[env-trinity] Trinity River Budget Questions

[lou jacobson]

All that information should be public. Perhaps someone should put a request in with TRRP? 


I have to disagree with Josh that an admin to total budget/implementation  is a clear indication of how properly funds are being spent. I won't argue that it's not an important factor. I'll even agree that in some cases it can be used as a tool to identify top heavy program design. I think the admin to budget/implementation comparisons are important but they are only one factor of many that should be used to judge a program. I'd like to see their scope of work, project milestones, budget, etc..., and then see how they're performing based on the current admin load. I don't know, they could be pissing money down the admin stream but I don't think project success/failure is that black and white. Some programs are inherently admin heavy.


Lou Jacobson



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 From: Joshua Allen <trinityjosh at gmail.com>
To: Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net>; env-trinity at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us 
Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [env-trinity] Trinity River Budget Questions
 

It would also be nice to know exactly how much is being spent on administrative overhead versus on the ground expenses. How much an organization spends to accomplish its mission is a clear indication of how properly funds are being spent. Just my two cents...

Joshua Allen


On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net> wrote:

All,
>
>I have had several inquiries about the $36 million figure cited in the Redding Record Searchlight for expenditures to restore the Trinity River's fish.  I did not make that statement and I have to assume that the $36 million is just what has been spent on the mainstem "restoration" projects, some of which have clearly failed (filled in side channels), but the article was not clear on that.  I'm certain that it's not total expenditures because budgets have been $14-$15 million/year lately, so $36 million would be less than 3 years' budgets at current levels.  I know that the "old" Trinity River Restoration Program alone spent something like $70 million.
>
>My guess is that total expenditures under the Trinity River Restoration Program, old and new, exceed $200 million.
>
>If somebody knows the real numbers, it would be greatly appreciated.  It would be nice to set the record straight so that people know the magnitude of taxpayer money spent on this important program.
>
>Tom Stokely
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