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Watermaster Activities
amount of $113,050, an increase of $5,990.00 or 5.6 percent from the prior year of
$107,060.00.
The approved budget also provided funding for Special Projects in the amount of $25,000.00.
This is a significant decreased from the $180,710.00 approved for Fiscal Year 2013-14 as the
basin model update and the Safe Yield studies were completed.
The Special Project expenses to fund the completion of the Groundwater Model Update and
Redetermination of Safe Yield were primarily funded from carryover funds from FY 2014
($10,000.00). In addition, $20,610.00 was collected from the water agencies based on their
share of the operating safe yield.
The proposed budget for FY 2016 includes $128,050.00 for administrative expenses; no budget
was allocated for special projects. Funding for administrative expenses is expected to be cover
from a carryover of $15,000.00 and water agencies contributions of $22,610.00 each.
The following table presents a comparison between the amended final budgets for FY 2013-14,
approved final budget for FY 2014-15 and proposed budget for FY 2015-16.
FY 2013-14 FY 2014-15 FY 2015-16
Operating Expense Amended Approved Proposed
Final Budget Budget Budget
Administrative Expenses
Bank Fees and Interest $ 60.00 $ 50.00 $ 50.00
Miscellaneous and Meetings $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00
Acquisition/computation & Annual Report $ 55,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 85,000.00
Annual Audit $ 2,000.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00
Engineering Services $ 17,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
Legal Expenses $ 22,500.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 20,000.00
Reserve Funding $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
$ 107,060.00 $ 113,050.00 $ 128,050.00
Special Project Expenses
Engineering $ 189,930.00 $ 22,500.00 $ 0.00
Litigation $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 0.00
$ 192,430.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 0.00
Total Operating Expense $ 299,490.00 $ 138,050.00 $ 128,050.00
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