Agenda Item # 8
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Date: |
January 3, 2007 |
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Committee Meeting Date: |
January 10, 2007 |
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Board Meeting Date: |
N/A |
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ACTION
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DISCUSSION
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BOARD MEMORANDUM
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Committee for Transit Accessibility |
| | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |
| | Board of Directors |
| | | | THROUGH: | Michael T. Burns |
| | General Manager |
| | | | FROM: | Roger Contreras, Chief Financial Officer
Donald A. Smith, Jr., Chief Operating Officer |
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| SUBJECT: |
Fiscal Year 2006 National Transit Database Report |
FOR INFORMATION ONLY
Background / Discussion
At the September 13, 2006 Committee for Transit Accessibility (CTA) meeting, staff committed to provide CTA a copy of the National Transit Database (NTD) report at the same time it is submitted for the NTD review process. Attached you will find the following Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) NTD schedules that pertain to paratransit services.
1. Operating Expenses (F-30) DR-PT
2. Revenue Vehicle Inventory (A-30) DR-PT
3. Service Non-rail (S-10) DR-PT
The numbers presented in these schedules have been certified by the independent audit firm of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, LLP and are reported according to federal guidelines contained in the National Transit Database Federal Transportation Administration 2006 Reporting Manual.
The 6.6% increase in expenditures from FY05 to FY06 ($30.1 million to $32.0 million, rounded) is primarily reflected in the following table:
Begin Table
Purchased Transportation was $26.3 million in fiscal year 2005, $27.6 million in fiscal year 2006, representing a $1.3 million increase (see note a), a total increase of 4.5%.
Labor was $2.0 million in fiscal year 2005, $2.4 million in fiscal year 2006, representing a $0.4 million increase (see note b), a total increase of 1.4%.
Services were $0.8 million in fiscal year 2005, $1.0 million in fiscal year 2006, representing a $0.2 million increase (see note c), a total increase of 0.7%.
Others were $1.0 million in fiscal year 2005, $1.0 million in fiscal year 2006, representing no increase between the two fiscal years.
Total was $30.1 million in fiscal year 2005, million in fiscal year 2006, representing a $32.0 $ 1.9 million increase, a total increase of 6.6 %.
(Note a) The increased cost for purchased transportation is reflected in the following areas as reported by Outreach:
Vehicle Operations: $ 0.7 million.
Vehicle Maintenance: $0.2 million.
General & Administrative: 0.4 million.
Total Increase: $1.3 million.
(Note b): The labor line item includes increases on wages and fringe benefit expenses.
(Note c): Increased services expense reflects the cost of additional media ads, promotions, materials and programs.
| Prepared by: | Grace Salandanan, Fiscal Resources Manager |
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