Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2012 - Omnitrans
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2012 - Omnitrans
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2012 - Omnitrans
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (CONTINUED)<br />
• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) - established to support surface transportation<br />
projects and other related ef<strong>for</strong>ts that contribute air-quality improvements and provide congestion relief.<br />
• Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) - established to improve access to transportation services to employment<br />
and employment-related activities <strong>for</strong> welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals and to transport residents<br />
of urbanized areas and non-urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities.<br />
• New Freedom - a <strong>for</strong>mula grant program aims to provide additional tools to overcome existing barriers facing<br />
Americans with disabilities seeking integration into the work<strong>for</strong>ce available to people with disabilities beyond the<br />
requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).<br />
FINANCIAL SECTION<br />
• State Transit Assistance Fund (STAF) - derived from sales tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, this funding is an<br />
allocation to local transit agencies to fund a portion of the operations and capital costs associated with local<br />
mass transportation programs.<br />
• Public Transportation Modernization, Improvement and Service Enhancement Account Program (PTMISEA) - created<br />
by Proposition 1B, is funding available to transit operators over a ten-year period. PTMISEA funds may be used <strong>for</strong><br />
transit rehabilitation, safety or modernization improvements, capital service enhancements or expansions, new<br />
capital projects, bus rapid-transit improvements, or rolling stock (buses and rail cars) procurement, rehabilitation<br />
or replacement.<br />
Interest income <strong>for</strong> the Agency consists of quarterly return on investment with the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF). The<br />
LAIF program offers local agencies the opportunity to participate in a major portfolio, which invests hundreds of millions of<br />
dollars, using the investment expertise of the State Treasurer's Office at no additional cost. Total interest income <strong>for</strong> fiscal<br />
year ended June 30, <strong>2012</strong> was $52.7 thousand, down $21.6 thousand or 29.0 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.<br />
Other non-operating revenues consist mainly of quarterly reimbursement to the Agency from the Amalgamated Transit<br />
Union (ATU) Local 1704 <strong>for</strong> wages and benefits paid by the Agency to ATU Officers/Stewards during normal work hours to<br />
process grievances. Total other non-operating revenues increased $4.9 thousand or 24.7 percent over last fiscal year.<br />
OMNITRANS’ REVENUES<br />
Percent<br />
Increase Increase<br />
<strong>2012</strong> 2011 (Decrease) (Decrease)<br />
Passenger fares $14,536,931 14,538,747 (1,816) (0.0)<br />
Advertising revenue 805,904 909,176 (103,272) (11.4)<br />
Other transportation revenue 39,819 41,802 (1,983) (4.7)<br />
Federal and local operating grants 47,875,811 52,675,797 (4,799,986) (9.1)<br />
Capital assistance 34,412,696 21,016,685 13,396,011 63.7<br />
Interest income 52,727 74,302 (21,575) (29.0)<br />
Other non-operating revenues 24,951 20,002 4,949 24.7<br />
Total Revenue $97,748,839 89,276,511 8,472,328 9.5<br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
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