COBI 2015 - Executive Director's Office

Overview
Issues
Performance
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The DEQ Executive Director's Office provides administrative direction to the entire department. It directs activities within the department, provides information to program stakeholders, and coordinates with local health departments.

Funding History

Funding Issues

Enterprise-wide Land Information Initiative

Ten state agencies are collaborating to provide support for high resolution aerial photography, process improvements to the State Geographic Information Database, and for support to assert state stewardship over the public lands survey system (PLSS).

Related Publications

Department of Environmental Quality Significant Changes

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $5,895,100 from all sources for Executive Director's Office. This is a 9.9 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $2,126,700 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 35.5 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Administrative Law Judge Amendments$0$9,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$9,000General Fund, One-time

Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Environmental Quality $9,000 one-time in FY 2016 from the General Fund to modify rules associated with requests for agency action.

Attorney General Dedicated Credit Adjustments$2,100$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$2,100$0Federal Funds

This item designates additional funding appropriated to an agency to pay higher costs for Attorney General services, due to statewide and AG-specific compensation increases.

Enterprise-wide Land Information Initiative$0$600,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$600,000General Fund, One-time

Modeling Emissions from Solid Fuel Burning Devices$0$70,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$70,000General Fund, One-time

Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this legislation appropriates $70,000 from the General Fund one-time in FY 2016 to the Department of Environmental Quality for modeling to consider the impact of emissions from solid fuel burning devices.

GRAMA Requests Responded To

UCA code 63-2 requires that requests from the public to view records be responded to within 10 days. DEQ places a high priority on assisting the public and assuring that this deadline is met. In FY 2010, DEQ moved offices, therefore for one month; file retrieval was more difficult, bringing the percentage down that year.

Active Improvement Projects

DEQ is committed to actively look for and implement process improvements to ensure the efficient use of public dollars and to maximize the use of staff resources. Internal and external stakeholders are involved in these projects. The first process improvement project under this model began in FY 2011, therefore the actual versus target numbers look a bit skewed. The Success Framework model was added in FY2014 and a DEQ continuous improvement team was organized. The numbers shown in the graph reflects all improvement projects active during the past year.

Leadership Development

DEQ leadership and succession planning occurs in two parts: a mentoring program and leadership skills training. The people in the mentoring program are nominated annually for the two year program. One person from each division is nominated. The leadership skills training is open to all employees. During FY2014, a total of 145 employees participated in at least one training and/or in the mentoring program.

Specific activities of the DEQ Executive Director's Office include the following:

directing planning and policy development within the department;
directing implementation of state and federal environmental laws and regulations;
maintaining state primacy in federal programs;
providing public information and implementing stakeholder outreach programs;
coordinating department planning functions;
providing administrative program support;
coordinating department programs with local health departments;
providing general services support;
managing budget and financial accounting support;
coordinating purchasing;
directing human resource management;
directing process improvement activities;
supporting information technology; and,
providing web services and general business assistance.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 109

Under the terms of 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for Executive Director�s Office in Item 17, Chapter 5, Laws of Utah 2014, shall not lapse at the close of FY 2015. Expenditures of these funds are limited to high level nuclear waste opposition $127,400; capital improvements/maintenance and equipment $350,000; administrative law judge $150,000.

Display By:

Funding Source

Expenditure Category

Appropriation Type:

Appropriation History by

Programs	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Executive Director's Office	4,345,100	4,197,500	4,469,600	5,127,100	4,963,100	401,200	5,364,300	530,800	5,895,100
Total	$4,345,100	$4,197,500	$4,469,600	$5,127,100	$4,963,100	$401,200	$5,364,300	$530,800	$5,895,100

Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	1,319,200	1,243,800	1,285,300	1,430,600	1,556,400	0	1,556,400	(122,200)	1,434,200
General Fund, One-time	0	0	150,000	6,500	12,900	0	12,900	679,600	692,500
Federal Funds	257,300	174,900	198,000	259,500	249,700	(5,800)	243,900	3,300	247,200
Dedicated Credits Revenue	3,100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GFR - Environmental Quality	735,800	736,400	744,500	783,300	815,600	0	815,600	(29,900)	785,700
Transfers	0	0	2,256,900	2,494,300	2,354,700	305,400	2,660,100	0	2,660,100
Transfers - Within Agency	2,702,400	2,342,000	(21,000)	(55,100)	(26,200)	(4,400)	(30,600)	0	(30,600)
Beginning Nonlapsing	132,400	129,400	579,000	723,100	0	515,100	515,100	(106,000)	409,100
Closing Nonlapsing	(129,400)	(429,000)	(723,100)	(515,100)	0	(409,100)	(409,100)	106,000	(303,100)
Lapsing Balance	(675,700)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$4,345,100	$4,197,500	$4,469,600	$5,127,100	$4,963,100	$401,200	$5,364,300	$530,800	$5,895,100

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	2,411,200	6,718,400	7,210,200	7,479,400	2,825,900	14,000	2,839,900	158,200	2,998,100
In-state Travel	12,100	8,300	8,400	6,700	9,600	400	10,000	0	10,000
Out-of-state Travel	5,600	10,700	5,400	9,000	14,100	0	14,100	0	14,100
Current Expense	593,100	498,300	483,800	934,400	711,200	94,900	806,100	453,500	1,259,600
DP Current Expense	695,000	671,700	665,700	776,000	749,900	30,500	780,400	(32,300)	748,100
Capital Outlay	0	0	5,900	54,700	0	0	0	0	0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	628,100	652,500	737,700	633,300	652,400	261,400	913,800	(48,600)	865,200
Cost Accounts	0	(4,362,400)	(4,647,500)	(4,766,400)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$4,345,100	$4,197,500	$4,469,600	$5,127,100	$4,963,100	$401,200	$5,364,300	$530,800	$5,895,100

Show Table | Show Additional Information

Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	29.50	27.70	27.70	28.20	28.30	(0.30)	28	28
Actual FTE	63.60	27.50	28.60	64.90	0	0	0	0
Vehicles	7	8	8	8	8	0	8	8

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.