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Part 2: The Capital Budget

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For Assignments 1-5, you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, programs, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five (5) years.

Note: Students cannot use New York City as a selected local government

Refer the Scenario for Assignments 1–5. Forecast salaries, revenue estimating, and prepare the capital budget.

While it is fine to include charts and graphs, they are not required…however, if used they will not count towards the 5-6 page requirement.

Using the budget from the selected agency, write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

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Write your introduction here. It should be 1 to 2 good paragraphs that introduce the reader to your topic and it should explain in detail what your paper will be discussing. Much of your introduction may be taken from the assignment itself (in your own words). Read the Scenario to get a feel for what the paper is about, and read about Items 1 and 2 to explain what your paper will be discussing. Remember, this document is just a template. You will want to review the assignment AND rubric for full details and you will need to update the Title Page/Page Header. Finally, please ask me any questions about this assignment.

Payroll Forecast

Analyze the agency’s compensation for employees. Provide a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast, (a) discuss the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency and (b) provide a chart depicting the increase for each percent.

Trend Analysis

Review the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and prepare an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures. Include a figure depicting the trend.

Expenditure Forecast

Prepare and explain a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Include in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Justify the reasoning with examples.

Capital Budget

Compare two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency by completing Exercise 1 at the end of Chapter 5 (page 92). Provide a rationale for recommending one (1) of the two (2) options. Include the figures to support the rationale.

Conclusion

Your conclusion is essentially the opposite of your introduction – explain what was discussed in your paper, highlight important aspects, provide summary remarks, include observations, etc. So, all you need to do is delete the blue text (Keep the text in black/Headers), complete each section, complete the Title Page and Reference pages.

References

List your reference here in APA format. The reference page must include all of the references you used, listed in proper APA format. Refer to the Citations.doc post in the Student Center under “Additional Resources”.

Provide names and URLs of the Websites for the state’s budget(s) analyzed and any other government Websites used to support the assignment’s criteria.

The assignment asks for: Prepare a five to six (5-6) page paper addressing the following questions. Note that this does not include the Title or Reference pages.

Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills. Refer to the Rubric in the Assignment for additional requirements/information.