The Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund has only one program, the Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund. Therefore the mission and goal of the Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund are the same as those listed for the program in the program description that follows.
The Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund is administered by the Department of Environmental Quality to assist individual citizens and local governments finance and construct wastewater treatment works and to provide high quality emergency response services in the event of a hazardous materials incident.
This agency's recommended appropriation does not include any funds for short-term debt.
This agency does not have any long term debt for Fiscal Year 1999-2000.
This agency's recommended appropriation also includes the following amount by means of financing for payments on the unfunded accrued liability of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System in accordance with the provision of Article X, Section 29 of the Constitution of Louisiana:
Program Authorization: R.S. 30:2078
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund helps individual citizens and local governments participate in environmental programs by assisting municipalities finance and construct wastewater treatment works. The fund assists recipients of EPA and construction grants in providing project inspection, construction management, and overall program management services, required for the completion of the EPA program, as outlined in the management grant. Regional meetings are held in the state's eight planning districts with one-on-one follow up meetings to make municipalities more aware of the program benefits and requirements.
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Unless otherwise indicated, all objectives are to be accomplished during or by the end of FY 1999-2000. Performance indicators are made up of two parts: name and value. The indicator name describes what is being measured. The indicator value is the numeric value or level achieved within a given measurement period. For budgeting purposes, performance indicator values are shown for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and alternative funding scenarios (continuation budget level and Executive Budget recommendation level) for the ensuing fiscal year (the fiscal year of the budget document).
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM
The source of funding for this program is with Statutory Dedications and Federal Funds. The Statutory Dedications are from the Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund (MFRLF) (R.S. 30:2078) and the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund (DWRLF) (R.S. 40:2821-2826). (Per R.S. 39:32B.(8), see table below for a listing of expenditures out of each Statutory Dedicated fund.) The MFRLF consists of federal funds and state match via general obligations bonds and general fund which will be used to make direct loans to local governments to finance sewer system improvements to clean up water in the state. The DWRLF consists of federal funds and state match via general fund which will be used to make direct loans to community water systems and non-profit non-community water systems, which are included on the state project list, to finance improvements to the water systems.
The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 100.01% of the existing operating budget. It represents 88.0% of the total request ($70,156,708) for this program. The 1% increase is due to the classified state employees merit increases for FY 1999-2000. This program does not have any positions which have been vacant for 1 year or more.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
OTHER CHARGES
ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS
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Replacement of one (1) vehicle, library reference materials, and office equipment (executive chairs, bookcases), etc. |
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