Department of Agriculture and Markets
The enacted budget makes the following changes to the proposed Executive Budget:
Made no changes to the All Funds appropriation; a $7.84 million reduction, or (-5.7%) from the SFY 2009-10 enacted budget All Funds appropriation.
· Article VII language was amended to eliminate the State’s role in dog licensing and authorize municipalities to establish their own licensing program.
The Senate proposes additional unspecified reduction of $894,000 to State Operations (analysis as of March 22, 2010):
The 21-day amendments propose the following changes (analysis as of February 10, 2010):
- An increase of $1.8 million to the General Fund budget. This increase is primarily due to the following increases to contractual services which total $1.685 million: Administration Program +$792,000; Agricultural Business Services Program, +$868,000; Consumer Food Services Program, +$25,000.
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 29, 2010):
A FY 20010-11 workforce of 543 (including the Industrial Exhibit Authority), a decrease of 40 FTEs from the adjusted FTE level for FY 2009-10. The following chart identifies adjustments in the current fiscal year’s FTEs along with the recommended differences in FY 2010-11 FTEs by program:
Program
SFY 09-10 FTE Adjustment
10-11 Exec Bud Est FTEs 3/31/11
SFY 10-11 FTE Difference from Adjusted 09-10
Administration
-3
65
0
Agricultural Business Services
-7
216
-13
Consumer Food Services
-9
220
-29
State Fair
-9
42
+2
Total
-28
543
-40
· An all funds appropriation of $127.6 million, a decrease of $9.6 million, or -7%.
· The total appropriation for Personal Service is $42.1 million, a decrease of $1.7 million, or -3.9%.
· The total appropriation for Contractual Services is $38.3 million, or a decrease of $4.94 million or -11.4%.
· The following programs had significant changes in personal service funding :
o Agricultural Business Service Program: decrease of $537,000, or -4.8%.
o Consumer Food Services: decrease of $811,000, or -11.4%.
o State Fair Program: A decrease of $3.87 million or 100% in the Industrial Exhibit Authority ENT account and a corresponding $3.95 million increase in the State Exposition ENT account.
· Most of the FTE reductions are in the Consumer Food Services program and are related to a reduction in Kosher Enforcement staffing due to diminished responsibility resulting from a previous court decision limiting the State’s role in performing religious inspections. According to the Assembly Yellow Book, a reduction of eight positions or $117,000 is associated with kosher enforcement. The Kosher Division would still maintain three employees currently engaged in ensuring compliance with consumer disclosure laws with the support of existing food safety inspection staff. (2010- 11 Savings: $117,000; 2011-12 Savings: $450,000)
· A reduction of 13 FTEs in the Agricultural Business Services Program is associated with the discontinuation of farm products grading. According to the Assembly Yellow Book, a reduction of 20 positions or $430,000 is associated with the discontinuation of farm products grading; Farm products wholesalers would work directly with existing private entities to grade products for quality and potential price, rather than use State resources. The State currently provides the service for a nominal fee, which is now inadequate to support Department expenses. Existing Federal funding for a portion of the program would continue. (2010-11 Savings: $426,000; 2011-12 Savings: $1.3 million)
· According to the Assembly Yellow Book, a reduction of five positions or $157,000 due to the elimination of the State’s role in dog licensing while diverting its share of licensing revenue to municipalities.
· According to the Senate Blue Book proposes Five-Day Salary Deferrals: The Governor recommends a policy of implementing workforce-related savings associated with re-negotiation of labor agreements with State employees. While most of these re-negotiations have yet to occur, the Executive Budget proposal anticipates a total of $752,000 in State Operations savings for the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
· The Department estimated 135 employees under consultant contracts in SFY 2009-10 at a cost of $1.34 million and anticipates that these figures will not change for SFY 2010-11. These employment numbers are not calculated on an FTE basis, so it is difficult to draw conclusions about the costs.
· Proposes consolidation of the Agriculture and Markets marketing function as part of broad based state operations efficiencies.
· The elimination of Grape Genomics Laboratory funding. This action would eliminate $10 million in capital funding that has been reserved, but never used, for the construction of a laboratory to conduct grape research. The total project cost had been estimated at over $35 million, but project sponsors have been unsuccessful in acquiring the Federal and other matching funds necessary to complete the project. The work envisioned for the laboratory can be handled by existing public and private laboratories. (2010-11 Savings: $2.5 million; 2011-12 Savings: $5 million).
