FY2020 Budget

Personnel Expenditures

The Town of Morrisville must continue to meet its workload demands through the careful, thoughtful and prudent additions to staff to meet customer service demands and service delivery levels. Staff requests for FY 2020 are proposed for public safety (fire), parks and recreation, public works, inspections and engineering.

The Fiscal Year 2020 budget includes requests for twelve full-time staff and three three-quarter time staff (2.25 FTE):

Firefighters (3)

o

Fire Training Captain

o

Aquatics Aides - full-time (2)

o

Aquatics Aides - 3/4 time (3)

o

MAFC Administrative Assistant

o

Mechanic

o

Parks & Grounds Technician II

o

Assistant Building Codes Administrator

o

Development Services Coordinators (2) – Inspections & Engineering

o

A summary of these requests and a brief justification for each position are provided as a part of the Budget Priorities Summary . Expenditures are reflected in the Department Budget Profiles . A review and discussion of the need for these investments in personnel will be shared with Town Council during the proposed budget briefing and work sessions. Several of these positions are slated for mid-year recruitment and hiring to accommodate budget capacity and timing of work needs, particularly the parks and recreation positions related to the anticipated spring 2020 MAFC reopening. These positions are fully funded in the future year forecast. The proposed Fiscal Year 2020 operating budget also includes increased funding for part-time salaries needed to support the expanded MAFC operations and activities.

Additional staffing requests are incorporated into the two enhanced scenario options for three additional personnel:

o Enterprise System Administrator (1 Cent Increment)

o Public Works Program Coordinator (1 Cent Increment)

o Network System Administrator (2 Cent Increment)

New position requests are incorporated into the Town’s pay plan according to job description, classifications and level of responsibility. The Town also annually reviews approximately one-third of existing positions to validate employee duties and responsibilities and established market levels of pay. Minor adjustments occur each year within the Town’s adopted pay plan and are included in the proposed operating budget.

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