This funding is provided for the Active Transportation Safety Advisory Council to continue the work started by the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Council and the Cooper Jones Bicycle Safety Advisory Council.

Funding is provided for additional staff to collect and analyze traffic safety data to assist the agency in targeting efforts to reduce fatalities and injuries and to manage its information technology systems, policy, and security requirements.

Funding is provided for one program manager to become a subject matter expert in emerging vehicle safety technology and staff the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) work group. The manager also will evaluate and report on safety benefits and concerns with autonomous vehicle technology and report these findings to partners, stakeholders and the public.

Health insurance funding is provided for state employees who are not represented by a union, who are covered by a bargaining agreement that is not subject to financial feasibility determination, or who are not part of the coalition of unions for health benefits. The insurance funding rate is $977 per employee per month for fiscal year 2020 and $978 per employee per month for fiscal year 2021.

Funding is provided for wage increases for state employees who are not represented by a union or who are covered by a bargaining agreement that is not subject to financial feasibility determination. It is sufficient for a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2019, and a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2020. This item includes both general government and higher education workers.

Funding is provided for classified state employees who are not represented by a union for pay increases in specific job classes in alignment with other employees.

For eligible Public Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems Plan 1 members, this item provides a one-time, ongoing increase of 3 percent, up to a maximum of $62.50 per month.

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s allocated share of charges for state government audits.

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s anticipated share of legal service charges.

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s allocated share of charges from the Consolidated Technology Services Agency (WaTech) for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Cyber Security, state network, security gateways, and geospatial imaging services.

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s allocated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) for campus rent, utilities, parking, and contracts; a capital project surcharge; financing cost recovery; public and historic facilities; real estate services; risk management services; personnel service rates; the Perry Street child care center; and the department’s enterprise applications.

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s allocated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management (OFM) for the One Washington project and OFM enterprise systems.