Fiscal Year 2018 Budget & Capital Investment Plan Fiscal Year 2018 Budget for the Durham-Orange Transit Plan Fiscal Year 2018 Budget for Wake County Transit Plan July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018 MEBANE Efland-Cheeks Community Ctr. City Hall am 70 ODX pm HILLSBOROUGH Downtown 420 DURHAM COUNTY Regional System Map Hillsborough Mebane Walmart Cone Health ODX 85 400 DRX 405 ODX pm Duke & VA ODX 700 40 85 Hospitals PART 4 Durham Tech Orange Co. Campus ERWIN RD ODX GoDurham 405 420 Durham 400 Station DURHAM COUNTY PART Route 4 continues to DRX Duke Transit 700 Graham, Burlington, and DRX Downtown PART 4 15 WAKE FOREST Greensboro. Visit partnc.org Duke University 501 for more details. 86 COUNTY ORANGE (West Campus) Eubanks Rd South Square 405 am 400 400 1 Route 400 serves CHAPEL Patterson the South Square DURHAM ORANGE COUNTY ORANGE WRX HILL Place area during peak CRX hours only WAKE COUNTY WAKE CARRBORO 40 147 Millbrook Downtown FRANKLIN ST am CRX DRX 700 Exchange Park Carrboro am Collins pm Downtown Woodcroft 70 201 Triangle Town 405 Townridge Shelley Lake Crossing am Chapel Hill Shopping Ctr. Research SPRING FOREST RD Center 540 Shopping Ctr. Sertoma Arts Ctr. JONES FERRY RD pm pm Triangle am WOODCROFT PKWY Park 201 SOUTH RD 201 pm 805 MILLBROOK RD Capital Crossing WRX 400 405 420 Terminal 2 Shopping Ctr. ALAMANCE COUNTY ALAMANCE PART 4 PART 54 CRX 40 CRX 40 800 800 S pm UNC 100 Terminal 1 Chapel Hill RTP Shuttle RDU UNC Campus 800 Chapel Hill Transit International 54 Hospitals 400 PART 4 GoDurham 805 Regional Airport 405 Renaissance The Streets am Transit 100 420 Village at Southpoint US EPA DRX Center CRX 800 S NIEHS pm 105 805 Morrisville 300 ORANGE COUNTY pm Route 800 800 uses I-40 Outlet Mall CHATHAM COUNTY RALEIGH when Route 805 is 100 105 311 Perimeter Park in service am 201 700 300 800 40 CRX 311 805 State Gov’t. District Dr (Halifax Mall) 100 ZWX SAS KRX NC HWY 55 NC HWY KNIGHTDALE Institute DRX 300 301 305 LEGEND CRX WRX Route 300 connects ZEBULON 105 WakeMed Rex Healthcare Cary Train Station and of Knightdale N HARRISON AVE N HARRISON Wolfline GoRaleigh Regional Transit Carter-Finley DRX Walmart Compare Foods TRANSIT CONNECTION TO Center during peak Stadium Meredith 300 CRX KRX KRX College GoRaleigh CENTER LOCAL TRANSIT AGENCY hours only 105 Station ZWX DRX WAKE COUNTY WAKE BLUE RIDGE RD BLUE 100 HILLSBOROUGH ST 100 DRX 102 CRX NC State 105 FRX CARY University 300 KRX 64 264 ZWX (Main Campus) Downtown 102 300 301 305 CORE ROUTES FRX 301 WRX Wendell 305 Service all day, 7 days a week 300 Cary E CHATHAM ST ZWX MAJOR ROUTE STOPS 300 301 Train WENDELL Station 301 100 300 400 GoCary 305 WESTERN BLVD 700 800 S COUNTY CHATHAM 301 Big Lots BUCK JONES RD Kilmayne Dr Cary Towne 305 Center ROUTE NOTICE APEX Lake Pine Plaza JONES FRANKLIN RD JONES FRANKLIN TRYON RD REGIONAL ROUTES pm 64 311 Service during peak hours only 305 Crossroads am WakeMed Plaza PARK-AND-RIDE Monday – Friday pm Cary Hospital Waverly Place 102 LOCATIONS Shopping Center Forest Hills Shopping Ctr. OLD RALEIGH RD am 102 105 201 301 FRX Downtown WAKE COUNTY (Compare Foods) HOSPITALS 401 305 311 405 420 40 TIMBER DR 805 SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY RD AVERSBORO White Oak GARNER Shopping Ctr. REGIONAL EXPRESS ROUTES JOHNSTON COUNTY Service during peak hours only SHOPPING CENTERS Monday – Friday Hilltop Needmore Rd Food Lion CRX DRX FRX KRX FUQUAY-VARINA South Park & ODX WRX ZWX Community Ctr. FY 2018 Operating and Capital Budget Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTORY SECTION Page Budget Message 1-2 Budget Schedule 3 Mission and History 4-7 FY18 Key Initiatives 8-10 Recent Newsletters 11-24 Board of Trustees 25 Special Tax Board 26 Senior Staff 27 II. BUDGET ORDINANCES 28-41 III. FINANCIAL SUMMARY 42-46 IV. REVENUE FUNDS General Fund 47-48 Major Transit Investment Fund 49 Regional Bus Service Fund 50-51 Rideshare Fund 52-53 GoDurham 54 V. CAPITAL PROJECTS Bus Capital Project Fund 55 Technology Capital Project Fund 56 Capital Projects Listing 57 VI. STAFF 58-60 VII. SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES BY LINE ITEM 61 VIII. DEPARTMENT EXPENSE SUMMARIES Board of Trustees Expenses 62-63 Communication and Public Affairs Organizational Chart and Expenses 64-67 Legal Organizational Chart and Expenses 68-71 Capital Development Organizational Chart and Expenses 72-76 Finance and Administrative Services/IT Organizational Chart and Expenses 77-80 Administration Expenses 81-83 Human Resources Expenses 84-85 EEO/DBE Expenses 86-87 Plaza Budget Highlights and Expenses 88-89 Regional Bus Regional Bus Organizational Chart 90 Regional Bus Supervision – Expenses 91-93 Regional Bus Operations – Expenses 94-96 Contracted Services Overview 97 Regional Bus Maintenance Expenses 98-100 Vanpool - Goals and Expenses 101-103 Paratransit – Goals and Expenses 104-106 Regional Services Development Regional Services Organizational Chart 107 Regional Services – Expenses 108-110 Regional Call