Actions from Business Plan

David RathkeChief of Staff

Recommended Actions

1. Approve Chemistry Lab Budget Transfer

2. Approve Principal Office Location

Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Analyzer

• Tests water samples for trace metals

• 13,000 analyses annually

• Critical to Strategic Initiatives/Regional Priorities

• Needs to be replaced

ICP Cost, Process & Quality Efficiencies

• Need to replace

– Current equipment is 12 years old

– Average life expectancy is 7 to 9 years

– Current Value of ICP = $10,000

– Estimated Repair Costs = $5,000 to $6,500

• Purchase is the more cost effective option

– Replacement cost is approximately $111,737 excluding trade

– Annual outsource cost = $30,000 * 7 = $210,000 (PV = $176,000)

ICP Cost, Process & Quality Efficiencies

• District Lab Goal = Analysis & QA/QC checks completed <14 days

• Same-day turnaround of results for time sensitive requests (Regulation, FARMS back-plugging, Geohydrolgic testing)

• Customized analysis specific to District projects

• Streamlined “hands-off” QA/QC & data management

Recommendation

Authorization of a FY2015 budget transfer of $111,737 from Recurring Operating Expenses to be used for the procurement of the replacement Inductively Coupled Plasma Analyzer needed within the Data Collection Bureau’s Chemistry Laboratory.

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Centralized and Aligned Regulation and Legal Staff

Governing Board MeetingsLast Two Years

Brooksville

Tampa

Sarasota

OtherAll Advisory Committee meetings in Tampa

Population Areas Around District Offices

Source: CLRSearch.com

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

BrooksvilleTampa

2012 highest education level attained (population age 25+) for Brooksville and

Tampa

Why Principal Office in Tampa?

• Most centrally located site– Better access for public and the Governing

Board

• Site for Governing Board meetings• Consolidations already occurred– No plans to move additional staff

• Fastest growing area• Largest educated labor pool• No reduction in level or quality of services

Recommendation

• Designate Tampa as the principal office for the Southwest Florida Water Management District

Brooksville Office

Unused Square Footage at Each Service OfficeBy Fiscal Year

*FY17 projected

193,136

3,500

71,167

20,0507,820

Brooksville Bartow Tampa Sarasota Kent Property

Total Square Footage at All Service Offices295,673 Square Feet

Tampa Office

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