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Agency 150
Department of General Administration
RCW 43.19

Current Law Budget

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Request

$115,468,998

Net change from current biennium

$1,629,967

Increase

Percent change from current biennium

1.4%

Increase

The purpose of the Department of General Administration is to serve as the primary business and service agent for state government.

The goal of the Department is to develop, implement, and administer effective programs which are responsive to the service, supply, and facility needs of all state agencies.

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Administration and Agency Support

Procurement

Energy

Capital Facilities

Transportation Services

Risk Management

Property Development

Commodity Redistribution

Agency Level Summary

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Operating Budget: Summary
1995-97 Appropriations								Appropriated Funds							Expenditures
	Amount		Estimated Balance											1993-95 Actual			1995-97 Estimated		1997-99 Proposed
3,083,608				6,707				General Fund - Basic Account - State							516,934			3,076,901		585,000
2,217,231								General Fund - Basic Account - Federal							1,486,169			2,217,231		2,403,000
58,657								General Fund - Basic Account - Federal Unanticipated							124,281			58,657
398,655								General Fund - Basic Account - Private/Local							286,322			398,655		399,999
10,870,653								Motor Transport Account - State							10,963,511			10,870,653		14,121,999
274,000								Industrial Insurance Premium Refund - State							58,836			274,000
								State Capitol Vehicle Parking Acct - State							775,250
15,000								American W/Disabilities Spec Revolv - State										15,000
119,913				1				Air Pollution Control Account - State							107,488			119,912		390,000
21,941,635				1				Dept Gen Adm Fac/Services Revolving - State							20,888,615			21,941,634		23,597,000
3,142,280								Central Stores Revolving Account - State							3,665,783			3,142,280		3,316,000
589,620				213,912				Energy Efficiency Services Account - State							394,050			375,708		180,000
2,082,958				1				Risk Management Account - State							2,165,264			2,082,957		2,328,000
44,794,210				220,622				Total Appropriated Funds							41,432,503			44,573,588		47,320,998
								Non-Appropriated Funds
								Motor Transport Account - Non-Appropriated							7,167,198			11,304,997		9,518,000
								Energy Account - Non-Appropriated							2,082,702			750,068		362,000
								General Administration Management - Non-Appropriated							20,879,186			24,344,044		24,790,000
								Dept Gen Adm Fac/Services Revolving - Non-Appropriated							11,230,401			22,243,520		22,556,000
								Central Stores Revolving Account - Non-Appropriated							8,931,150			7,237,387		7,782,000
								Surplus Property Purchase Revolving - Non-Appropriated							971,319			3,385,427		3,140,000
								Donable Foods Revolving Account - Non-Appropriated							1,052,870
								Risk Management Account - Non-Appropriated							7,475,568
								Total Non-Appropriated Funds							59,790,394			69,265,443		68,148,000

								Total All Funds							101,222,897			113,839,031		115,468,998

Capital Budget: Summary*
1995-97 Appropriations								Appropriated Funds							Expenditures
	Amount		Estimated Balance											1993-95 Actual			1995-97 Estimated		1997-99 Proposed
39,050								General Fund - Basic Account - Federal										39,050
								General Fund - Basic Account - Private/Local												500,000
14,382,917				2,750,000				Capitol Building Construction Acct - State							4,628,446			11,632,917		9,959,208
625,000								Char/Ed/Penal/Reform/Institutions - State							192,709			625,000		600,000
22,291,636								State Building Construction Account - State							47,009,131			22,291,636		32,277,001
								Motor Vehicle Account - State							25,997
								East Capitol Campus Construction - State							604,547
2,912,000				2,738,645				Public Safety Reimbursable Bond - State										173,355		4,237,500
2,796,200								Thurston County Capital Facilities - State										2,796,200		7,573,000
43,046,803				5,488,645				Total Appropriated Funds							52,460,830			37,558,158		55,146,709

*For detail projects, see 1997-99 Capital Plan.

