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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
2009 BUDGET
PERSONAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS
Positions reported in this chart are
actual positions through 2008,
meaning that at some point during
the year the position was filled.
Historically, very few positions were
unfilled for the entire year, however,
due to recent cost containment
efforts there were on average for the
years 2003 through 2007, thirty one
postions that were budgeted but
remained vacant for the entire
budget year. In 2008, there were
twelve positions that remained
vacant.
Maintenance & Operations,
Engineering, and Monitoring &
Research are referred to as the
District’s Operating Departments.
These departments are directly
responsible for daily operations of
sewage collection, treatment, disposal
and environmental monitoring
activities. The remaining departments
are generally termed as Support
Departments. While positions in these
departments may be considered
indirect or overhead, they are also
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
necessary for technical expertise, statutory compliance, governance and, public accountability.
Reductions in the operating departments through 2007 can be attributed to automation of manual processes, the transfer of
support positions to support departments and completion of major infrastructure projects. Before 2002, capital project
employees were budgeted only in the Construction Fund.
Modest staffing increases in the operating departments beginning in 2008 are necessary to adequately staff for the design and
implementation of the Master Plans and Stormwater Management initiatives.
The exhibit below provides the personal service appropriations for 2008 and 2009, and the actual expenditures for personal
services in 2007. The increase in salaries of regular employees includes a cost of living adjustment. The significant reduction in
contractual services is due to the award of Bond Funded multi-year consultant contracts that were fully encumbered in 2008.
Personal Service Summary - All Funds
2007 2008 2009
2008 - 2009 Change
Actual Exp. Adj. Approp. Budgeted Dollars Percent
Salaries of Regular Employees* $153,338,426 $165,484,150 $171,262,400 $5,778,250 3.49%
Compensation Plan Adjustments 7,262,050 8,066,200 7,926,400 (139,800) -1.73%
Social Security & Medicare Contributions 1,984,430 2,203,000 2,205,000 2,000 0.09%
Employee Claims 6,181,654 10,110,000 12,100,000 1,990,000 19.68%
Other Employee Personal Services** 2,280,071 3,665,600 3,852,700 187,100 5.10%
Contractual Services 28,335,215 173,635,405 77,297,300 (96,338,105) -55.48%
Health & Life Insurance Premiums*** 56,872,136 57,844,935 47,229,400 (10,615,535) -18.35%
Total $256,253,982 $421,009,290 $321,873,200 ($99,136,090) -23.55%
* Includes 2009 salary adjustments
** Includes Tuition, Training, Non-budgeted Salaries, and Relief Workers
*** Includes OPEB Distribution
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Position History (2001 - 2009)
2,274 2,232
2,159
2,142
2,134
2,102
2,081
2,109
2,131
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Stormwater Management Fund*
Monitoring & Research
Engineering
Maintenance & Operations
Support Departments
Board of Commissioners
General Administration
Procurement & Mat'ls. Mgt.
Human Resources
Information Technology
Law
Finance
* In 2009, 49 positions for the General Administration, Maintenance and Operations, and
Engineering Departments are budgeted in the Stormwater Management Fund, while the
operations remain with the departments.
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