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December 2013
Refined Process (Continued from Previous)
Payroll, Major Repairs
As a labor intensive business that operates 24 hours per day, seven days
per week, KICA’s staff is its largest expense as well as its biggest asset.
The 2014 budget allows for KICA to award appropriate payroll increases
to those whose performance merits them, as well as addressing staffing
needs in the Land Management Department, while raising overall
personnel expenses by just 3.1%.
In addition to payroll/staff expenses, Major Repairs and Replacement
(MRR) costs make up a large part of KICA’s overall expenditures. Major
projects such as pipe occlusion work, drainage system repairs, boardwalk
construction and landscape capital improvements are planned for 2014.
This coming increase in MRR expenses is what ultimately led to the
creation of the SAA, as a way for KICA to diversify and stabilize its reserve
revenue, which funds MRR projects.
Included in the 2014 budget is funding for three new full-time Land
Management employees, two crew members (assigned to zones one and
four respectively) and one new irrigation technician. As maintenance
standards are increased island-wide and Land Management staff becomes
responsible for additional landscaping (over the past 11 years, staff has
assumed responsibility for an additional 848,275 square feet) more staff
are needed to meet standards and preserve values. Land Management has
increased by only one full-time staff position since 2002.
“Thanks to the SAA, we can now proactively plan our major repair and
replacement schedule, as opposed to reacting when there is a crisis,” said
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