Budget Forms
Tricky Budget Items
Capital Projects
Finance Plus General Ledger
Cognos Report Writer
100
Employee Estimate Form (BP-1A)
What is the form used by Departments to estimate employee cost and full-time equivalents that will be now uploaded into the budget module by the budget office and not manually entered into the system by Departments?
100
City-Wide Replacement CIP
Replacement of iPads, Computers, Printers, and Servers are not entered by departments in their operating budgets but instead are budgeted by the budget office where?
100
Email Link
Where will departments find access to their CIPs to be updated?
100
Applications, Budget Preparation, Budget Entry
How do you access the budget module in Finance Plus?
100
Finplus
What is the Datasource to select from the drop down menu when Cognos is opened?
200
5 Year Computer Replacement Form (BP-6C)
What is the form submitted by departments to budget computer, I-pad, and printer replacements for the next five years?
200
Ongoing routine maintenance greater than $10,000.
What types of expenses had been previously budgeted in the capital budget but have been moved to the operating budget because the definition of a capital asset was not met (construction, land, rights-of-way, buildings, and improvements other than buildings including related consulting services, estimated to have a useful life of five or more years and a total project cost of at least $10,000, technological enhancements that are estimated to have a useful life of three or more years and a total project cost of at least $10,000, and economic development projects with a total project cost of at least $50,000)?
200
Blue Highlighted Cells
What cells are departments able to update in the project sheet templates in Wdesk?
200
Equipment accounts starting with "7" and modifying supply and services accounts starting with "62" that don't conform to the conventional percent increase
What expense line items will departments need to enter into the budget module for their maintenance budget?
200
Department Reports Folder
What is the public folder to click on to view reports available related to finance and budget?
300
5 Year Equipment Replacement Form BP-6B
What is the form submitted by departments that shows equipment including cell phones, desk phones, vehicles, lawn mowers, rifles, etc. being replaced over the next five years in the operating budget?
300
Unusual One-Time Purchases in the operating budget like unplanned engine/transmission replacement or one-time consultant fees
What type of expense do departments need to subtract from prior year actuals before determining what the Fiscal Year 2018 budget should be?
300
Data Tab
Where do departments go in Wdesk to submit their CIP projects to the budget department?
300
OK Button
What button do you click on in the budget module to save your work?
300
Budget Reports Folder
What is the folder to click on under Department reports to select one of the many reports available for budget reports?
400
Improvement Package Justification (Form BP-4A)
What is the form submitted by departments to explain a request to increase the level of service either by the addition of an employee, equipment or contract with third party?
400
Operating Revenues
What type of budget item should be reviewed as much as operating expenses and estimated based on historical trends and known future changes?
400
Blank - X
What is the subject title of the e-mail from Wdesk that includes a blank template for new CIP projects to be entered by departments?
400
Budget Notes
What is the field in the budget module where departments explain what is budgeted in each account and why there are any discrepancies?
400
Expenditure Notes Report by Department/Activity (Operating)
What is the name of the report to run that contains the budget justifications for expenditures entered into the notes field in the budget module?
500
Performance Measurement Report
What is the report completed by departments to indicate the kind of job we are doing and address the effect our efforts are having in our community? How much did we do it? How well did we do it? Is anyone better off? This report will be status quo for the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
500
Employee Pay Grade Reclassification
What personnel request does not go through the budget process but instead a formal memo is written by the department manager to the City Manager and Personnel Director?
500
2016 Actual Exp and 2017 Amended Budget Columns
What columns on the CIP project sheets will be automatically filled in by the budget office after departments submit their CIP budgets?
500
Worker's Comp; Data processing Maintenance; Insurance; Data Processing; Programming; Audit; Debt Service
What expenses are pre-entered by finance/budget that should not be changed by departments?
500
Change View Icon
What is the drop down menu to select to change the view of the report to a different format such as Excel or PDF?
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