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A summary of fund transfers being presented to the Finance and Audit Committee. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)
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Description Amount
DTPW - Airport $2,432,000
1. The Director of Transportation and Public Works has requested an appropriation transfer of $827,000 to reconstruct a segment of Taxiway B at General Mitchell International Airport moving the total cost from $2,140,000 to 2,967,000. The original scope of the project was to reconstruct the taxiway in its current location. In the course of the design work for this project, it was discovered that a wingspan restriction on this taxiway could be eliminated if the taxiway could be shifted slightly to the north by approximately forty five feet. The addition of a new swing gate at the current vehicle checkpoint north of the taxiway location will be required to allow it to open and close without violating the taxiway safety area. In conjunction with this change, additional security cameras and storm sewers will also need to be relocated. The cost of the aforementioned changes is now expected to exceed the original budget by $827,000. The segment of Taxiway B which is being proposed for reconstruction currently consists of 4 inches of asphalt over concrete. The area suffered major degradation of the asphalt material due to the two flood events of 2010.
The funding source for the Taxiway B project has been changed from AIP funding as originally indicated to State aid, allowing the Taxiway B project to be funded with 80% ($2,373,600 State funding) and with the 20% local share ($593,400) initially coming from the Airport's Capital Improvement Reserve Account. This change in funding requires the removal of $1,605,000 which was set up in Federal Grants (acct#2699) initially while increasing State funding (acct#2299) to $2,373,600 and the contributions from the reserve (acct#4707) to $593,400. The Airport Capital Improvement Reserve Fund will be refunded when PFC funds, as part of upcoming PFC application no. 17 is approved. Approval of this appropriation transfer will have no fiscal impact on the tax levy of Milwaukee County and will allow General Mitchell to effect permanent improvements to Taxiway B.
Description Amount
DTPW- Highway $ 150,000
1. The Director of Transportation and Public Works and the Director of Highway Operations have requested $150,000 transfer to provide funding and expenditure authority to mitigate construction activity along I-94. The funds are necessary for the planning and execution of a contract with the WISDOT to ensure the safety, accessibility, and mobility for the traveling public in the project area including I-94, I-43 and I-894 from College Avenue on the south, Loomis Road on the west and Howard Avenue on the north. Project responsibilities also include providing alternative routes within two miles of the interstate roadways. This 100% reimbursed project involves a commitment beginning January 1, 2011 and ending December 31, 2012. No tax levy impacts results from this fund transfer.
Description Amount
DTPW-AE & ES $45,000
1. An appropriation transfer of $45,000 is requested by the Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works accepting revenue generated through the terms of the Agreement set between Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. and the affected municipalities related to the proposed expansion of the Metro Landfill in Franklin, Wisconsin.
In 2003, Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. notified Milwaukee County and other affected municipalities regarding of their intention to apply for a permit to expand the existing landfill, and by doing so sought to begin negotiations with the affected municipalities in accordance with the Wisconsin State Statute 289.33. In April of 2003, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution (File No. 03-249) authorizing Milwaukee County's participation, as an affected community, in the negotiation process. Milwaukee County has participated in the negotiation process since 2003, culminating in the unanimous passage of the Metro Landfill Expansion Agreement by the Negotiating Committee (the committee includes the City of Franklin, Town of Raymond, Town of Norway, City of Muskego, Waukesha County, Racine County and Milwaukee County) passage of a unanimous vote by the Negotiating Committee to approve the final Agreement.
Milwaukee County's approval of the agreement has resulted in $45,000 of additional revenue for use in 2011. It is anticipated that the County will receive additional revenue in future years as a result of this agreement that could be used to pay for costs related to solid waste management including the operation and maintenance of the County's closed landfill sites, recycling activities and repair of roadways affected by waste hauling. It is requested that this fund transfer be approved. This transfer has no levy impact.
Approved by:
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Jack Takerian, Director of
Transportation and Public Works
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