Council on the Arts

Council on the Arts

The Enacted Budget makes the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 31, 2009)

Denies the Executive Budget recommendation that the New York State Theater Institute merge with the Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center and adds the $3.066 million NYSTI budget back into the Council of the Arts budget.

Restores $584,000 for the Empire State Plaza Perform Arts Center Corporation Program.

Adds a total of $6.3 million for local assistance funding for arts organizations.

The Executive budget recommends (analysis as of December 22, 2008):

A SFY 2009-10 workforce of 46 FTEs. This is a reduction of (-3) in the number of FTEs from the adjusted FTE level of 49 for FY 2008-09. The enacted SFY 2008-09 budget had estimated that the Council of the Arts would have 55 employees on March 31 2009; therefore 6 FTEs will be eliminated though attrition or not filled during the current fiscal year .

Program

FY 2008-09 Adjustment

FY 2009-10

Difference

Administration

(-6)

(-3)

The total appropriation for Personal Service is $3.7 million, a $3.7 million (-47.7%) reduction from the enacted SFY 2008-09 budget. This decrease is due to the proposed merger of the New York State Theater Institute with the Egg, which moves their funding off-budget, and the shift of funding for the Empire State Performing Arts Center to the local assistance budget.

An All Funds decrease of $4.6 million for State Operations, or a cut of (45%) from the enacted SFY 2008-09 budget. This reduction is due to the proposals discussed above

Merging the New York State Theater Institute with the Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center Corporation (EGG). The budget would provide $3.7 million in special revenue funding for the EGG and NYSTI, a decrease of (-$0.3 million) from amount provided to both agencies in 2008-09. This merger would take effective immediately upon enactment and is contained in S57/A157 Part B.

Reduced Funding for NYSCA Grants. The 2009-10 Executive Budget recommends $38.9 million in General Fund support for arts grants, or a $7 million decrease from the final SFY 2008-09 enacted budget.

The Council on the Arts did not employ consultant employees in SFY 2008-09 and that remains the same for SFY 2008-09.

Council on the Arts
Program Details-State Operations
	Enacted	Proposed	Enacted	Change in	Percent
Program	2008-09 Budget	2009-10 Budget	2009-10 Budget	Appropriation	Change
All Funds	$10,164,300	$5,582,000	$9,232,000	($932,300)	-9.2%
General Fund	$6,142,000	$5,482,000	$5,482,000	($660,000)	-10.7%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$3,922,300	$0	$3,650,000	($272,300)	-6.9%

Personal Services	$6,376,400	$3,718,000	$5,695,400	($681,000)	-10.7%
Contractual Services	$2,190,700	$1,585,000	$2,098,200	($92,500)	-4.2%

Administration	$6,142,000	$5,482,000	$5,482,000	($660,000)	-10.7%
Personal Service	$4,214,000	$3,718,000	$3,718,000	($496,000)	-11.8%
Regular	$4,214,000	$3,717,000	$3,717,000	($497,000)	-11.8%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$0	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,928,000	$1,764,000	$1,764,000	($164,000)	-8.5%
Supplies and materials	$39,000	$37,000	$37,000	($2,000)	-5.1%
Travel	$77,000	$71,000	$71,000	($6,000)	-7.8%
Contractual Services	$1,735,000	$1,585,000	$1,585,000	($150,000)	-8.6%
Equipment	$77,000	$71,000	$71,000	($6,000)	-7.8%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%

Council on the Arts Acct - (SRF)	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%

Empire State Plaza Perform Arts Center Corp Pgm	$650,000	$0	$584,000	($66,000)	-10.2%
Cultural Education Acct - (SRO)	$650,000	$0	$584,000	($66,000)	-10.2%
Personal Service	$193,900	$0	$182,400	($11,500)	-5.9%
Regular	$126,800	$0	$126,800	$0	0.0%
Temporary Service	$60,300	$0	$50,300	($10,000)	-16.6%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$6,800	$0	$5,300	($1,500)	-22.1%
Nonpersonal Service	$456,100	$0	$401,600	($54,500)	-11.9%
Supplies and materials	$78,900	$0	$71,400	($7,500)	-9.5%
Travel	$6,400	$0	$3,400	($3,000)	-46.9%
Contractual Services	$357,200	$0	$313,200	($44,000)	-12.3%
Fringe benefits	$6,300	$0	$6,300	$0	0.0%
Indirect costs	$7,300	$0	$7,300	$0	0.0%

NYS Theater Institute Corp Pgm	$3,272,300	$0	$3,066,000	($206,300)	-6.3%
Cultural Education Acct - (SRO)	$3,272,300	$0	$3,066,000	($206,300)	-6.3%
Personal Service	$1,968,500	$0	$1,795,000	($173,500)	-8.8%
Regular	$1,735,700	$0	$1,447,000	($288,700)	-16.6%
Temporary Service	$232,800	$0	$346,000	$113,200	48.6%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$0	$0	$2,000	$2,000	100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,303,800	$0	$1,271,000	($32,800)	-2.5%
Supplies and materials	$142,000	$0	$97,000	($45,000)	-31.7%
Travel	$3,000	$0	$17,000	$14,000	466.7%
Contractual Services	$98,500	$0	$200,000	$101,500	103.0%
Equipment	$15,600	$0	$15,000	($600)	-3.8%
Fringe benefits	$975,800	$0	$880,000	($95,800)	-9.8%
Indirect costs	$68,900	$0	$62,000	($6,900)	-10.0%