Department of Transportation

	Annual FTEs	General Fund State	Other Funds	Total Funds
	(Dollars in Thousands)
Estimated Expenditures	7,009.0	0	6,459,014	6,459,014
2019-21 Maintenance Level	4,862.0	0	2,039,887	2,039,887
Difference from 2017-19	(2,147.0)	0	(4,419,127)	(4,419,127)
% Change from 2017-19	(30.6%)	0.0%	(68.4%)	(68.4%)
2019-21 Policy Other Changes
Labor System Replacement	13.9	0	11,717	11,717
Financial & Capital Systems Program	2.0	0	7,107	7,107
One Washington	2.0	0	1,992	1,992
Computer Purchases for NW Region HQ	0.0	0	795	795
Worker Safety: Asbestos	12.0	0	3,681	3,681
Capital Projects	2,393.8	0	4,806,927	4,806,927
Aviation Emergency Planning	1.0	0	267	267
Emerging Aeronautics Technology	1.0	0	267	267
Aviation Reappropriations	0.0	0	436	436
Design-Build Program Staffing	1.0	0	190	190
CWA Additional Bond Authority	0.0	0	200,000	200,000
I-5/Columbia River Bridge Office	0.0	0	17,500	17,500
Electric Vehicle Education Promotio	0.0	0	1,000	1,000
Electric Highway Infrastructure	0.90	0	2,000	2,000
I-405 Express Toll Lanes	6.7	0	1,782	1,782
Worker Safety: Arc Flash	0.0	0	485	485
Right-of-Way Cleanup	3.0	0	834	834
Worker Safety: Respirable Silica	0.0	0	900	900
Snow and Ice Contingency	0.0	0	5,000	5,000
Cooperative Automated Transpo (CAT)	3.0	0	3,000	3,000
Stabilizing Construction Workforce	1.0	0	500	500
Transportation Safety Analysis	1.0	0	331	331
Practical Solutions/Change Mgmt	1.0	0	303	303
WSDOT Website Optimization	0.0	0	777	777
Worker Safety Industrial Hygiene	2.0	0	750	750
Talent Development	1.0	0	658	658
Work Zone Safety Grants	0.0	0	500	500
I-5 Corridor Scenario Analysis	0.0	0	2,500	2,500
RTPO Support	0.0	0	1,000	1,000
SR 303 Corridor Study Reapprop	0.0	0	250	250
Mounts Road Study Reapprop	0.0	0	130	130
Other Fund Adjustments	0.0	0	100	100
Employee ORCA Pass Program	0.0	0	12,518	12,518
Electric Ferry Planning Team	0.0	0	990	990
Vessel Noise Reduction Study	0.0	0	160	160
WSF Retain Hyak for Service Relief	21.8	0	6,308	6,308
WSF Electronics Support Team	2.0	0	469	469
WSF Non-Routine Maintenance	0.0	0	7,932	7,932
WSF Staffing Overtime	0.0	0	4,577	4,577
Overtime Staffing - Terminals	9.9	0	1,564	1,564
WSF Familiarization Training	9.6	0	1,450	1,450
WSF Emergency Costs	0.0	0	250	250
Inventory/Logistics Manager	1.0	0	254	254
WSF Vessel Maintenance Standards	0.60	0	1,002	1,002
WSF Ops Watch Supervisor	1.0	0	260	260
UHSR Corridor	0.0	0	3,250	3,250
Electric Passenger Ferries Study	0.0	0	350	350
2019-21 Policy Other Changes Total	2,492.2	0	5,115,013	5,115,013
2019-21 Policy Comp Changes
State Public Employee Benefits Rate	0.0	0	123	123
WFSE General Government	0.0	0	26,844	26,844
State Rep Employee Benefits Rate	0.0	0	653	653
PTE Local 17 General Government	0.0	0	2,767	2,767
Non-Rep General Wage Increase	0.0	0	8,222	8,222
Non-Rep Premium Pay	0.0	0	1,887	1,887
Non-Rep Targeted Pay Increases	0.0	0	218	218
PERS & TRS Plan 1 Benefit Increase	0.0	0	934	934
Non-Rep Salary Schedule Revision	0.0	0	1,075	1,075
Orca Transit Pass - Outside CBAs	0.0	0	36	36
State Tax - Wellness Gift Card	0.0	0	4	4
WSF Inland Boatmen's Union	0.0	0	7,428	7,428
WSF Licensed Marine Engineers	0.0	0	2,780	2,780
WSF Master Mates/Pilots - Mates	0.0	0	937	937
WSF Metal Trades	0.0	0	741	741
WSF Carpenters	0.0	0	202	202
WSF Office/Professional Intrn'l	0.0	0	493	493
WSF Ferry Agents/Supvrs/Project Adm	0.0	0	462	462
WSF Service Employees Intrn'l 6	0.0	0	70	70
WSF Master Mates/Pilots-Watch Spvrs	0.0	0	88	88
WSF Marine Engineers-Port Engineers	0.0	0	293	293
WSF Marine Engineers - Unlicensed	0.0	0	1,593	1,593
WSF Master Mates/Pilots-Masters	0.0	0	985	985
2019-21 Policy Comp Changes Total	0.0	0	58,835	58,835
2019-21 Policy Transfers Changes
Orca Transit Pass Funding Transfer	0.0	0	(2,286)	(2,286)
Health Coalition FSA Fund Transfer	0.0	0	(740)	(740)
2019-21 Policy Transfers Changes Total	0.0	0	(3,026)	(3,026)
2019-21 Policy Central Services Changes
Archives/Records Management	0.0	0	28	28
Audit Services	0.0	0	34	34
Legal Services	0.0	0	661	661
Administrative Hearings	0.0	0	5	5
CTS Central Services	0.0	0	(2,458)	(2,458)
DES Central Services	0.0	0	564	564
OFM Central Services	0.0	0	3,897	3,897
2019-21 Policy Central Services Changes Total	0.0	0	2,731	2,731
Total Policy Changes	2,492.2	0	5,173,553	5,173,553
2019-21 Policy Level	7,354.2	0	7,213,440	7,213,440
Difference from 2017-19	345.2	0	754,426	754,426
% Change from 2017-19	4.9%	0.0%	11.7%	11.7%

