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A Fact Sheet on the Need to <br />Increase the Valley Branch <br />Watershed District's Administrative <br />Fund Levy Cap from $125,000 to $200,000 <br />The Valley Branch Watershed District (VBWD) is located in <br />Ramsey (20%) and Washington (80%) Counties. It stretches <br />from the southern portions of White Bear Lake and Mahtomedi in <br />the northwest corner of the district down through all or portions of <br />North St. Paul, Oakdale, Woodbury, Lake Elmo, Baytown, and West <br />Lakeland to Afton, in the district's southeast corner, where Valley Creek enters the St. Croix. <br />The Valley Branch Watershed District is seeking legislation in the 1995 session that would increase its <br />administrative fund levy cap from $125,000 to $200,000. A watershed district's administrative fund covers <br />basic expenses for clerical services, auditing services, legal services, inspection services, and, most <br />importantly, many kinds'of engineering services. The per diems for managers are also paid from the <br />administrative fund, and so too are small emergency projects and maintenance projects. <br />The administrative fund cap for all watershed districts is established in statute (MS 103D.905, Subd. 3) and <br />was last increased in 1983, from $75,000 to $125,000. It has become impossible for the V$WD to meet its <br />responsibilities and obligations with an administrative fund of $125,000 per year. Its expenses in each of the <br />last two years have been far in excess of $125,000, as detailed in Table I below, which shows VBWD <br />administrative fund expenditures for 1992, 1993, and 1994 and projected expenditures for 1995. <br />1: Valley Branch Watershed District Administrative Fund: Expenses <br />[Table <br />Audited 92 <br />Expenses <br />Audited 93 <br />Expenses <br />Preaudit 94 <br />Expenses <br />Projected 95 <br />Expenses <br />ffice Supplies <br />$585 <br />$1,031 <br />$687 <br />$750 <br />embership Dues <br />$1,650 <br />$1,650 <br />$1,650 <br />$1,650 <br />Insurance <br />$7,922 <br />$7,594 <br />$5,025 <br />$5,100 <br />Secretarial <br />S4,601 <br />$5,481 <br />$6,031 <br />1 $6,250 <br />Manager's Per Dient & Expenses <br />$13,939 <br />$12,948 <br />$8,069 <br />$10,000 <br />InspectiorvEnforcement <br />$2,575 <br />$4,083 <br />$6,639 <br />$7.000 <br />Sampling <br />$3,243 <br />$5,504 <br />$3,182 <br />$51000 <br />neering Adm & Operations <br />$76,925 <br />$106,672 <br />$89,932 <br />$85,000 <br />al/Audit <br />[Lake <br />$9,113 <br />$14,087 <br />$14,218 <br />$15,000 <br />ial Projects <br />$0 <br />$20,279 <br />$21,188 <br />$20,000 <br />Level Reports <br />$218 <br />$228 <br />$225 <br />$250 <br />Other <br />$2,591 <br />$2,599 <br />$0 <br />$0 <br />FICA Tax <br />$0 <br />$2,509 <br />$1,849 <br />$21,OW - <br />Total Expenditures <br />1 $123,362 <br />$184,665 <br />$157,694 <br />$158,000 <br />J. PETER ZETTERBERG GORDON C. MOOSBRUGGER DAVID PARKIN RAY BRENNER JAMES BUELOW <br />VALLEY BRANCH WATERSHED DISTRICT <br />P.O. BOX 838 LAKE ELMO, MINNESOTA 55042.0538 <br />