2009 Budget Published: March 31, 2009 Governor Pat Quinn Chairman John Mitola Acting Executive Director Mike King Pat Quinn, Governor Ex-Officio-Member John Mitola, Chairman Term expires May 1, 2011 Board of Directors Top row from left: Thomas Canham, Steven Harris, James M. Roolf, David R. Andalcio Bottom row from left: Carl O. Towns, Chairman John Mitola, George Pradel, Betty-Ann Moore, James J. Banks Not pictured: Governor Pat Quinn, Ex-officio; Secretary Gary Hannig, IDOT, Ex-officio The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) presented a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for the Annual Budget beginning January 01, 2008. In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan, and as a communications device. Table of Contents Page Executive Letter...........................................................................................................................................................................7 Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................................................11 Tollway Organization and Background ..................................................................................................................................21 Revenue Sources and Underlying Assumptions....................................................................................................................29 Fund Structure ...........................................................................................................................................................................33 Budget Summaries.....................................................................................................................................................................41 Strategic Plan..............................................................................................................................................................................51 Departmental Budgets and Narratives....................................................................................................................................75 Administration ...................................................................................................................................................................78 Business Systems................................................................................................................................................................83 Communications................................................................................................................................................................88 Engineering.........................................................................................................................................................................92 Executive Office ............................................................................................................................................................. 100 Finance............................................................................................................................................................................. 103 Information Technology................................................................................................................................................ 108 Office of Inspector General.......................................................................................................................................... 113 Legal.................................................................................................................................................................................. 118 Procurement.................................................................................................................................................................... 121 State Police....................................................................................................................................................................... 126 Toll Operations............................................................................................................................................................... 130 Capital Program ...................................................................................................................................................................... 135 Debt Management.................................................................................................................................................................. 161 Budget Process and Documents........................................................................................................................................... 167 Financial Policies and Practices ............................................................................................................................................ 175 Demographics ......................................................................................................................................................................... 181 Appendix ................................................................................................................................................................................ 187 Annual Toll Revenue Certificate—Independent Traffic Engineer.......................................................................... 188 Renewal & Replacement Deposit Requirement from Consulting Engineer .......................................................... 194 Certificate of Authorized Officer ................................................................................................................................. 196 Acronyms......................................................................................................................................................................... 197 Glossary............................................................................................................................................................................ 199 Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Table of Exhibits Exhibit No. and Title ..................................................................................................................................... Page 1. Tollway Board of Directors..............................................................................................................................................22 2. System Map ........................................................................................................................................................................27 3. Overview of Flow of Funds.............................................................................................................................................35 4. Revenues/Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances.......................................................................................38-39 5. 2009 Budgeted Revenues and Expenditures..................................................................................................................42 6. Sources of Revenue Table................................................................................................................................................43 7. Revenue Projection Pie.....................................................................................................................................................43 8. Allocation of Revenue Table............................................................................................................................................44 9. Projected Allocation of Revenue Pie ..............................................................................................................................44 10. Capital Program Projections Table .................................................................................................................................45 11. Projected Capital Expenditures Pie.................................................................................................................................45 12. 2009 Proposed Budgeted Headcount .............................................................................................................................46 13. 2009 Maintenance & Operational Budget by Category................................................................................................47 14. Major Account Summary..................................................................................................................................................48 15. Budget by Department......................................................................................................................................................49 16. Departmental Allocations (% of total budget) ..............................................................................................................50 17. Overview of Tollway Strategic Plan..........................................................................................................................54-55 18. Performance Metric Historical Trends.....................................................................................................................56-57