Policy Changes

State Public Employee Benefits Rate

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.

WFSE General Government

Funding is provided for a collective bargaining agreement with the Washington Federation of State Employees - General Government. The agreement includes a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2019; a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2020; premium, shift, and other special pay changes, and increases in targeted job classifications. Employee insurance included in the agreement is displayed in a separate item.

State Rep Employee Benefits Rate

This provides health insurance funding as part of the master agreements for employees who bargain for health benefits as part of a coalition of unions. The insurance funding rate is $977 per employee per month for fiscal year 2020 and $978 per employee per month for fiscal year 2021.

PTE Local 17 General Government

Funding is provided for a collective bargaining agreement with Professional and Technical Employees Local 17. It includes a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2019; a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2020; premium pay changes, and increases in targeted job classifications. Employee insurance included in the agreement is displayed in a separate item.

Non-Rep General Wage Increase

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.

Non-Rep Premium Pay

Funding is provided for increases in premium pay 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. Funding is sufficient to support changes in shift differential, call back and standby pay, as well as a 5 percent increase for employees working in King County.

Non-Rep Targeted Pay Increases

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.

PERS & TRS Plan 1 Benefit Increase

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.

Non-Rep Salary Schedule Revision

This funds a revised salary schedule for non-represented employees in information technology jobs, in alignment with other state employees.

Orca Transit Pass Funding Transfer

This moves funding for employee transit passes from agencies to WSDOT, which administers the program. The transfer includes both funding added in 2019-21 for expanded access, as well as funding that was provided in the 2017-19 budget.

Health Coalition FSA Fund Transfer

This moves funding for negotiated medical flexible spending arrangements (FSA) from individual agency budgets. It will be provided to the Health Care Authority, which will administer the benefit.

Labor System Replacement

Funding is provided to complete the ongoing deployment of the new agency time and attendance system (DOTtime) for Washington State Ferries. This implementation includes configuration, testing, training, cutover and support for three deployment groups: ferries headquarters, terminal and Eagle Harbor, and fleet. At the end of this project, all agency employees will be using the new system, allowing the department to decommission its legacy systems.

