Form revised May 26, 2009

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Legislative	Meg Moorehead, 4-8929

Legislation Title:

AN ORDINANCE abolishing the Office of Policy and Management; transferring to the Department of Neighborhoods the responsibility to provide staff and meeting space for the Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Board; repealing Sections 3.14.502 through 3.14.530 of the Seattle Municipal Code; renumbering, recodifying, and amending Section 3.14.540; renumbering and recodifying Sections 3.14.550 through 3.14.570; and amending Section 4.13.010.

· Summary of the Legislation:

This legislation would abolish the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and transfer staffing responsibility for the Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Board from OPM to the Department of Neighborhoods (DON), which currently provides staff support to the Board. It is Council’s intent that this legislation be considered in conjunction with 2010 budget green sheets that would transfer 11 of OPM’s 15 positions to the Mayor’s Office (MO) and 1 position to the Legislative Department.

· Background:

This legislation eliminates OPM to reduce General Subfund (GSF) expenditures and thus help to address revenue constraints in 2010 and beyond. Budget green sheets are being considered in conjunction with this legislation as part of the Council’s 2010 budget review. Those green sheets would transfer most OPM positions and a portion of OPM’s proposed 2010 non-personnel expenditures to the MO and Legislative Department. Eliminating OPM would reduce overall costs while increasing the staff directly available to the support the Mayor and Legislative Department. A summary of budget green sheet (GS) changes includes:

		OPM Proposed Budget			OPM-Related Changes (GS 123-1-A)			Other Exec Dept Changes (GS 123-2-A)			Net GS change
	FTE		$    1/	FTE		$	FTE		$	FTE		$
OPM revised	15		$2,117	(15)		($2,117)	-		-	(15)		($2,117)
MO revised	-		-	11		$1,537	(5)		($520)	6		$1,017
Leg Dept revised	-		-	1		$205	-		-	1		$205

    1/ in thousands of dollars

· Please check one of the following:

____ This legislation does not have any financial implications.  (Stop here and delete the remainder of this document prior to saving and printing.)

__X__ This legislation has financial implications.  (Please complete all relevant sections that follow.)

Appropriations: 

Fund Name and Number	Department	Budget Control Level*	2009 Appropriation	2010 Anticipated Appropriation
N/A
TOTAL

Notes: 

This legislation abolishes OPM but does not eliminate the 2010 appropriation for OPM. Budget green sheets being considered in conjunction with the legislation would eliminate OPM 2010 appropriations and increase MO and Legislative Department appropriations as shown in the Background section above.

Anticipated Revenue/Reimbursement: Resulting From This Legislation:

Fund Name and Number	Department	Revenue Source	2009 Revenue	2010 Revenue
N/A
TOTAL

Notes:

Total Regular Positions Created, Modified, Or Abrogated Through This Legislation, Including FTE Impact: 

Position Title and Department	Position # for Existing Positions	Fund Name & #	PT/FT	2009 Positions	2009 FTE	2010 Positions*	2010 FTE*
N/A
TOTAL

Notes:

This legislation eliminates OPM as it is currently established in the Seattle Municipal Code, with the intent that most of OPM’s staff and functions would be transferred to the MO and Legislative Department as shown in the Background section above.

· Do positions sunset in the future?  (If yes, identify sunset date):

Spending/Cash Flow:

Fund Name & #	Department	Budget Control Level*	2009 Expenditures	2010 Anticipated Expenditures
N/A
TOTAL

Notes:

· What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation?

If the legislation is not implemented, cost savings from eliminating OPM would be not be achieved and 2010 appropriations would need to be made for OPM. Those appropriations could be made at the Mayor-proposed $2,117,492 level, or different level.

· Does this legislation affect any departments besides the originating department? 

DON would have staffing responsibility for the Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Board. DON already provides the primary staff support for the Board, and no additional resources are anticipated to be needed to fulfill this function.

In addition, if budget green sheets associated with this legislation are approved, the MO and the Legislative Department would receive additional expenditure authority and positions transferred from OPM.

· What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives?

Although other budget cuts could achieve similar GSF savings to address revenue shortfalls, they would not achieve the benefits of transferring OPM positions to the MO and Legislative Department.

· Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements: 

No.

· Other Issues (including long-term implications of the legislation):

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