Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

 

The enacted budget (May 16, 2002) makes the following changes to the Executive Budget:

 

·        A decrease of $650,000 in the Park Operations Program.  The entire decrease is a non-personal services reduction in the Special Revenue Other (SRO) I Love N.Y. Water account.

 

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 29, 2002):

 

·        A projected FTE fill level of 1,671, which is a loss of 10 positions through attrition from the current projected FTE fill level as follows:  Historic Preservation Program  (-3 FTEs) and Park Operations Program (-7 FTEs).  However, this reduction is offset to a degree by the fact that the OPRHP had a net gain in FTEs of 8 during the previous State Fiscal Year (SFY), rather than the projected loss of -12 FTEs.  Most of the positions were added to the Park Operations Program.

·        $4.95 million in funding for the Zoos, Botanical Gardens, and Aquaria program, which will be provided from the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF).

·        A deficiency appropriation of $620,000 necessary to fund the cost of a Civil Service approved one-grade reallocation for the Park Police, which was omitted in the 2001-02 enacted budget.

·        A net savings of $400,000 to be achieved via non-personal service efficiencies in Historic Preservation Special Revenue Federal (-$186,600) and Park Operations Special Revenue Federal (-$537,000).  These loses are offset by non-personal service increases in Administration (+$91,400), most of which is for unspecified contractual services, Historic Preservation General Fund (+$122,700), and Parks Operations Special Revenue Other and Recreation Services (+93,200), most of which is for contractual services.

·        Personal service increases as follows:  $211,200 (+4.2%) in Administration; $328,000 (+3.9%) in Historic Preservation; $4.6 million (+6.1%) in Park Operations General Fund; and $26,400 (+4.2%) in Recreation Services.  These increases appear to fund contractual increases.  The personal services increase in Historic Preservation Special Revenue Federal (+$189,100, or 3.1%) appears to fund the 3 extra FTEs that were added during SFY2001-02.  It is unlikely that these are the 3 FTEs that the SFY 2002-03 budget proposes to eliminate in the General Fund, as this program was shifted to federally funded positions during the prior fiscal year.


 

 

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Program Details-State Operations

 

Enacted

Proposed

Enacted

Change in

Percent

Program

2001-02 Budget

2002-03 Budget

2002-03 Budget

Appropriation

Change

All Funds

$154,997,900

$163,557,900

$162,907,900

$7,910,000

5.1%

General Fund

$102,065,200

$107,892,100

$107,892,100

$5,826,900

5.7%

Special Revenue-Federal

$3,982,300

$3,695,800

$3,695,800

($286,500)

-7.2%

Special Revenue-Other

$45,207,900

$48,171,800

$47,521,800

$2,313,900

5.1%

Fiduciary

$1,242,500

$1,298,200

$1,298,200

$55,700

4.5%

Enterprise

$2,500,000

$2,500,000

$2,500,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

_

Administration

$6,914,600

$7,322,200

$7,322,200

$407,600

5.9%

 Personal Service

$4,970,900

$5,182,100

$5,182,100

$211,200

4.2%

 Nonpersonal Service

$1,548,700

$1,640,100

$1,640,100

$91,400

5.9%

 Special Revenue-Federal

$395,000

$500,000

$500,000

$105,000

26.6%

 

 

 

 

 

_

SRF-Federal Misc. Grant

$395,000

$500,000

$500,000

$105,000

26.6%

Personal Service

$0

$150,000

$150,000

$150,000

100.0%

Nonpersonal Service

$395,000

$350,000

$350,000

($45,000)

-11.4%

 

 

 

 

 

_

Historic Preservation

$11,270,800

$11,733,300

$11,733,300

$462,500

4.1%

 Personal Service

$8,364,700

$8,692,700

$8,692,700

$328,000

3.9%

 Nonpersonal Service

$1,379,900

$1,502,600

$1,502,600

$122,700

8.9%

 Special Revenue-Federal

$1,423,300

$1,425,800

$1,425,800

$2,500

0.2%

 Special Revenue-Other

$61,800

$69,800

$69,800

$8,000

12.9%

 Fiduciary

$41,100

$42,400

$42,400

$1,300

3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

_

SRF-Historic Preservation

$1,423,300

$1,425,800

$1,425,800

$2,500

0.2%

Personal Service

$595,300

$784,400

$784,400

$189,100

31.8%

Nonpersonal Service

$828,000

$641,400

$641,400

($186,600)

-22.5%

 

 

 

 

 

_

SRO-Public Service Acct

$61,800

$69,800

$69,800

$8,000

12.9%

Personal Service

$45,500

$50,400

$50,400

$4,900

10.8%

Nonpersonal Service

$16,300

$19,400

$19,400

$3,100

19.0%

 

 

 

 

 

_

Park Operations

$132,061,200

$139,631,500

$138,981,500

$6,920,300

5.2%

 Personal Service

$75,717,000

$80,336,400

$80,336,400

$4,619,400

6.1%

 Nonpersonal Service

$6,287,700

$7,667,300

$7,667,300

$1,379,600

21.9%

 Expenses related to Park Police

$1,545,000

$500,000

$500,000

($1,045,000)

-67.6%

 Special Revenue-Federal

$2,164,000

$1,770,000

$1,770,000

($394,000)

-18.2%

 Special Revenue-Other

$45,146,100

$48,102,000

$47,452,000

$2,305,900

5.1%

 Fiduciary

$1,201,400

$1,255,800

$1,255,800

$54,400

4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

_

SRF-MRV Parks

$2,164,000

$1,770,000

$1,770,000

($394,000)

-18.2%

Personal Service

$714,000

$857,000

$857,000

$143,000

20.0%

Nonpersonal Service

$1,450,000

$913,000

$913,000