Form revised: July 12, 2011
FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS
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Department: |
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CBO Analyst/Phone: |
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Personnel |
Barbara Gangwer/3-9149 |
Greg Shiring/6-4085 |
Summary of the Legislation: This legislation amends the Seattle Municipal Code to authorize City of Seattle employees to convert accrued and unused vacation hours and provide the cash value of their vacation donations to disaster relief agencies. The Personnel Director, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Emergency Management, shall identify which relief agencies shall be eligible to receive the employee donations and which natural disaster responses such donations shall fund, based on selection criteria provided in the legislation. Employees may donate up to 20 hours of vacation leave to relief efforts per year. The legislation authorizes the Personnel Department with the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to execute, deliver and perform program and administrative duties to complete the transfers of cash donations from vacation leaves. The legislation also requires the Personnel Director to annually provide a report to the Chair of the Finance and Budget Committee listing the relief agencies and natural disasters that qualified and received donations, as well as the number of hours converted and total dollars donated for disaster relief.
Background: The purpose of this legislation is to provide employee giving opportunities for employees for natural disaster relief efforts. The City through Ordinances 123252 and 121948 allowed one-time opportunities to employees to donate the cash value of accrued and unused vacation leave up to 40 hours. This proposed legislation allows the City to be responsive to employee interest in donating to future natural disaster relief without additional legislation. This legislation does not limit City employees’ generosity to donate their non-City affiliated time or money to benefit any relief agency or specific hazard if they wish to do so.
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____ This legislation does not have any financial implications.
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_X__ This legislation has financial implications. (Please complete all relevant sections that follow.)
Appropriations:
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Department |
Budget Control Level* |
2011 Appropriation |
2012 Anticipated Appropriation |
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*See budget book to obtain the appropriate Budget Control Level for your department.
Appropriations Notes: No additional appropriations will be required; departments will absorb the costs from their current appropriations.
Anticipated Revenue/Reimbursement: Resulting from this Legislation:
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Fund Name and Number |
Department |
Revenue Source |
2011 Revenue |
2012 Revenue |
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TOTAL |
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Revenue/Reimbursement Notes: N/A
Total Regular Positions Created, Modified, or Abrogated through this Legislation, Including FTE Impact:
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Position Title and Department |
Position # for Existing Positions |
Fund Name & # |
PT/FT |
2011 Positions |
2011 FTE |
2012 Positions* |
2012 FTE* |
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0 |
* 2012 positions and FTE are total 2012 position changes resulting from this legislation, not incremental changes. Therefore, under 2012, please be sure to include any continuing positions from 2011.
Position Notes: N/A
Do positions sunset in the future? N/A
Spending/Cash Flow:
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Department |
Budget Control Level* |
2011 Expenditures |
2012 Anticipated Expenditures |
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* See budget book to obtain the appropriate Budget Control Level for your department.
Spending/Cash Flow Notes: This legislation will draw down unfunded liability (vacation pay) that would have otherwise remained in employee leave balances.
Other Implications:
a) Does the legislation have indirect financial implications, or long-term implications?
No.
b) What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation?
There may be financial costs associated with drafting multiple pieces of future legislation to meet the same goals of this legislation.
c) Does this legislation affect any departments besides the originating department?
Yes, potentially all departments, depending on the level of vacation donations from each department.
d) What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives?
None.
e) Is a public hearing required for this legislation?
No.
f) Is publication of notice with The Daily Journal of Commerce and/or The Seattle Times required for this legislation?
No.
g) Does this legislation affect a piece of property?
No.
h) Other Issues:
The past two vacation donation giving opportunities resulted in $90K for Katrina relief and $40K for Haiti and Chile relief across the City. In order to mitigate the potential financial impact to the City, the legislation limits the vacation donations up to 40 hours a year.
List attachments to the fiscal note below:
None.
Other Issues: (Include long-term implications of the legislation.)
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