NRD BUDGET

current budget


FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET

The NRD fiscal year begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th. Finalizing a budget for a fiscal year is a several-month process involving NRD staff, Board of Directors and the public. The NRD’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget keeps the property tax levy rate at essentially the same level as last year.  The $28.7 million balanced total of revenue and expenditures will be spread over a wide-ranging spectrum of activities to preserve and protect natural resources in the District. The property tax levy rate in the approved budget is 0.040979/$100 actual valuation. Following is a summary of activity contained in the budget:

Complete FY 2010 Budget

Long Range Implementation Plan

Expenditures Pie Chart
Revenue Pie Chart

Budget Highlights:

Ground Water Management
$1,098,417 / 3.8%

  • Implement LB 483 rules and regulations limiting annual increases of irrigated acres in areas that impact the Platte River
  • Lower Salt Creek aquifer modeling study
  • Complete Phase II & III verification studies for water quality of several communities
  • Quality/Quantity monitoring
  • Water well permits, meters, certification of irrigated acres and best management practices

Flood Control
$1,742,650 / 6.0%

  • Rehabilitate two Upper Salt Watershed structures (dams) and right of way for one more
  • Construct Piening Flood Control Structure
  • Construct Seward County Road Structure (dam)
  • Stream monitoring
  • Operate and maintain more than 160 dams

Soil & Water Conservation
$1,140,540 / 3.9%

  • Cost-sharing on conservation practices for erosion control and water quality
  • Cost-sharing on aerial imagery mapping with communities and counties

Recreation Trails/Conservation Corridors
$1,489,150 / 5.1%

  • Wabash to South Bend connector alternative alignment study
  • Eagle trailhead parking drainage
  • Walton restroom
  • Roca trailhead
  • Salt Creek Levee Trail, Haymarket Park to N 14th & undercrossing of BNSF
  • Ashland trail project
  • Start construction on Abbott motocross track
  • Antelope Creek pedestrian/bike bridge south of Randolph Street
  • Operate MoPac East, Homestead and Oak Creek trails and conservation corridors

Wetlands, Conservation Easements, Forestry, Recreation and Wildlife
$979,830 / 3.4%

  • Enhancement and maintenance of three wetlands and eight public access lakes
  • Obtain conservation easements over native prairies
  • Rural and urban forestry

Antelope Valley Project
$8,016,700 / 27.9%

  • Seek federal appropriations for flood control reimbursement
  • Complete channel projects and trails
  • Remap floodplain
  • Upstream CLOMR and South Street bridge replacement

Urban Stormwater/Flood Control
$9,106,924 / 31.8%

  • Stream channel improvements – Antelope Creek, 40th to Cotner
  • Construct Beal Slough flood control project, South 14th Street
  • Community Assistance projects – Lake Waconda, Cedar Creek, Weeping Water, Ceresco and Waverly Watershed Master Plan
  • Implement Lincoln basin master plans for Beal Slough, Southeast Upper Salt, Cardwell Branch, Dead Mans Run, Stevens Creek and Little Salt Creek watersheds
  • Flood plain purchase/easements
  • Low impact development demonstrations and assistance
  • Operation and maintenance of improved stream channels

Platte River
$715,917 / 2.4%

  • Participate in activities of the Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance
  • Water quality monitoring and education
  • Continued Environmental Suitability Assessment
  • Cooperate on invasive species control projects
  • Participate in Western Sarpy/Clear Creek Flood Control Project

Information & Education
$331,750 / 1.1%

  • Assist with all programs and projects by furnishing public information and opportunities for learning

Operations and Personnel
$2,989,896 / 10.4%

Cash Reserve
$784,009 / 2.7%