Financial & Capital Systems Program

Funding is provided to develop a comprehensive program to modernize the agency’s highly complex, customized financial and capital systems, as well as the business processes that directly support the agency’s core services. This is necessary to ensure this transition leverages shared resources and aligns with the state's enterprise strategic plan.

One Washington

Funding is provided for agency organizational change management costs related to the One Washington initiative.

Computer Purchases for NW Region HQ

Renovation of the agency-owned facility at Dayton Avenue in Shoreline will require new workstation and conference room computers. Funding is provided for these purchases.

Worker Safety: Asbestos

Funding is provided for a dedicated maintenance team that will document the inspection, sampling and analysis of highway structures for asbestos to meet legal and statutory requirements regarding asbestos exposure and abatement.

Capital Projects

Funding is provided for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Safe Routes to Schools grant programs, as well as local priority projects.

Aviation Emergency Planning

Funding is provided for an aviation emergency services planner to prepare for, coordinate, and execute the division's role of establishing the air operations branch during large-scale emergencies. The planner will coordinate aviation support with volunteers, local jurisdictions, state agencies, the military, and federal authorities.

Emerging Aeronautics Technology

Funding is provided for one staff dedicated to addressing emerging aeronautics requirements, such as the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), autonomous systems, and electric/hybrid-electric aircraft.

Aviation Reappropriations

Funding is reappropriated for the Aviation Economic Impact Study and the Methow Valley project.

Design-Build Program Staffing

Funding is provided to reestablish staffing necessary to improve the delivery of design-build projects throughout the agency per recommendations from the 2016 Review of WSDOT's Implementation of Design-Build Project Delivery report.

CWA Additional Bond Authority

Additional Connecting Washington (CWA) bond authority is provided to support the Department's expanded use of design-build delivery on highway construction projects.

I-5/Columbia River Bridge Office

Funding is provided to reestablish an I-5/Columbia River Bridge office to support the planning efforts necessary for the future replacement of a bridge over the Columbia River.

Electric Vehicle Education Promotio

Funding is provided for a an electric vehicle education and promotion program to achieve the goal of 50,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2020.

Electric Highway Infrastructure

Funding is provided for a grant program that will strengthen and expand the existing network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles.

I-405 Express Toll Lanes

Funding is provided for maintenance costs of the 17-mile express toll lanes on I-405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood.

Worker Safety: Arc Flash

Funding is provided to purchase personal protective equipment to comply with federal and state safety regulations and protect maintenance workers from arc-flash, electrical shock, burns and other electrical hazards.

Right-of-Way Cleanup

Funding is provided for a three-person dedicated maintenance crew to provide right-of-way cleanup associated with the impacts of homelessness in the Seattle region.

Worker Safety: Respirable Silica

Funding is provided to purchase personal protective equipment and tools to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica and comply with new state and federal occupational safety and health regulations relating to respirable crystalline silica.

Snow and Ice Contingency

A contingency pool of funding is established for snow and ice removal that can only be used once costs have exceeded the agency's base funding.

Orca Transit Pass - Outside CBAs

This funds transit passes (ORCA cards) for state employees (outside of higher education) in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, other than those in certain collective bargaining agreements.

State Tax - Wellness Gift Card

Some employees are eligible to earn a $25 gift card after completing a health risk assessment. This item provides funding to agencies to pay the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes on gift cards for additional employees who are eligible for the gift cards.

Cooperative Automated Transpo (CAT)

Funding is provided to establish a Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) program within the department to support careful deployment of automated vehicles and shared mobility with an emphasis on safety, equity, inclusion, sustainability, and prosperity for both rural and urban communities. The CAT program will include low-cost investments to highways, deployment of a variety of pilot and demonstration projects, support of state and local active engagement, and the necessary staffing infrastructure throughout the department.

Stabilizing Construction Workforce

Additional expenditure authority is provided to the department’s Pre-Apprenticeship & Supportive Services (PASS) grant program to increase the number of people prepared to work in the heavy construction labor force. This program increases the pool of qualified workers, creates greater diversity in WSDOT’s workforce, and forms a pathway for more individuals to earn a living wage while learning.

