2004 Annual Budget

2004 Annual Budget Governor Rod Blagojevich Executive Director Jack Hartman Plaza 29 Touhy Avenue, Tri-State Tollway, Northbound 1 2004 Budget—Road to Reform John Mitola, Chairman Term expires May 1, 2007 Jack Hartman, Executive Director ————————————————– David Andalcio, Director Term expires: May 1, 2007 James Banks, Director Term expires: May 1, 2005 Carl Kramp, Director Term expires: May 1, 2005 Ronald Materick, Director Term expires May 1, 2007 George Pradel, Director Term expires May 1, 2007 Carl Towns, Director Term expires: May 1, 2005 Kathy Selke, Director Retired December, 2003 Timothy Martin, Director IDOT Ex-Officio Rod Blagojevich, Governor Ex-Officio 2 Table of Contents Page Letter from the Executive Director ............................................................................. 5 Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 8 Tollway Organization and Background .................................................................... 16 Strategic Plan .......................................................................................................... 20 Financial Policies and Practices .............................................................................. 36 Fund Structure ......................................................................................................... 41 Revenue Sources and Underlying Assumptions ...................................................... 44 Revenues and Expenditures .................................................................................... 49 Budget Summaries .................................................................................................. 53 Headcount ............................................................................................................... 56 Departmental Budgets and Narratives ..................................................................... 57 Administration ....................................................................................................... 58 Communications ................................................................................................... 62 Engineering .......................................................................................................... 67 Executive ............................................................................................................. 72 Finance ................................................................................................................ 76 Information Technology ......................................................................................... 81 Inspector General ................................................................................................. 86 Legal ................................................................................................................... 90 Operational Services ............................................................................................. 94 Planning ............................................................................................................. 100 State Police ........................................................................................................ 104 Violation Enforcement System (VES) .................................................................... 108 Capital Program ..................................................................................................... 110 Fiscal Year 2004 Major Construction Project Descriptions .................................... 111 Fiscal Year 2004 Major Construction Map ............................................................. 114 Fiscal Year 2004 Capital Program Project Descriptions ........................................ 115 Capital Plan Impact ................................................................................................ 124 Debt and Obligations ............................................................................................. 125 Appendix ................................................................................................................ 129 Basis of Budgeting ................................................................................................. 140 Description of the Budget Process ......................................................................... 141 Glossary ................................................................................................................. 149 3 Table of Contents—Exhibits Exhibit No. and Title Page 1 Insurance .....................................................................................................11 2 Statement of Revenue/Expenditures & Changes in Fund Balance ..............49 3 Revenues .....................................................................................................50 4 Expenditures ................................................................................................50 5 Sources of Revenue and Allocation .............................................................51 6 2004 Revenue Sources ................................................................................52 7 2004 Allocation of Revenues .......................................................................52 8 Maintenance & Operations by Category ......................................................53 9 2004 Major Account Summary .....................................................................54 10 2004 Budget by Department ........................................................................55 11 Headcount Summary ...................................................................................56 12 Capital Program Funding Sources .............................................................110 13 2004 Major Construction Map ....................................................................114 14-20 2004 Capital Program—Infrastructure Preservation ............................115-121 21 2004 Capital Program—Congestion Relief ................................................122 22 2004 Capital Program—System Enhancements & Regional Improve ........123 23 Revenue Bond Coverage ...........................................................................126 24 Revenue Bond Coverage ...........................................................................127 25 Revenue Bonds Payable ............................................................................128 26 Annual Toll Revenue—Passenger & Commercial Vehicles .......................130 27 Toll Revenue by Tollway Section ...............................................................131 28 Annual Toll Transactions—Passenger & Commercial Vehicles .................132 29 Toll Transactions ........................................................................................133 30 Estimated 2003 & 2004 Monthly Toll Revenue ..........................................138 31 Actual & Estimated Toll Revenue by Toll Section ......................................139 32 Certificate of Authorized Officer .................................................................146 33 Glossary .....................................................................................................149 4 Letter from the Executive Director Letter from the Executive Director December 18, 2003 To The Honorable Chairman and Board of Directors: In 2004, the Illinois Tollway will continue our journey on the Road to Reform. Oper- ating and capital funds have been redeployed and targeted to focus on our commit- ment to increase accountability, implement business efficiencies and improve customer service. The ongoing implementation of cost-saving measures and business efficiencies will allow us to maintain our existing roadways in a state of good repair without increasing tolls. I was sent by Governor Rod Blagojevich to reform the Illinois Tollway and restore public confidence in our system. My top priority has been to review all Illinois Toll- way operations and to work with the Governor and legislators to develop plans for top-to-bottom reform. Longer term, the Illinois Tollway plans to become “The Toll- way for the 21st Century” with best practices not only from the Tollway industry, but also from customer service, banking, and other businesses. In fact, we have already visited a number of other Tollway’s across the country as part of our efforts to benchmark against them. Since joining the Illinois Tollway in February 2003, I have recruited a new management team and reorganized existing staff to implement a new way of doing business at the agency. Along with the Tollway’s Board of Directors, including a new Chair- man and Directors appointed by the Governor, we have made noticeable progress on the Governor’s mandate for reform. We are working hard to prove to the drivers, legislators and citizens of Illinois that the Illinois Tollway is trustworthy and accountable. I am happy to report that we had already implemented most of the recommendations in the Management Audit from the Illinois Auditor General ordered by the General Assembly in 2002. We ad- dressed concerns in the areas of cash handling, personnel, and planning, and these improvements will continue in 2004. We have also surveyed our employees for sug- gestions on how to reorganize the agency to increase efficiency and on improvements to customer service. Many of their ideas are already being acted upon. We have made progress in efforts to run the Illinois Tollway more like a

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