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25. TREASURER'S OFFICE REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER BASELINE Approve an exception to FY 2017 Budgeting Guidelines and Priorities allowing the Office of Management & Budget to review the following request over baseline: • Adjustment of vacancy savings to 0% netted against salary changes for a net increase of $237,580. (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • An increase of $313,109 to fund four FTEs in the Accounting and Tax Services departments. (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Bulk mailing budget inflationary funding of $111,500. (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • Shift the bulk mailing budget from General Government to the Treasurer’s Budget of $831,000; this action will have a net effect on the General Fund of $0. (Operating Expense, Fund 100) • An increase of $34,056 (a total of $50,825) in on-going training funding to meet our strategic plan’s training goal. (Operating Expense, Fund 100) The Treasurer’s Office is severely underfunded and without an increase in baseline funding the Board risks the operational integrity of the Office. The Treasurer cannot function efficiently without 100% staffing levels. To that end, the Office has no vacant FTE’s and has funded this deficit through a complete cut to our education and training programs. To further compound our funding issues, many veteran staff members are eligible for retirement; this has forced our Office to double-fill positions to allow for hands on training to facilitate the transfer of institutional knowledge. Unfortunately, with the loss of some key staff members and steep learning curves it is nearly impossible to maintain adequate operations without increasing staffing levels. (C-43-16-036-M-00)