During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,164,100 from all sources for Seasonal Pools. This is a 0 percent change from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.
The Seasonal Pool is used during peak maintenance and construction seasons to augment the permanent staff. The seasonal employees are often college students who seek seasonal employment. Funding for Seasonal Pools is set aside to give the Department flexibility to assign funding for maintenance and construction assistance in areas most affected by seasonal weather and construction projects. No permanent FTEs are assigned to this program, however, Department is able to hire seasonal employees that are the equivalent of 90 FTEs with the funding provided with this appropriation.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.