Section 1330-A. Filing five year performance, capital and operating finance plans  


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  • 1. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred  ninety-four,  and  annually  thereafter  on or before April first, the authority shall
      adopt  an  operational  performance  plan  for  the   five-year   period
      commencing  April first. The plan shall set operational performance plan
      goals and  objectives,  including  but  not  limited  to  ridership  and
      passenger  revenue  goals and objectives for the period, for fixed route
      bus operations, and shall establish performance  indicators  to  measure
      standards  of  service  and operations. The performance indicators shall
      include: revenue passengers, total passengers,  revenue  vehicle  miles,
      revenue  vehicle  hours, number of employees by department, vehicle mean
      distance  between  failures,  on-time  performance  for  total   service
      provided,  the cost per passenger, the cost per revenue vehicle mile and
      the operating-revenue-to-cost ratio.
        (b) Quarterly reports shall  be  prepared  for  authority  members  on
      operating  performance  of  fixed  route  bus operations. The first such
      report shall  cover  the  three-month  period  commencing  April  first,
      nineteen hundred ninety-five and shall be submitted no later than thirty
      days  after  the end of the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall
      be submitted on the last day of October, January,  April,  and  July  of
      each  year.  The report shall compare the performance indicators for the
      most recent quarter and the year-to-date performance indicators with the
      same time period in the previous year with the annual goals  established
      pursuant to this subdivision.
        2.  (a)  On or before October first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, and
      annually thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall  adopt
      a  capital program plan for the five-year period commencing April first.
      The plan shall contain the capital program, separately itemized, by  the
      following  functions: regular fixed route bus service, demand responsive
      bus service, and any aviation facilities and any marine  facilities  for
      which it currently has or shall assume responsibility.
        (b)  The  plan  shall set goals and objectives by function for capital
      spending, establish standards for service and operation,  describe  each
      capital project to be initiated in each of the years covered by the plan
      and  explain how each proposed project supports the goals and objectives
      and the service and operational standards established in the performance
      plan.  The  plan  shall  list  separately  by  function  those  projects
      contributing  to  the maintenance of the system infrastructure and those
      intended to enhance the system. The plan shall also include an estimated
      cost for each project and set forth an estimate of the amount of capital
      funding required for each year of the plan and the expected  sources  of
      such  funding.  It  shall  also  include  a  project  schedule  for  the
      initiation and completion of each project. Each plan subsequent  to  the
      first  such  plan  shall  describe  the  current  status of each capital
      project which has a total estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars
      or more and which was included in the previously adopted plan.
        (c) In addition to the annual update, a quarterly capital plan  status
      report shall be provided to the authority members and shall include, but
      not  be  limited  to, a description of any material change in the scope,
      cost, funding or time of initiation or completion of a project which has
      a total estimated cost of one  hundred  thousand  dollars  or  more,  as
      adopted  in  the plan. The first such report shall cover the three-month
      period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and shall be
      submitted no later than thirty  days  after  the  end  of  the  quarter.
      Thereafter,  quarterly  reports  shall  be  submitted on the last day of
      October, January, April, and July of each year.
        3. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred  ninety-four,  and
      annually  thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall adopt
    
      an operating finance plan for  the  five-year  period  commencing  April
      first.  The  plan  shall include the annual estimated operating cost for
      the  following  authority  functions:  fixed  bus   operations,   demand
      responsive  bus  operations,  and any aviation facilities and any marine
      facilities for which it currently has, or shall  assume  responsibility.
      The plan shall include the proposed method of financing for the level of
      service  defined  for each year of the plan and shall fully allocate the
      authority's general costs to each of the above separate  functions.  The
      plan   shall  provide  a  narrative  describing  the  overall  financial
      condition of the operating budget of the authority.
        (b) In addition to  the  annual  update,  quarterly  operating  budget
      reports  shall  be  prepared  for the authority members on the financial
      condition of each of the authority's functions. The  first  such  report
      shall  cover  the  three-month  period  commencing April first, nineteen
      hundred ninety-five and shall be submitted no  later  than  thirty  days
      after  the  end  of  the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be
      submitted on the last day of October, January, April, and July  of  each
      year.  The  reports  shall  include  a  budgetary comparison of the most
      recent quarter and year-to-date actual revenue and expenditures with the
      same time period in the previous year and with the projections for  that
      time  period based on the board approved budget. The reporting for fixed
      route bus operations shall be separate from  the  reporting  for  demand
      responsive bus service.
        4.  Any and all reports, including interim reports, shall be submitted
      to the director of the division  of  the  budget,  the  commissioner  of
      transportation and the chief executive officers of Cayuga, Onondaga, and
      Oswego counties, the county legislatures of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oswego
      counties,  the  temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the
      assembly, the chairpersons of  the  senate  finance  committee  and  the
      assembly  ways  and  means committee, and the chairpersons of the senate
      and assembly transportation committees.