill for the PL funding and
[24:57] metropolitan planning funding from the
[24:59] feds. We'll see a year from now we may
[25:02] be saying exactly the same thing. Um so
[25:05] that's just a little bit of context. Uh
[25:07] the basic point, however, is the federal
[25:09] funding is uh stable and not
[25:12] significantly uh changing one year uh to
[25:15] the next.
[25:17] >> Thank you. Um we also of course um have
[25:21] funding from our state partners. Um I
[25:25] can go into these in in more detail, but
[25:27] you can see the list. We work with the
[25:29] governor's office of planning and
[25:30] budget, the governor's office of
[25:32] economic opportunity, certainly UD do
[25:35] even um we've had new partnerships with
[25:38] the department of commerce. They have a
[25:39] land use training fund and they're
[25:41] really supportive of the work that we're
[25:43] doing and that's been an a great new
[25:45] partnership for us to get the resources
[25:47] that we're making um you know centers
[25:50] visualization and green field
[25:52] visualizations. We've gotten some recent
[25:55] grants from them to do that work. Um,
[25:57] which is really cool. Uh, in the local
[26:00] side, we partner with MAG, with UTA,
[26:04] um, and then we have, of course, local
[26:06] match from local communities when we do
[26:08] TLC projects. And then we also have
[26:11] local support from our member counties.
[26:14] Um, each year we receive those local
[26:16] contributions to to provide the required
[26:19] match for those federal funds that we
[26:20] were talking about. um and also to
[26:23] support the other work that we do that's
[26:25] outside of our MO responsibilities. Uh
[26:29] last year we had a good discussion about
[26:30] the approach to county contributions. Um
[26:33] I put together a a memo, wrote a little
[26:35] paper about it. Um and sent that sent
[26:38] that over to you. I'm happy to revisit
[26:41] that. Happy to send more information if
[26:44] you'd like. Um this year as as as I
[26:47] mentioned in that memo, we do calculate
[26:51] the increase as was discussed in the um
[26:54] so in 2018 the budget committee um after
[26:58] extensive evaluation with staff about
[27:00] prudent financial stability and etc.
[27:03] They created a process where we look
[27:05] back over three years and take the
[27:08] average CPI to kind to keep those local
[27:11] match dollars in line with inflation.
[27:14] And so what it means is that we've just
[27:16] come off of a couple of high years and
[27:18] we're now at 2.87%
[27:21] is the is the amount that we are
[27:23] projecting for our next year's budget.
[27:25] Andrew, did you want to say anything on
[27:27] that?
[27:28] >> Well, just these numbers that you have
[27:30] here. So like you know for for uh the Davis 87,000 that's a number that
[27:36] we've already provided to the the
[27:41] counties, right? These are Exactly. I've
[27:44] been in touch with each county uh to
[27:46] confirm these numbers. Um I I do that in
[27:49] August because of the the calendar year
[27:51] for the counties is different than our
[27:53] fiscal year. So,
[27:54] >> right. So, these numbers are are stuff
[27:56] that we've give we actually gave you
[27:58] last year.
[27:59] >> Yes. before you were building your own
[28:01] county budgets and that um you know
[28:05] adjustment so that we maintained uh you
[28:08] know we don't fall behind on inflation
[28:10] as I was noting before on some of the
[28:12] other sources has been meaningful and
[28:14] important so yeah and uh council member
[28:17] madam chair uh you had raised ask good
[28:20] questions about this we provided you
[28:21] know information back to everybody on
[28:23] the budget committee is there anything
[28:24] else you wanted to talk about about this
[28:27] >> no in fact I was just reviewing ing the
[28:29] memo as we were um as we were talking
[28:32] about this. Does anybody else have any I
[28:34] assume you guys have lots of information
[28:37] on this. Does anyone else have any
[28:39] comments? I feel like Andrew and I have
[28:41] had some good discussions and um feel I
[28:44] feel good about where we are and what
[28:46] we're proposing to do to increase each
[28:49] year in a conservative manner. So just
[28:52] curious if anybody else has any comments
[28:54] or questions related to this.
