30
Health Insurance Costs
:
Increased cost of medical and dental insurance premiums for
employees and their dependents. After modest plan design changes and recalibration of
employee premiums between the base and buy-up plans, the overall cost increase is
approximately 3% over current fiscal year costs.
Connect Morrisville > Operational
Excellence Objective 5.4: Attract, develop and train a diverse, high-
performing workforce.
47,000
Senior Programming:
Proposed lease of approximately 6,000 square feet of flex space
(location, square footage and rental rate TBD), staff support and supplies to be used for
dedicated senior programming activities.
Connect Morrisville > Engaged, inclusive
community Multiple Objectives.
168,000
Information Technology Services:
Information technology initiatives to expand use
of cloud services and outsourced provision of services to reduce overall information
technology hardware and software replacement costs and maintain pace with evolving
technology advancement and needs.
Connect Morrisville > Operational
excellence Objective 5.6: Leverage the use of technology to maximize results.
•
Hardware as a Service (HaaS) – a scalable and flexible pay-as-you-go managed service
that allows for up-to-date technology with reduced equipment, IT maintenance
related costs and improves workload capacity for existing staff.
•
Network as a Service (Naas) – similar to HaaS, NaaS allows for a more efficient
replacement cycle for both critical and non-critical network equipment.
•
Yearly Aerial Orthophotography – Cloud-based service that would provide more
frequent and accurate aerial data that supports the town’s GIS program and allows for
more useful analysis in land use decisions, code enforcement violations, emergency
planning, and for public information.
69,200
Recycling Cost Increase:
Additional recycling costs related to the significant reduction
in commodity markets needed to generate revenues to offset recycling program costs and
avoid drastic changes to or reductions in Town recycling programs. This is a nationwide
challenge. Additional costs are based on the number of households and tonnage projected
for the year. A comprehensive review of options is underway for discussion during FY2020.
Connect Morrisville > Thriving, livable neighborhoods Objective 2.3: Be
responsible stewards of the natural environment.
55,000
Streetlight Data Insight Advanced Analytics:
On-line dashboard that allows for
viewing of near real-time traffic data around Town, as well as origin/destination data and
other analytics that is needed for various town projects, including the Public Transportation
Study, traffic/transportation project planning, operational responsiveness to
traffic/congestion, and during review of development project TIA information.
Connect
Morrisville > Improved transportation mobility Objective 1.1: Manage traffic
congestion at targeted locations and targeted times of day.
55,000
Parkside Elementary Crossing Guards:
Addition of four (4) part-time crossing
guards to support student and traffic safety for Parkside Elementary School, which will
open in July 2019. This is in accordance with the traffic and safety management plan
developed by the Morrisville Police Department and Parkside Elementary principal.
Connect Morrisville > Goal 4 Public safety readiness Multiple Objectives
.
40,000