· Proposes Article VII legislation to:
- Part T – Eliminate the State's role in dog licensing while allowing municipalities more flexibility in maintaining their own licensing programs. Enactment of this bill is necessary to implement the 2010-11 Executive Budget, which assumes $81,000 in net savings for SFY 2010-11, and annual net savings of $325,000 thereafter, resulting from the elimination of the State's role in dog licensing. Currently the State expends approximately $630,000 annually on dog licensing, but receives only approximately $305,000 annually in licensing revenues.
Department of Agriculture and Markets Program Details-State Operations Enacted Proposed Enacted Change in Percent Program 2009-10 Budget 2010-11 Budget 2010-11 Budget Appropriation Change All Funds $137,227,000 $129,384,000 $129,384,000 ($7,843,000) -5.7% General Fund $33,162,000 $29,286,000 $29,286,000 ($3,876,000) -11.7% Special Revenue-Fed $29,644,000 $29,644,000 $29,644,000 $0 0.0% Special Revenue-Other $48,224,000 $47,257,000 $47,257,000 ($967,000) -2.0% Enterprise Fund $24,361,000 $21,361,000 $21,361,000 ($3,000,000) -12.3% Fiduciary Fund $1,836,000 $1,836,000 $1,836,000 $0 0.0% Personal Services $43,800,000 $42,099,000 $42,099,000 ($1,701,000) -3.9% Contractual Services $43,268,000 $40,008,000 $40,008,000 ($3,260,000) -7.5% Administrative Program $8,067,000 $7,534,000 $7,534,000 ($533,000) -6.6% Personal Service $5,337,000 $5,219,000 $5,219,000 ($118,000) -2.2% Regular $5,252,000 $5,137,000 $5,137,000 ($115,000) -2.2% Temporary service $65,000 $63,000 $63,000 ($2,000) -3.1% Holiday/overtime compensation $20,000 $19,000 $19,000 ($1,000) -5.0% Nonpersonal Service $2,730,000 $2,315,000 $2,315,000 ($415,000) -15.2% Supplies and materials $236,000 $132,000 $132,000 ($104,000) -44.1% Travel $197,000 $110,000 $110,000 ($87,000) -44.2% Contractual Services $2,221,000 $2,030,000 $2,030,000 ($191,000) -8.6% Equipment $76,000 $43,000 $43,000 ($33,000) -43.4% Agricultural Bus Srv Prg $68,221,000 $65,243,000 $65,243,000 ($2,978,000) -4.4% Personal Service $11,233,000 $10,696,000 $10,696,000 ($537,000) -4.8% Regular $10,794,000 $10,266,000 $10,266,000 ($528,000) -4.9% Temporary service $225,000 $220,000 $220,000 ($5,000) -2.2% Holiday/overtime compensation $214,000 $210,000 $210,000 ($4,000) -1.9% Nonpersonal Service $6,266,000 $4,375,000 $4,375,000 ($1,891,000) -30.2% Supplies and materials $429,000 $228,000 $228,000 ($201,000) -46.9% Travel $403,000 $210,000 $210,000 ($193,000) -47.9% Contractual Services $5,190,000 $3,801,000 $3,801,000 ($1,389,000) -26.8% Equipment $244,000 $136,000 $136,000 ($108,000) -44.3% Special Revenue-Federal (SRF) $21,919,000 $21,919,000 $21,919,000 $0 0.0% Special Revenue-Other (SRO) $26,967,000 $26,417,000 $26,417,000 ($550,000) -2.0% Fiduciary Funds (FID) $1,836,000 $1,836,000 $1,836,000 $0 0.0% Food & Nutrition Svcs - (SRF) $8,803,000 $8,803,000 $8,803,000 $0 0.0% Misc Operating Grants - (SRF) $13,116,000 $13,116,000 $13,116,000 $0 0.0% $0 Animal Disease Ctrl - (SRO) $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $0 0.0% Animal Population Ctrl - (SRO) $2,397,000 $2,082,000 $2,082,000 ($315,000) -13.1% Personal Service $131,000 $131,000 $131,000 $0 0.0% Regular $115,000 $115,000 $115,000 $0 0.0% Temporary Service $11,000 $11,000 $11,000 $0 0.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $2,266,000 $1,951,000 $1,951,000 ($315,000) -13.9% Supplies and materials $1,533,000 $455,000 $455,000 ($1,078,000) -70.3% Contractual Services $664,000 $1,426,000 $1,426,000 $762,000 114.8% Equipment $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $61,000 $63,000 $63,000 $2,000 3.3% Indirect costs $5,000 $4,000 $4,000 ($1,000) -20.0% Plant Industry - (SRO) $1,075,000 $1,053,000 $1,053,000 ($22,000) -2.0% Personal Service $402,000 $376,000 $376,000 ($26,000) -6.5% Regular $389,000 $363,000 $363,000 ($26,000) -6.7% Temporary Service $7,000 $7,000 $7,000 $0 0.