The Operating Budget section should be used to indicate the
increase or decrease in the operating budget as a result of the
proposed state agency project. For state agencies, it should match the BR-1 and
BR-2 submittals to the Office of Planning & Budget. It is
necessary to meet with your Fiscal Officer or Budget Officer to
prepare this correctly. It is also necessary to meet with this
person so the operational funding will be requested to support the
project in the agency's budget submittal. If the project is not
feasible from an operations standpoint, your fiscal officer can
indicat this at this time. Of course, if this is the scenario,
there is no need to submit the request.
The first column of the table shows the current operational
funding. The second column indicates the change in required
funding due to the proposed project. The top half of the table
shows expected expenditures. The bottom half shows the proposed
means of financing. The proposed financing should equal the
anticipated expenditures. If not, modify your entries so that the
table will balance.
This data represents Total Expenditures over the next five (5)
years. Since this is a request for operational funds, it may not
be necessary to increase your operating budget in the first fiscal
year. For example, if a project has 12 months of planning and 18
months of construction, it will probably be three years before any
additional operational funds are needed. Therefore, request the
additional funds in the third year. Unless a major change is
anticipated in the operating budget, we generally increase the
funding request by 4% (a typical inflation rate for each following
year).