Adopted Budget FY 2018-2019

General Fund
Drainage
www.mcallen.net/publicworks/drainage
Mission
Statement:
Dedicated to keeping
all drainage
ways/ditches, safe,
clean and performing
at their engineered
design criteria for
stormwater
management. This
service shall be
provided with a safe,
professional, reliable,
efficient, and eager to
help disposition.
Contact Us:
Elvira Alonzo,
Public Works Director
4201 N. Bentsen Road
McAllen, TX 78504
(956) 681-4000
Description:
The Drainage
Department is a
division of Public
Works. Through its
staff of 19 employees
the department
maintains all city
owned drain ditches
and drainage
infrastructure to allow
for proper stormwater
management in
compliance with
stormwater pollution
prevention
regulations.
Department Summary
Actual Adj. Budget Estimated Budget
Expenditure Detail: 16-17 17-18 17-18 18-19
Personnel Services
Salaries and Wages $ 664,732 $ 707,316 $ 649,506 $ 700,664
Employee Benefits 210,890 228,641 228,641 226,305
Supplies 17,770 20,052 20,052 20,052
Other Services and Charges 370,952 223,062 222,675 235,074
Maintenance 261,847 244,386 244,995 244,049
Operations Subtotal 1,526,190 1,423,457 1,365,869 1,426,144
Capital Outlay 6,330 - - 14,500
Total Expenditures $ 1,532,520 $ 1,423,457 $ 1,365,869 $ 1,440,644
PERSONNEL
Exempt 2 2 2 2
Non-Exempt 16 18 17 18
Total Positions Authorized 18 20 19 20
1.) Complete voter approved Drainage Bond projects. (6.3.1 to 6.3.28)
2.) Provide excellent stormwater management for all buisness and residents.
3.) Beautify drain ditches crossings through a collabrative effort with KMB.
4.) Restablish maintenance access on the Bicentennial Blueline through the installation of channel
crossovers from Nolana Avenue to Trenton Avenue.
5.) Through the use of Accela Technology, generate reports on rollup cost and evaluate outputs in order
to modify effective and efficient measures to current need.
Performance Measures
Actual Goal Estimated Goal
FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 17-18 FY 18-19
Inputs:
Number of full time employees 18 20 19 20
Department Expenditures $ 1,532,520 $ 1,423,457 $ 1,365,869 $ 1,440,644
Number of storm inlets 16,562 16,562 16,562 16,562
Ditch inventory - miles 25 25 25 25
City ROW/Property - acres 1,304 1,304 1,304 1,304
Outputs:
Number of manholes cleaned per year 433 300 460 460
Number of storm inlets cleaned per year 2,829 2,300 2,980 2,980
Excavator/drainage linear miles cleaned 12.5 8.0 10.0 10.0
ROW mowing - acres 16,342 15,000 13,940 13,940
Collection system cleaned - linear feet 72,466 70,000 69,930 69,930
Requests for service 365 200 310 250
Storm/emergency incident response 5 20 4 4
Effectiveness Measures:
MAJOR FY 18-19 GOALS
Request for Service Response Time:
Percent within 48 hours 90% 100% 100% 90%
Percent within 72 hours 100% 100% 100% 100%
Citizens Rating for Storm Drainage as
Utility Service** 65% 65% 65% 65%
Efficiency Measures:
Number of manholes cleaned per day 1.67 1.15 1.77 1.77
Number of Inlets cleaned per day 10.88 8.85 11.46 11.46
Collection system cleaned - linear feet
per day 279 269 269 269
Number of requests for service per full
time employee 20 10 16 13
Department expenditures per capita $ 10.72 $ 9.79 $ 9.40 $ 9.75
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