QUESTION
How does the projected budget for FY 25 compare to anticipated spending for FY 24?
3:38:14
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The projected budget for FY 25 is anticipated to be about $5,000,000 higher than the spending for FY 24, with fluctuations influenced by factors like the coworker budget and election dynamics.
- The projections for FY 25 show an increase of approximately $5,000,000 compared to FY 24.
- Factors such as the coworker budget and election cycles contribute to the fluctuations in the budget.
- The number of poll workers can vary significantly based on the type of election year.
- Uncertainty in the cost of primary elections depends on office challenges and can vary between citywide events and more localized elections.
Lincoln Restler
3:38:14
So I see in your testimony that you're projecting an actual budget of about 260,000,000 for FY 25.
3:38:20
Yes.
3:38:21
How does that compare to your anticipated spending for FY 24?
Michael J.Ryan
3:38:25
It's it's about the same.
3:38:27
It's probably gonna be about $5,000,000 higher than last year, but when we're doing projections, we try to project further ahead than we may land.
3:38:38
And we're also anticipating the expiration of some contracts that may end up causing us to have a higher OTPS than might have been last year.
3:38:51
But here's the other thing, Mister Chairman.
3:38:54
One of the biggest driving costs that we have is the is the coworker budget.
3:38:59
And that can fluctuate from time to time.
3:39:02
During presidential election years, we have a tremendous interest in people typically, people serving as poll workers.
3:39:12
That can wane in off year elections and in off off year So that does go up and down, and we also have no, ultimately, no firm control over what the cost of a primary election is going to be because it really depends on whether offices are ultimately challenged.
3:39:33
Challenged, and that could work out to be a city wide event or it could be much more truncated.
3:39:40
And then the special elections are left off to the side.
Vincent Ignizio
3:39:42
Mister Cherilyn, to put some ottoments on that tree, roughly slightly north of 40,000 pool workers for presidential going slightly north of about 30,000, you say, Mike, right about for a firm for an off year 35,000 in that neighborhood?
3:39:58
Correct.