Draft Fiscal Year 2010 budget and Fiscal Year 2009 revisions

April 18, 2008  |  document 2008-04

This document replaced by Final budget, document 2008-10

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Over the past ten years, the Council has worked with Bonneville to adopt budget agreements resulting in approximately $6.2 million of savings between Fiscal Year 1998 and Fiscal Year 2008. Actions taken to accomplish these savings include reducing our workforce, eliminating vacant FTEs, reducing travel costs, slashing contract funding, cutting administrative costs, and curtailing lower-priority activities.

The Council has a budget agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration for the rate period Fiscal Year 2007 through Fiscal Year 2009. In that agreement, the Council made a commitment to exercise fiscal restraint in developing its budget and to hold budget increases to an average of 3 percent per year. The Council’s Fiscal Year 2009 revised budget of $9,467,000 is 2.1 percent higher than the current year 2008 budget of $9,276,000. By utilizing that same cost-containment strategy, the Council is able to hold the projected Fiscal Year 2010 budget at $9,683,000 (a 2.3 percent increase). In order to achieve this goal, we are freezing the number of FTEs in the Council budget while continuing to undertake expanded work and responsibilities in the region, particularly in fish and wildlife recovery efforts.

The Council is seeking comments on the proposed draft budget. In order to be considered at the Council’s July 14-16, 2008 meeting in Kalispell, Montana, written comments should be received at the Council’s central office by June 30, 2008. The Council also will allow time for oral comment on the budget at the May 13-14, 2008 meeting in Walla Walla, Washington, and at the June 10-12, 2008, Council meeting in Spokane, Washington. The Council will schedule consultations on request.

The Council expects to adopt the budget at its July meeting and then transmit it to Bonneville. Any questions on this draft budget should be directed to Sharon Ossmann, Director, Administrative Division, at the Council’s Central Office.

Steve Crow
Executive Director

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