Center – Expenses 111-112 Sustainable Travel Services – Expenses 113-114 IX. MAJOR TRANSIT INVESTMENT FUND Budget Highlight and Expenses 115-116 X. DURHAM-ORANGE TRANSIT PLAN Operating and Capital Budget 117-119 XI. WAKE COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN Operating and Capital Budget 120-121 I. INTRODUCTORY SECTION Budget Message Fiscal Year 2018 July 2017 Enclosed is GoTriangle’s Fiscal Year 2018 annual operating and capital budget. The budget has been prepared in accordance with the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. This budget maintains the sound fiscal management this organization is known for and keeps us well prepared for the upcoming years. The FY18 budget assumes a modest increase of 3% in the Vehicle Registration Tax and 4% in the Vehicle Rental Tax compared to the FY17 budget. In addition, various capital purchases are included, some of which are carryovers from FY17. The cost per hour for bus operations is expected to increase from $113 per hour (FY17 budget) to $119 per hour, a cost per hour increase of $6. The primary drivers are operator pay increases designed to maintain our competitiveness as well as an increase in employee health insurance and bus service provided. With our conservative estimates for revenue of $32.5M and expenses totaling $32.7M, there is an overall decrease in the fund balance of $198K. The largest line items impacting the FY18 expenses are listed below: Compensation - $10.3M $531K increase compared to the the FY17 budget is primarily due to the Wake Transit Plan staffing and operator pay increases. Bus Capital Projects - $6.9M $3.7M increase compared to the FY17 budget ($1.5M in carryover from FY17). The primary reason for this increase is due to expenses related to the first phase of a new ERP system and the purchase of six buses. Page 1 of 121 The FY18 Budget also includes the operating and capital budget for the Durham- Orange Transit Plan. GoTriangle received approval from the Federal Transit Administration in July 2017 to move into the Engineering phase of the project. This approval is a very significant milestone in the development of a new light rail system. The enclosed budget reflects the funds necessary to begin this very important phase of the project. In addition, for the first time, this publication includes the capital and operating budget for the Wake County Transit Plan. This budget will support the improvements that voters said yes to during the November 2016 elections. The improvements will be phased over a ten-year period and includes a tripling of bus service, four Bus Rapid Transit Corridors and a Commuter Rail connection between Garner, Raleigh, Cary, RTP and Durham. There are new and exciting happenings on the horizon and we are looking forward to another successful year. We believe that this budget reflects our continued commitment to excellence in providing safe, reliable, and affordable transportation to the region. We look forward to working together to ensure our success. Saundra Freeman CFO/Director of Administrative Services Page 2 of 121 FY18 Budget Schedule Budget Templates distributed February 7, 2017 (Tuesday) Budget Kickoff Meeting February 15, 2017 (Wednesday) Headcount Templates distributed February 20, 2017 (Monday) Individual meetings with Finance and Budget Primes February 20 - March 3 Headcount information due from Budget Primes Tie off of final submissions with Budget Primes March 6 - March 10 Operations and Finance Committee April 4, 2017 (Tuesday) Preliminary Budget Review Proposed Budget distributed to Board April 19, 2017 (Wednesday) BOT Budget Work Session April 26, 2017 (Wednesday) Operations and Finance Review May 24, 2017 (Wednesday) Budget Public Hearing/Board Meeting May 24, 2017 (Wednesday) Ops and Finance Final Review June 7, 2017 (Wednesday) Second Reading/Ordinance Adoption/ June 28, 2017 (Wednesday) Page 3 of 121 Mission Statement GoTriangle improves our region’s quality of life by connecting people and places with safe, reliable and easy-to-use travel choices. Operations The Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority (operating as GoTriangle) was created in 1989 by the NC General Assembly to serve Durham, Orange and Wake counties. GoTriangle provides bus and shuttle service, paratransit services, ridematching, vanpools, commuter resources, trip planning and an emergency ride home program for the region including Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Clayton, Durham, Efland, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Hillsborough, Mebane, Johnston County, Knightdale, RDU International Airport, Raleigh, the Research Triangle Park, Wendell, Wake Forest and Zebulon. Fixed route ridership in FY 2017 ridership totaled 1.78 million. GoTriangle operates seven days a week with 63 buses, 14 regional routes, ten weekday express routes and four shuttle routes. The paratransit program has 13 vehicles and there are 77 vehicles available for GoTriangle vanpools.