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $673,000 $677,000 $677,000 $4,000 0.6% Supplies and materials $115,000 $115,000 $115,000 $0 0.0% Travel $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $322,000 $322,000 $322,000 $0 0.0% Equipment $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $176,000 $182,000 $182,000 $6,000 3.4% Indirect costs $14,000 $12,000 $12,000 ($2,000) -14.3% Pet License Acct - (SRO) $115,000 $117,000 $117,000 $2,000 1.7% Personal Service $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $0 0.0% Regular $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $65,000 $67,000 $67,000 $2,000 3.1% Supplies and materials $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $0 0.0% Travel $19,000 $19,000 $19,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $12,000 $12,000 $12,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $22,000 $24,000 $24,000 $2,000 9.1% Indirect costs $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $0 0.0% Special Ag Inspecting & Mktg - (SRO) $23,305,000 $23,090,000 $23,090,000 ($215,000) -0.9% Personal Service $2,308,000 $2,242,000 $2,242,000 ($66,000) -2.9% Regular $2,193,000 $2,130,000 $2,130,000 ($63,000) -2.9% Temporary Service $100,000 $97,000 $97,000 ($3,000) -3.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $20,997,000 $20,848,000 $20,848,000 ($149,000) -0.7% Supplies and materials $1,663,000 $1,646,000 $1,646,000 ($17,000) -1.0% Travel $352,000 $349,000 $349,000 ($3,000) -0.9% Contractual Services $16,993,000 $16,819,000 $16,819,000 ($174,000) -1.0% Equipment $887,000 $878,000 $878,000 ($9,000) -1.0% Fringe benefits $1,014,000 $1,086,000 $1,086,000 $72,000 7.1% Indirect costs $88,000 $70,000 $70,000 ($18,000) -20.5% Ag Producers Security - (FID) $488,000 $488,000 $488,000 $0 0.0% Personal Service $114,000 $114,000 $114,000 $0 0.0% Regular $103,000 $103,000 $103,000 $0 0.0% Temporary Service $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $0 0.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $374,000 $374,000 $374,000 $0 0.0% Supplies and materials $133,000 $133,000 $133,000 $0 0.0% Travel $26,000 $26,000 $26,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $77,000 $77,000 $77,000 $0 0.0% Equipment $80,000 $80,000 $80,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $54,000 $54,000 $54,000 $0 0.0% Indirect costs $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $0 0.0% Milk Producers Security - (FID) $1,348,000 $1,348,000 $1,348,000 $0 0.0% Personal Service $313,000 $313,000 $313,000 $0 0.0% Regular $309,000 $309,000 $309,000 $0 0.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $1,035,000 $1,035,000 $1,035,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $877,000 $877,000 $877,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $146,000 $146,000 $146,000 $0 0.0% Indirect costs $12,000 $12,000 $12,000 $0 0.0% Consumer Food Services $36,578,000 $35,246,000 $35,246,000 ($1,332,000) -3.6% Personal Service $7,121,000 $6,310,000 $6,310,000 ($811,000) -11.4% Regular $6,655,000 $5,854,000 $5,854,000 ($801,000) -12.0% Temporary service $92,000 $90,000 $90,000 ($2,000) -2.2% Holiday/overtime compensation $374,000 $366,000 $366,000 ($8,000) -2.1% Nonpersonal Service $475,000 $371,000 $371,000 ($104,000) -21.9% Supplies and materials $157,000 $116,000 $116,000 ($41,000) -26.1% Travel $115,000 $91,000 $91,000 ($24,000) -20.9% Contractual Services $105,000 $79,000 $79,000 ($26,000) -24.8% Equipment $98,000 $85,000 $85,000 ($13,000) -13.3% Special Revenue-Federal (SRF) $7,725,000 $7,725,000 $7,725,000 $0 0.0% Special Revenue-Other (SRO) $21,257,000 $20,840,000 $20,840,000 ($417,000) -2.0% Consumer Food Svces - (SRF) $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $0 0.0% Food Monitoring - (SRF) $5,053,000 $5,053,000 $5,053,000 $0 0.0% Health & Human Svces - (SRF) $1,722,000 $1,722,000 $1,722,000 $0 0.0% Consumer Food Mobile Src Acct - (SRO) $1,224,000 $1,224,000 $1,224,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $1,224,000 $1,224,000 $1,224,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $1,224,000 $1,224,000 $1,224,000 $0 0.0% Commercial Feed Licensing Acct - (SRO) $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $0 0.0% Supplies and materials $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $0 0.0% Consumer Food Industry - (SRO) $10,109,000 $10,335,000 $10,335,000 $226,000 2.2% Personal Service $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $5,375,000 $0 0.0% Regular $5,093,000 $5,093,000 $5,093,000 $0 0.0% Temporary Service $247,000 $247,000 $247,000 $0 0.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $35,000 $35,000 $35,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $4,734,000 $4,960,000 $4,960,000 $226,000 4.8% Supplies and materials $484,000 $484,000 $484,000 $0 0.0% Travel $752,000 $752,000 $752,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $601,000 $601,000 $601,000 $0 0.0% Equipment $353,000 $353,000 $353,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $2,359,000 $2,603,000 $2,603,000 $244,000 10.3% Indirect costs $185,000 $167,000 $167,000 ($18,000) -9.7% Farm Products Inspection - (SRO) $5,060,000 $5,108,000 $5,108,000 $48,000 0.9% Personal Service $3,002,000 $2,925,000 $2,925,000 ($77,000) -2.6% Regular $1,573,000 $1,532,000 $1,532,000 ($41,000) -2.6% Temporary Service $1,298,000 $1,265,000 $1,265,000 ($33,000) -2.5% Holiday/overtime compensation $131,000 $128,000 $128,000 ($3,000) -2.3% Nonpersonal Service $2,058,000 $2,183,000 $2,183,000 $125,000 6.1% Supplies and materials $72,000 $72,000 $72,000 $0 0.0% Travel $221,000 $221,000 $221,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $345,000 $345,000 $345,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $1,317,000 $1,417,000 $1,417,000 $100,000 7.6% Indirect costs $103,000 $128,000 $128,000 $25,000 24.3% Motor Fuel Quality - (SRO) $4,229,000 $3,527,000 $3,527,000 ($702,000) -16.6% Personal Service $1,453,000 $1,305,000 $1,305,000 ($148,000) -10.2% Regular $1,330,000 $1,194,000 $1,194,000 ($136,000) -10.2% Temporary Service $118,000 $106,000 $106,000 ($12,000) -10.2% Holiday/overtime compensation $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $2,776,000 $2,222,000 $2,222,000 ($554,000) -20.0% Supplies and materials $301,000 $224,000 $224,000 ($77,000) -25.6% Travel $110,000 $82,000 $82,000 ($28,000) -25.5% Contractual Services $1,648,000 $1,222,000 $1,222,000 ($426,000) -25.8% Equipment $29,000 $21,000 $21,000 ($8,000) -27.6% Fringe benefits $638,000 $632,000 $632,000 ($6,000) -0.9% Indirect costs $50,000 $41,000 $41,000 ($9,000) -18.0% Weights & Measures - (SRO) $620,000 $631,000 $631,000 $11,000 1.8% Personal Service $262,000 $262,000 $262,000 $0 0.0% Regular $215,000 $215,000 $215,000 $0 0.0% Temporary Service $37,000 $37,000 $37,000 $0 0.0% Holiday/overtime compensation $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $0 0.0% Nonpersonal Service $358,000 $369,000 $369,000 $11,000 3.1% Supplies and materials $27,000 $27,000 $27,000 $0 0.0% Travel $35,000 $35,000 $35,000 $0 0.0% Contractual Services $98,000 $98,000 $98,000 $0 0.0% Equipment $74,000 $74,000 $74,000 $0 0.0% Fringe benefits $115,000 $127,000