Responsible Expenditures

Through policy decisions made by the CA Board of Directors, CA staff is charged with operations that include:



CA has fiduciary, legal, and risk management responsibilities to ensure all of its functions are operated as efficiently and as safely as is possible. In order to ensure that the facilities and programs meet people’s expectations CA has to spend a significant amount of money on an ongoing basis.

Over the course of any CA business day, thousands of decisions are made regarding operations, safety issues, and many other factors. Decisions are made by people ranging in age from 18-to-75. In order for these team members to make the best decisions possible, CA offers extensive management training and individual and company development courses.

CA has a training philosophy to ensure that team members understand their organizational and public relations roles; and, that CA strives to meet our annual charge payers and our customer’s expectations each and every time they visit a CA facility or enroll in a CA sponsored program.

CA Leadership is also involved in the budget process, and understands what it takes to keep all of the 42 facilities and all of the programs that take place in or at CA properties running smoothly.

During Fiscal Year 2013, CA team members calculate that it will cost about $59.8 million to run our facilities and programs, and provide the services and programs our community has come to expect.

Primary Focus Points:
  • Meeting annual charge payers and users of CA programs expectations to the highest extent possible
  • Providing services that add value to life and property
  • Developing metrics and benchmarks that will be the basis for future budget decisions and monetary allocations
  • Getting the best value for each dollar spent
  • Providing the safest facilities and programs possible
  • Providing individual and corporate training programs so team members understand their roles in the budget process and to give a level of ownership to CA team members

To provide a breakdown of annual expenditures, staff broke out expenditures related to:
  • Personnel Services
  • Commodities
  • Contractual Services
  • Indirect Operating Expenses
  • Non-Operating Expenses

Personnel Services includes the line items:
  • Salaries and Wages
  • Annual Performance Incentives
  • Contract Labor
  • Payroll Taxes
  • Employee Benefits

Commodities include:
  • Cost of Sales
  • Operating Supplies

Contractual Services include:
  • Insurance
  • Fees
  • Rentals
  • Taxes
  • Utilities
  • Repairs & Maintenance

Indirect Operating Expenses Include
  • Depreciation
  • Interest Expenses

Non-Operating Expenses include:
  • Amounts appropriated to the ten villages
  • Non-operating contingencies

For 2013, staff has prepared a budget that allocates funding as follows:
Personnel Services $ 27,105
Commodities $   5,547
Contractual Services       $ 14,360
Indirect Opearting Exp.     $ 10,319
Non-Operating $   2,783
Total $ 60,114

Broken down, expenses show Personnel Services comprise 45.08% of the budget, Commodities comprise 9.23% of the budget; Contractual Services comprise 23.89% of the budget; Indirect Operating Expenses comprises 17.17% of the budget; and, Non-Operating Expenses comprise 4.63% of the budget

In actuality, excluding Non-Operating costs of almost $2.8 million, CA performs all operating functions on about $57.33 million, or about 95% of the total expenses programmed for operating all of CA’s functions.


For 2014, staff proposes a budget of $60.8 million that allocates funding as follows:
Personnel Services $ 27,863
Commodities $   5,705
Contractual Services $ 14,321
Indirect Operating $ 10,472
Non-Operating $   2,864
Total $ 61,225

Broken down, expenses show that Personnel Services comprise 45.51% of the budget; Commodities comprise 9.32% of the budget; Contractual Services comprise 23.39% of the budget; Indirect Operating expenses comprise 17.10% of the budget; and, Non-Operating expenses comprise 4.68% of the budget.


In actuality, excluding Non-Operating costs of just over $2.8 million, CA performs all operating functions with about $58.361 million, or again, about 95% of the total expenses programmed for operating all of CA’s functions.

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