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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-2019 ATM Human Services (6000) The recommended FY2020 appropriation for Human Services of $1,458,936 is 1.3% lower than the FY2019 budget. Transportation Services, primarily Lexpress, account for almost half of the total recom- mended appropriations from the General Fund. The reduction in the recommended appropriation is the net result of an increase in compensation of 3.8%offset by a 5.3%reduction in other expenses. That reduction results from a lower caseload for veterans' services, the end of one-time expenses for two studies, and the School Department's assumption of the costs of the William James Interface Mental Health Referral Ser- vice for FY2020. In addition to the General Fund appropriation requested here,Human Services will also be funded by up to $267,228 from revolving funds (addressed under Article 13) and grants. Land Use, Health, & Development (7000) Land Use,Health, &Development covers six different budgeting units. The recommended FY2020 budget is 5.4% above the restated FY2019 budget. The net growth of$131,508 includes a 24% increase in the Economic Development(7300) budget, primarily to allow the use of$80,000 from general funds to make up for lost sales from the Visitor Center while it is temporarily relocated during construction of the new building. General Government (8000) The recommended budget for FY2020 represents an 10.6% increase over the restated FY2019 budget. Of the total increase of$787,100,58%is the result of a 94%increase in the Salary Adjustment account(8230), which anticipates the renegotiation of several large collective bargaining agreements. Once the actual costs of those agreements are known, they are reallocated to the programs in question. The Information Technology (IT)program (8600) accounts for 43% of the total increase for general gov- ernment. Of the total increase in the IT budget of$339,787, 86%reflects higher budgets for non-personnel expenses,reflecting higher costs for software maintenance contracts, mobile data needs, and network sup- port and application hosting. The remaining sub-programs within General Government (Selectmen, Town Committees, Finance, and Town Clerk)are budgeted for a reduction of$55,634,with almost 80%of that reduction coming in Finance (8400),primarily from new staff being hired at lower steps than the staff they replaced. The Committee recommends approval of this request(9-0). Article 12 Appropriate FY2020 Enterprise Funds Budgets Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation $9,986,021 Water EF $9,990,284 Wastewater EF $2,953,578 Recreation EF Approve(9-0) $208,859 Tax Levy transfer $22,638,546 This article addresses the appropriation of funds for the operation of the Town's three enterprise funds: the Water Enterprise Fund, the Wastewater Enterprise Fund, and the Recreation and Community Programs Enterprise Fund. For an overview of the legal framework and accounting concepts that apply to the opera- tion of an enterprise fund,please refer to Appendix B. 21