EPC Budget for FY 1011

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EPC Budget for FY 10-11

• Board Meeting
• May 21, 2009

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County Budget Submittal

• Jan - County Administrator put out general budget
  guidelines
• Mar - EPC Executive Director submitted a
  continuation budget and two requests for position
  realignments that reduces the continuation
  request to County Administrator
• Apr - County Administrator asked EPC to prepare
  for up to a 25  General Fund reduction.
• May - Executive Director making presentations to
  CEAC and EPC Board.
• Jun - County Administrator presents a recommended
  budget, to include EPCs, to the BOCC.
• Jul to Sept BOCC flags items to discuss to
  either add or subtract to the County
  Administrators recommended budget before final
  approval.
• Sept - BOCC-adopts the FY 10 and FY 11 planned
  budgets.

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ePC Budget Summary (FY07-FY11) Total Budget (All
Funds)
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ePC Budget Summary (FY07-FY11) Total Budget (All
Funds)
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ePC Budget Summary (FY 07-FY11) Countywide
general fund
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ePC Budget Summary (FY 07-FY11) Countywide
general fund
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EPC Revenue SourcesFY 10 Budget Request
49 of All Revenue Are From Non-Ad Valorem Sources
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Prior / Current Year Reductions
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wetlands management division assessment
staffing and activity levels 2000-2011
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wetlands management division complaints/
compliance activity 2004-2011
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total complaints received and response time
2006-2011
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Executive directors march budget Request
highlights

• Continuation Budget
• No raises for staff (second consecutive year for
  Senior Staff)
• Identified efficiencies in fleet and ITS
• No new programs
• Sought to maintain current staff following loss
  of 25 positions previous 2 years

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fy 08/09 reductions

• FY 08
• Positions Eliminated
• General Manager IV
• General Manager III
• Unclassified Manager
• Environmental Scientist II
• Environmental Scientist I (5)
• Information Specialist
• Environmental Technician II
• Environmental Technician I

• FY 09
• Positions Eliminated
• General Manager IV
• Professional Engineer I (2)
• Environmental Research Coordinator
• Software Specialist II
• Engineer I
• Environmental Scientist II (2)
• Environmental Specialist II
• Environmental Specialist I
• Senior Secretary
• Electronic Technician I
• Office Assistant

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fy 08/09 reductions

• FY 08 and FY 09
• Services Eliminated or Reduced
• Diminished the water quality monitoring program
  by approximately 25, closing 4 continuous sites,
  18 monthly stations, over 40 datasonde
  deployments and roughly one-third of the benthic
  sampling.
• Closed approximately 15 of the air quality
  monitoring stations (7) and 10 monitors leaving
  less coverage in the County. 
• Reduced our ability to analyze for contaminants
  in surface waters by 10-15 .
• Eliminated thousands of general water quality
  analyses and reduced organic testing of surface
  water samples by over 80.

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fy 08/09 reductions (cont.)

• FY 08 and FY 09
• Services Eliminated or Reduced
• Eliminated the implementation of the Industrial
  Storm Water and Private Pump Station inspection
  programs.
• Loss of the Agencys biostatistician and
  toxicologist positions and their expertise.
• Left inadequate administrative support to fully
  implement HRIS and to assist executive offices.
• No salary increases for Agency Directors

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potential impacts of additional future cuts

• Loss of institutional knowledge and expertise
• Loss of permitting, compliance and training
  capabilities in Wetland Management
• Loss of lab capabilities to run important water
  quality and air quality tests
• Loss of permitting and compliance staff in Water
  Management
• Loss of redevelopment program for 150 abandoned
  historic landfills

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potential impacts of additional future cuts
(cont.)

• Cutback in Small Quantity Generator Inspections
• Significant reductions in Pollution Prevention
  and Green Programs
• Significant reductions in water quality sampling
  program
• Dramatically reduce outreach, public information
  , and ombudsman efforts
• Reduce network and database management
  capabilities
• Eliminate review of water supply project impacts
• Reduction in present outstanding level of service
  to citizen complaints

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budget tools

• Continue hiring freeze
• Extended furloughs
• Further ITS and fleet efficiencies
• Top down Agency reorganization
• Suspend capital purchases
• Further restrict training and travel
• Monitoring program cooperative agreements
• Fee increases (such as operational compliance fee
  or shared data user fee)
• Additional layoffs

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Inland Protection Trust Fund

• Funding for statewide clean up of fuels from
  leaking storage tanks
• Last years funding 137M plus
• EPC administers clean up in Hillsborough County
  under contract to DEP
• 24oo contaminated sites in Hillsborough County
• 12oo already cleaned up
• Eight sites are imminent hazards
• The FY10 program will be a 90 million bonded
  program
• Impacts to staffing are still not known

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Direct Inspection Program (DIP)

• DIP allows Small Quantity Generator inspectors to
  conduct site visits without first coming into the
  office. Vehicles are outfitted with the
  necessary equipment to function as mobile
  offices.
• Achieved benefits are
• 21 increase in productivity
• Efficiency and accuracy of data
• improved
• Reduction of two FTEs

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Brownfields REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

• Brownfields are abandoned or underutilized real
  property
• One dedicated employee
• Brownfields redevelopment benefits to
  Hillsborough County
• Tax revenues
• Jobs
• Cleaner environment
• Example Brownfield Reuse IKEA Store
• Property contaminated by previous uses
• New taxes revenues 1.3 M
• New jobs 400

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staff goals

• Prepare and recommend an EPC  budget which
  ensures that
• The protection afforded natural resources in
  Hillsborough County is reflective of the duties
  and goals outlined in our founding legislation  
• Adequate protection of the health and welfare of
  our community through our environmental standards
  is maintained
• The agency takes advantage of efficiencies in
  operation to be especially responsive to the
  economic times
• The EPC budget is treated equitably in relation
  to the County as a whole, especially given past
  years reductions