[29:01] Okay, thank you.
[29:03] >> Excellent. And I I'll just reiterate,
[29:05] I'm always happy to um talk through if a question comes to you later um or
[29:10] even historical context. That's been one
[29:12] of the fun things I've been able to do
[29:14] is really dig into old meeting minutes,
[29:16] which I really enjoy doing. So, if
[29:18] anybody wants to do, you know, dive
[29:20] >> Marian has a bit of a sickness.
[29:22] >> I do. I do.
[29:26] » I do. So, um that is the presentation. I
[29:30] do want to just um show you it's it's
[29:33] only five slides what I'm um thinking
[29:36] about for council again. It's like what
[29:38] we did last May basically to to give
[29:42] this overview. Oh, I can slideshow it.
[29:45] That's nice. Um and so we have the goals
[29:49] right up front. Andrew will will um talk
[29:52] to those briefly. Um and then this is
[29:55] the very top level uh number with the
[29:59] main staffing and consulting are the
[30:02] main things we spend money on. Um and so
[30:05] I'll talk to that just a bit. Um FY26
[30:09] initiatives that we are concluding this
[30:12] year, the ones that I I was talking
[30:14] about. Um and that's what causes our
[30:16] budget to come down for FY27. Here's
[30:21] some of the work that we plan to um
[30:23] really focus on in FY27.
[30:26] And and here is the graph that I think
[30:28] tells a great story. And Andrew said,
[30:31] "What does this graph show?" Like like
[30:34] one of those graphs that makes a lot of
[30:36] sense to me. It may make sense to you.
[30:38] Um the gray line is the CPG. It's it's
[30:42] our main it's the work we're doing, the bulk of the work we're doing. Um,
[30:47] and it's just growing slowly each year.
[30:50] The blue
[30:51] >> CPG is,
[30:52] >> sorry, the CPG is our main
[30:55] transportation planning work as an MO.
[30:57] That's our federally funded
[30:59] transportation planning work.
[31:01] >> Consolidated planning grant.
[31:04] Is that
[31:05] what you're Sorry, I thought I said it
[31:08] earlier, but So, that's our consolidated
[31:10] planning grant. That's the foundation of
[31:13] our work, hence the cement block gray.
[31:16] Um and then the blue is our t our
[31:18] transportation and land use connection
[31:20] program which every year um has about
[31:24] the same amount of money on it. And then
[31:26] you can see at the very top is called
[31:29] other. It's our rent our supplies. And
[31:32] so the thing the the way that our budget
[31:34] fluctuates in this initial budget is
[31:37] that those other projects that we're
[31:39] working on, stationary planning,
[31:41] activity based model, household travel
[31:43] survey, safe streets for all, those
[31:46] projects come and go in that initial
[31:48] budget and that's what causes our
[31:50] fluctuation. So to me, this is a a nice
[31:54] illustration. Um, and so hopefully it
[31:57] will be for others as well.
[31:59] Uh and then this is a a graph of our
[32:02] revenues uh where they come from. And so
[32:05] that really illustrates the many
[32:08] partnerships we have and the core work
[32:11] that we do that's federally funded. And
[32:13] then the motion that we'll be hoping to
[32:17] have at the council.
[32:20] So that concludes my presentation, but I
[32:23] am happy to take questions.
[32:26] Does anybody have any questions or
[32:29] comments on this the the propos
[32:35] all of these many proposals
[32:38] >> or or any of them? That's right.
[32:40] >> Yeah. And I will say also um Andrew
[32:42] mentioned at the beginning the third
[32:43] piece of this is our unified planning
[32:45] work program and we've provided a
[32:47] summary of that in your packets. Um
[32:50] Wayne Benan is the lead on that and it has all of we work together to both
[32:57] describe the work that we're going to do
[32:59] and we attach numbers to each piece of
[33:01] that work. Um and so that that is a a
[33:05] document we're required to have annually
[33:07] that we also are required to send out um
[33:11] to for public comment I believe. Is that
[33:14] right Wayne?
[33:18] » Yes.
[33:20] Well, technically we're not required to,
[33:23] but uh our federal partners uh encourage
[33:28] it and we're we like doing it.