Operating Budget: Summary by Object

					1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated			1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
Salaries And Wages				18,496,912			18,883,217			18,694,099			18,734,772			18,734,772
Employee Benefits				5,482,766			5,422,897			5,371,284			5,469,993			5,469,993
Personal Service Contracts				264,144			114,623			543,210			564,117			564,117
Goods And Services				27,884,314			24,510,014			24,268,384			26,083,565			26,104,107
Travel				483,403			372,376			359,417			374,491			374,733
Capital Outlays				2,566,216			1,134,966			1,104,136			1,085,507			1,075,227
Grants, Benefits & Client Services				453,478			1,717,319			2,280,925			357,747			357,748
Debt Service				3,952,897			4,504,382			6,008,559			5,613,006			5,667,047
Interagency Reimbursements				(5,145,482)			(238,782)			(138,873)			(4,191)			(4,191)
Intra-Agency Reimbursements				(2,489,639)			(546,438)			(526,684)			(568,009)			(585,553)

Annual Total				51,949,009			55,874,574			57,964,457			57,710,998			57,758,000

Operating Budget: Program Summary

					1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated			1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
Administration				462,837			77,383			90,049
Procurement				4,697,401			5,137,667			5,253,104			5,549,000			5,549,000
Energy				1,073,976			1,220,382			813,000			815,352			815,352
Capital Facilities				15,577,242			19,947,681			19,968,499			20,717,040			20,718,040
Transportation Services				10,294,476			10,601,502			12,413,184			12,338,999			12,389,000
Risk Management				5,314,670			1,208,159			1,274,416			1,366,999			1,361,000
Property Development				12,070,657			14,204,353			13,980,122			14,499,222			14,499,222
Commodity Redistribution				2,457,750			3,477,447			4,172,083			2,424,386			2,426,386
Annual Total				51,949,009			55,874,574			57,964,457			57,710,998			57,758,000
Fiscal Year 1993-94				49,273,888
Biennium Total				101,222,897			113,839,031						115,468,998

Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium

				1993-95 Actual								1995-97 Estimated								1997-99 Proposed
				Amount			Percent				Amount					Percent			Amount					Percent
Administration			(4,628,594)			(89.8)%				(359,375)					(68.2)%			(167,432)					(100.0)%
Procurement			(3,293,589)			(23.3)%				(460,460)					(4.2)%			707,229					6.8%
Energy			(612,261)			(18.6)%				(643,663)					(24.0)%			(402,678)					(19.8)%
Capital Facilities			3,547,449			13.6%				10,326,375					34.9%			1,518,900					3.8%
Transportation Services			4,787,905			33.9%				4,107,683					21.7%			1,713,313					7.4%
Risk Management			(1,169,391)			(10.5)%				(7,442,567)					(75.0)%			245,424					9.9%
Property Development			5,665,347			31.5%				4,555,268					19.3%			813,969					2.9%
Commodity Redistribution			284,976			5.9%				2,532,873					49.5%			(2,798,758)					(36.6)%
Belated Claims			(14,769)			(100.0)%

Total			4,567,073			4.7%				12,616,134					12.5%			1,629,967					1.4%

Employment Summary

			1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated		1996-97 Estimated				1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years			621.6		597.0			553.8				585.2				585.2
Average FTE Staff Year Costs			29,757			31,630		33,756				32,014				32,014

Program Level Detail

Administration and Agency Support

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This program provides executive, administrative, financial, information, and human resource services to the agency.

Objectives include: improving the timeliness, accuracy, and efficiency of the agency's financial reporting system; increasing and improving business and customer access to the agency; enhancing administrative support; and improving the agency's human resource program.

Program Employment

			1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated		1996-97 Estimated				1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years			79.1		77.5			77.2				69.5				69.5
Average FTE Staff Year Costs			36,884			37,717		37,836				39,603				39,603

Expenditure Detail

				1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated			1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
Salaries and Benefits			3,684,929			3,692,912			3,684,660			3,446,272			3,446,272
Grants and Subsidies			2,400			100
Other Operating Costs			(3,224,492)			(3,615,629)			(3,594,611)			(3,446,272)			(3,446,272)

Annual Total			462,837			77,383			90,049
Fiscal Year 1993-94			63,970
Biennium Total			526,807			167,432

Source of Funds

1994-95 Actual

1995-96 Estimated

1996-97 Estimated

1997-98 Proposed

1998-99 Proposed

Motor Transport Account - Non-Appropriated

29,614

Industrial Insurance Premium Refund - State

54,944

77,383

90,049

Central Stores Revolving Account - Non-Appropriated

378,279

Annual Total				462,837			77,383				90,049

Procurement

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This program provides a central procurement and contracting service for state agencies, colleges, and universities. Community and technical colleges, counties, cities, other political subdivisions, Native American tribal governments, and qualified nonprofits may also use the program at their own choice. The program operates a central stores warehouse and distribution center for commonly used office supplies and janitorial products for the same customer base and operates a management system for control of supplies and equipment used in maintaining the capitol campus. Procurement also includes a price comparison program, a price match program, and a price guarantee program.

