Fiscal Note
The Resolution amends the 2012 adopted operating budget of the Planning Division to transfer $25,000 from its Permanent Salaries expense to Consulting Services. Funding is available in the 2012 Planning Division Operating Budget due to staff turnover. No additional appropriation is required and there is no net impact on the levy.
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Amending the 2012 Planning Division Budget to transfer $25,000 from permanent salaries and benefits to consulting services to provide federally required travel modeling support for Transportation Planning Services to the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board.
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WHEREAS the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (TPB) - A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); and
WHEREAS the Madison Area TPB staff planner whose responsibilities included maintenance and operation of the regional travel model for preparing travel forecasts unexpectedly resigned effective March 5, 2012; and
WHEREAS regional travel modeling work is needed to support ongoing and planned State corridor studies and local area traffic studies, provide project level forecasts, and analyze the impacts of area neighborhood development plans as outlined in the MPO’s federally approved 2012 Work Program; and
WHEREAS the Madison Area TPB cannot afford to be without modeling services for the 4- to 6-month period that will be required to hire and train a new travel modeler and must therefore hire a consultant to provide these services; and
WHEREAS the MPO Policy Board adopted Resolution TPB No. 62, Approving Amendment to the 2012 Unified Planning Work Program and Budget, on March 7, 2012 authorizing the reduction in MPO staff person-months and adding $25,000 to consulting services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the 2012 Operating Budget for the Planning Division is hereby amended as follows:
($25,000) Permanent Salaries GN01-51100-224000
$25,000 Consulting Services GN01-54950-22...
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