The operating budget totals $66.9 million, a net increase of $5.8 million over the FY 2007-08 approved budget of $61.1 million. The increase funds the expansion of existing systems ($3.3 million); salary standardization and annualizations ($0.8 million); increased rent due to newly negotiated lease agreements ($0.8 million); and increased funding to City work orders ($0.9 million).

New funding includes:

• $0.7 million to fund annual software license fees for new systems and to meet software demands for an increased number of employees,
• $0.8 million to fund an Information Technology Services (ITS) program for increased electronic storage to meet demands for the Water System Improvement Project (WSIP), and
• $1.8 million to fund SFPUC’s share of the new Human Resources Management System (Project eMerge) being implemented city-wide by the City and County of San Francisco.