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LATC budget office projects surplus and notes position elimination tied to May revise
Summary
DCA budget analysts told the LATC the committee's 2024-25 fund condition projects a $266,000 reversion and about 10.2 months in reserve into 2024-25; staff said a vacant position was eliminated under the governor's May revise.
Budget staff briefed the Landscape Architects Technical Committee on committee revenue and expenditure projections, fund-condition assumptions and personnel changes.
Luke Fitzgerald, budget analyst with the DCA budget office, presented the committee's fund condition statement and said projections used actual data through fiscal month 9 and the governor's budget assumptions. He said the committee began 2024 with an estimated May revise beginning budget of approximately $1,153,000 and projected year-end expenditures of about $887,000, producing a projected reversion of roughly $266,000 and a reversion percentage of 23.05.
Fitzgerald reported the committee is projecting revenues of $1,455,000 in 2024-25, including approximately $164,000 from initial license fees, about $1,245,000 from renewal fees and $45,000 from citations and other receipts. Projected expenditures were about $958,000 (authorized expenditures plus direct draws), leaving a projected fund balance of about $1,150,000, or roughly 10.2 months in reserve.
Committee members asked why the permanent positions line showed a year-end projection below budget. Laura Zuniga and staff explained two factors: a vacant position anticipated to remain open and a May revise direction to eliminate one position. "Based on the May revise. Yes. Based on the governor's, executive order," staff said when asked whether the elimination was required by the May revise.
Committee member John Rasinski pressed for more detail on specific line items such as out-of-state travel and delinquent fees; budget staff explained that appropriations are managed at the fund level and that delinquency fees reflect late renewal submissions. Staff also noted the fund condition includes a conservative 3% ongoing personnel cost increase in out years to account for salary and retirement adjustments, and they warned that future legislation or unanticipated events could create additional cost pressure.
No formal action was taken. Budget staff said they will continue monthly monitoring and provide updated projections as fiscal months close.