Objectives are to: provide low cost and best value for all products and services used by state agencies and local governments; leverage the collective purchasing power of state agencies and local governments through cooperative purchasing efforts and large volume contracts; and provide low-cost warehousing, and distribution of commonly used products through the program's Central Stores.

Program Employment

			1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated		1996-97 Estimated				1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years			76.8		73.4			77.0				79.0				79.0
Average FTE Staff Year Costs			29,885			32,353		32,274				32,622				32,622

Expenditure Detail

				1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated			1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
Salaries and Benefits			2,987,355			3,036,988			3,195,962			3,296,676			3,296,676
Grants and Subsidies			1,155			1,341
Other Operating Costs			1,708,891			2,099,338			2,057,142			2,252,324			2,252,324

Annual Total			4,697,401			5,137,667			5,253,104			5,549,000			5,549,000
Fiscal Year 1993-94			6,153,830
Biennium Total			10,851,231			10,390,771						11,098,000

Source of Funds

					1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated				1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund - State							1,262				9,842
Central Stores Revolving Account - State				1,602,733			1,595,259				1,547,021			1,658,000			1,658,000
Central Stores Revolving Account - Non-Appropriated				3,094,668			3,541,146				3,696,241			3,891,000			3,891,000

Annual Total				4,697,401			5,137,667				5,253,104			5,549,000			5,549,000

Energy

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The Energy program works to maximize efficient use of energy in public facilities. This function was transferred to the Department when the Washington State Energy Office was eliminated in 1996.

Objectives include: to support, promote, and encourage energy efficiency and other activities that reduce energy costs at new and existing public facilities through the development of energy and resource conservation management plans and educational programs; to review and approve energy life cycle cost analyses and energy conservation reports; and to coordinate closing-out federal Institutional Conservation Program projects.

Program Employment

			1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated		1996-97 Estimated				1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years			17.0		11.7			4.0				4.0				4.0
Average FTE Staff Year Costs			34,789			36,487		44,448				44,448				44,448

Expenditure Detail

				1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated			1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
Salaries and Benefits			738,024			532,450			221,265			220,716			220,716
Grants and Subsidies			33,580			333,738
Other Operating Costs			302,372			354,194			591,735			594,636			594,636

Annual Total			1,073,976			1,220,382			813,000			815,352			815,352
Fiscal Year 1993-94			1,603,069
Biennium Total			2,677,045			2,033,382						1,630,704

Source of Funds

					1994-95 Actual			1995-96 Estimated				1996-97 Estimated			1997-98 Proposed			1998-99 Proposed
General Fund - Basic Account - Federal				53,358			365,606				542,000			544,352			544,352
General Fund - Basic Account - Private/Local				2,012
Energy Account - Non-Appropriated				842,712			569,068				181,000			181,000			181,000
Energy Efficiency Services Account - State				175,894			285,708				90,000			90,000			90,000

Annual Total				1,073,976			1,220,382				813,000			815,352			815,352

Capital Facilities

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The program provides general operations, management, and maintenance of the state capital campus facilities through the following subprograms: Landscaping and Visitor Services (which runs the campus visitor and parking services and grounds and roads maintenance functions); Physical Plant Engineering (which operates, maintains, and repairs buildings, utilities, and related infrastructure); Custodial, Refuse, and Recycle Services; and Capital Programs (which runs campus construction projects funded through capital funds as well as those provided by tenant agencies). In addition, the program is responsible for fire protection, site security, and emergency response for all campus facilities.

Objectives are to: effectively and efficiently support the operation of state government; protect and preserve state assets; and provide community access to the state capital campus.

Program Employment