Council on the Arts

Council on the Arts

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 27, 2004):

An FTE level of 455; this is an overall increase of 400 FTEs. All of this increase is due to the creation of the New York Institute for Cultural Education (NYICE). The Council actually gained four General Fund FTE positions and lost one Special Revenue Funds-Federal FTE position from the Governor’s proposed 3/31/03 FTE level in the SFY 2003-04 Executive Budget. It should be noted that the appropriations do not appear to bear out this proposal.
The creation of a new public benefit corporation, the NYICE. The State Education Department’s Cultural Education program would be moved into the new corporation. The move is proposed for October 1, 2003. The Executive Budget states that all 400 positions eliminated in the SED budget are transferred to the Council. The employees of the Institute would be governed by the State Civil Service Law and would remain in the bargaining units they were in prior to the transfer.
Overall funding is increased by $12.3 million (145.4 percent). This is made up primarily of the $12.5 million transfer associated with NYICE but does include a reduction of $222,500 (3.1 percent) in General Fund support.
A decrease of $157,200 (4.3 percent) in personal services in the Administration Program. This does not seem consistent with the budgetary expectations of no change in FTEs. This issue should be clarified with Council of the Arts management.
Moving Fiduciary funding to Special Revenue-Other funding.

Council on the Arts
Program Details-State Operations
Program	Enacted	Proposed	Change in	Percent
	2003-04 Budget	2004-05 Budget	Appropriation	Change
All Funds	$8,454,700	$20,755,000	$12,300,300	145.5%
General Fund	$7,277,500	$7,055,000	($222,500)	-3.1%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$777,200	$800,000	$22,800	2.9%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$0	$12,900,000	$12,900,000	100.0%
Fiduciary Funds	$400,000	$0	($400,000)	-100.0%
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Administration	$6,277,200	$6,121,000	($156,200)	-2.5%
Personal Service	$3,315,000	$3,173,000	($142,000)	-4.3%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,785,000	$1,748,000	($37,000)	-2.1%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$777,200	$800,000	$22,800	2.9%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$0	$400,000	$400,000	100.0%
Fiduciary Funds	$400,000	$0	($400,000)	-100.0%
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Council on the Arts Acct - (SRF)	$777,200	$800,000	$22,800	2.9%
Personal Service	$510,900	$542,000	$31,100	6.1%
Fringe Benefits	$246,500	$218,000	($28,500)	-11.6%
Indirect Cost Recovery	$19,800	$40,000	$20,200	102.0%
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Combined Gifts, Grants & Bequest Fund (SRO)	$0	$400,000	$400,000	100.0%

NYState Inst. For Cultural Educ.(SRO)	$0	$12,500,000	$12,500,000	100.0%

Empire State Plaza Perform Arts	$567,000	$556,000	($11,000)	-1.9%
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NYS Theater Institute	$1,610,500	$1,578,000	($32,500)	-2.0%