[33:32] >> Yeah,
[33:34] >> that's great. All right. Well, thanks
[33:36] you guys. Anything else from any of our
[33:38] staff before we go to the the committee?
[33:43] Okay. Committee, any comments,
[33:45] questions,
[33:48] motions?
[33:52] » I make Oh, go ahead. Jamie, you got this
[33:55] one.
[33:57] >> I was just going to make a motion that
[33:58] we approve those those items that were
[34:01] brought out in that list,
[34:04] right? That's that presentation without
[34:07] a hesitation.
[34:08] >> And Jim's car can make a clean when he
[34:09] gets done here.
[34:11] This I think this may be a first in any
[34:15] Zoom meeting that I've ever been in that
[34:18] somebody is going through a car wash. I
[34:20] think so.
[34:21] >> But but I will second his motion because
[34:22] it's clean.
[34:24] >> I was going to say I I'm going to
[34:26] clarify his motion because I think some
[34:27] of the car washness made it a little
[34:30] muddled. So, I believe Commissioner
[34:32] Harvey made a motion to release the
[34:35] draft fiscal year 27 WFRC goals, budget,
[34:38] and unified planning work program for
[34:41] public comment. And that will go on our
[34:43] uh the the agenda for next Thursday.
[34:47] >> Yeah. So, it's a re technically it's a
[34:49] recommendation to the council to do what
[34:51] you just said.
[34:52] >> Correct.
[34:53] >> I'll second that.
[34:55] >> Okay. Thanks, Commissioner Harvey. Is
[34:57] that right? Did I get it all right?
[35:00] You articulated very well. Thank you.
[35:03] >> Hey, thank you. We appreciate that. All
[35:05] right. We have a second from Council
[35:08] Member Wardle. Any further discussion?
[35:12] All right. Seeing none, all in favor say
[35:14] I.
[35:15] >> I.
[35:16] >> Any opposed?
[35:19] That passes unanimously. Thank you.
[35:21] We'll now go to item number four, the
[35:23] executive director report.
[35:25] >> I don't This may surprise you. I don't
[35:28] think I have anything to report. Uh
[35:30] although I'm happy to talk about
[35:32] anything you would like me to or answer
[35:33] any questions if anybody has any
[35:38] >> any questions?
[35:39] >> Don't.
[35:41] >> Okay.
[35:42] >> Well, I'll look I'm just going to look
[35:43] around. Andrea, Kevin, Wayne, Marian, is
[35:47] there anything else you think we should
[35:48] share with this wonderful group of
[35:49] people?
[35:52] >> No.
[35:52] >> Just our
[35:54] No. Okay. Then I'll just say thank you
[35:56] to all of you budget committee uh
[35:58] members. This stuff that we do is
[36:00] important to us.
[36:02] >> How we use limited public dollars in an
[36:07] effective way and a transparent way. We
[36:09] really do take this very seriously and
[36:11] we appreciate um knowing that we have to
[36:14] put it together and present it to you
[36:15] and your comfort with what we're doing
[36:17] here uh is important to us. So thank
[36:20] you.
[36:21] >> Thanks Andrew. We appreciate you guys.
[36:23] Um, we will go to item number five. It's
[36:26] just other business and adjournment. And
[36:28] I don't believe we have any other
[36:29] business. I just will take note that
[36:32] next Thursday at 1:30 is our WFRC
[36:34] council meeting. And um there's a few
[36:38] other things on the agenda that you can
[36:40] read um other committees and uh events
[36:44] happening. So anyway, uh we will go
[36:47] ahead and adjourn this meeting unless
[36:49] there's dissent. Hey, Andrew. Do you
[36:52] want to stay on for a second and we can
[36:53] talk about whatever you're after about
[36:55] this morning?
[36:57] >> Oh, sure. Yes.
[36:59] >> Yes. We'll conclude the meeting and then
[37:01] do that. Sure.
[37:03] >> All right. Well, we are adjourned. Thank
[37:05] you so much, everyone.
[37:07] >> Thank you.
[37:07] Thank you.