Translate[Archived] Question #55: There is a proposed 37.8% increase in personnel costs for General Services-External Services despite the number of FTEs remaining unchanged. What is this for?
Question:
There is a proposed 37.8% increase in personnel costs for General Services-External Services despite the number of FTEs remaining unchanged. What is this for? (Vice Mayor Bennett-Parker)
Response:
The increase is largely due to $10,000 of outside temporary services non-personnel money being converted to seasonal staffing money to fund a temporary intern position to market and promote the Old Town Farmers Market to a larger audience. This means that the Farmer’s Market would be able to perform marketing services through use of an intern instead of contractual outsourcing. This change was approved mid-year in FY 2019 which is why it is not shown in the FY 2019 base budget. Temporary positions do not count towards FTE counts which is why there is no corresponding change to the External Services overall programmatic FTE. The remaining personnel increases are incremental costs for fiscal year 2020 totaling $4,720 shown in the table below. This marketing initiative is in addition to the overall Farmer’s Marker program view which the City Manager has briefed Council members about.
