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APPENDIX A <br />DRAFT 2001 LMCD BUDGET <br />NOTES <br />ADMINISTRATION <br />• $111,000 has been budgeted for Salaries for three full-time employees and one part-time employee at current salaries <br />and hourly rate (line item la). Salary adjustments for these employees have been budgeted as part of Contingency <br />(line item 7). <br />$17,040 has been budgeted for Office Lease & Storage (line item 2a). It is projected that Office Lease & Storage <br />expenses for 2001 will cost the District approximately $25,000. The balance of these expenses will be off-set by funds <br />received from the Freshwater Foundation in the Fall of 1998 move. <br />• $12,000 has been budgeted for Professional Services (line item 2b). This includes funds for the 2000 LMCD Audit and <br />for the District Sookkeeper. <br />• $4,000 has been budgeted for Printing, Publications, & Advertising (line item 3d). This includes for the re-printing of <br />Summer Rules and other District literature. <br />Boat and Water Safety Education (BWSE) expenses (line item 3j) generally offset revenues received (line item 1e) for <br />this twice a year course for boaters who get BWI's on Lake Minnetonka. <br />$3,500 has been budgeted for Computer Software & Hardware expenses (line item 4b). This includes operating <br />systems and word processing software upgrades, and the replacement of one desktop computer. <br />$40,000 has been budgeted for Prosecution Services (line item 5b). This can be attributed to the change in BWI <br />legislation in 1998 and the recent challenges of authority of Special Deputies of the Hennepin County Sheriffs Water <br />Patrol. <br />No reserve fund contribution has been budgeted for 2001. With a projected Administrative reserve fund balance of <br />$111,300 by 12/31/00, the District should attain the agreed upon six-month reserve for the Administrative Budget by <br />year-end of 2000. <br />EWM/EXOTICS MANAGEMENT <br />• It is anticipated that the MN DNR will fund the District with a grant of approximately $24,000 to assist in the <br />management of Eurasian Watermilfoil. <br />$5,000 has been budgeted for Zebra Mussel expenses (line item 2). These funds will be spent on related operating <br />expenses for the spraydown program. <br />No reserve fund contribution has been budgeted. With a projected EWM reserve fund balance of $73,426 by 12/31/00, <br />the District should attain the agreed upon 12 month reserve for the EWM/Exotics Management program. <br />M