Transportation Safety Analysis

Additional federal and safety performance targets have created new analysis work for the department. Funding is provided for dedicated staff to incorporate safety analysis into all phases across planning, programming, design and operations.

Practical Solutions/Change Mgmt

To accommodate the department's transition to using a practical solutions approach across all programs, funding for an organizational change manager is provided to assist department employees in adapting to the new environment.

WSDOT Website Optimization

Funding is provided for a user-centered website redesign for the most highly trafficked website in state government.

Worker Safety Industrial Hygiene

Funding is provided for two industrial hygienists in the department’s Human Resources Safety Office to analyze, identify, and measure workplace hazards or stressors that can cause disease or impaired health.

Talent Development

Funding is provided for the agency to maintain its current talent development efforts and send 10 staff per year to executive leadership training at the University of Washington.

Work Zone Safety Grants

Ongoing expenditure authority is provided for the agency to accept donations from partners and expand their work zone safety awareness program.

I-5 Corridor Scenario Analysis

Funding is provided to hire a consultant to create a long-range plan for the I-5 corridor from Tumwater to Marysville. This work will include evaluating solutions to support I-5 that are on and off the interstate.

RTPO Support

Planning requirements and new corridor initiatives necessitate increased funding for the Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) program.

SR 303 Corridor Study Reapprop

Funds are reappropriated to finish the State Route 303 corridor study.

Mounts Road Study Reapprop

Funds are reappropriated to finish the Mounts Road Study.

Archives/Records Management

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s allocated share of charges for the state archives and state records center.

Audit Services

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

Legal Services

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

Administrative Hearings

Agency budgets are adjusted to reflect each agency’s anticipated share of charges for administrative hearings.

CTS Central Services

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.

DES Central 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.

OFM Central Services

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.

Other Fund Adjustments

Additional local expenditure authority is provided to allow the department to accept grants on behalf of a community transit partner. Having this additional authority allows the department to receive grants for one or more tasks within a contract and help streamline the reimbursement process.

Employee ORCA Pass Program

Funding to individual state agencies for the provision of transit passes for state employees working in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties is shifted to the Department of Transportation, which will administer the program.

Electric Ferry Planning Team

Funding is provided for a team to develop a ten-year plan to efficiently implement a hybrid-electric vessel charging feature at terminals.

Vessel Noise Reduction Study

Funding is provided to study how to reduce noise from ferries in the puget sound.

WSF Retain Hyak for Service Relief

Funding is provided to maintain the MV Hyak as a relief vessel through September 2021.

WSF Electronics Support Team

Funding is provided for dedicated staff to support the maintenance and repair of electronic systems such as propulsion, steering, navigation, communication and security on vessels and at terminals.

WSF Non-Routine Maintenance

Additional federal spending authority is provided for non-routine maintenance on ferry vessels.

WSF Staffing Overtime

Staffing is insufficient to fill every deck and engine room work shift necessary to meet U.S. Coast Guard sailing requirements. Funding is provided for unavoidable overtime expenses.

Overtime Staffing - Terminals

Funding is provided for increased staffing at Washington ferry terminals to meet increased workload and customer expectations.

WSF Familiarization Training

Engine room and terminal staff who change assignments to a new vessel or terminal are provided a brief period of break-in training known as familiarization. Funding is provided for this training, which is required by federal law and various collective bargaining agreements and increases employee and ferry rider safety.

WSF Emergency Costs

Increased funding is provided for operating costs incurred in support of emergency capital repairs of vessels.

Inventory/Logistics Manager

Funding is provided for a dedicated staff person to serve as an inventory and logistics manager. This position coordinates inventory items between the warehouse, vendors and fleet; manages spare part procurement contracts; and ensures the care of inactive vessels from the moment they are decommissioned until disposal.

WSF Vessel Maintenance Standards

Funding is provided for standardizing maintenance procedures by vessel class to provide better maintenance and preservation of ferry assets, resulting in improved reliability.

WSF Ops Watch Supervisor

Funding is provided for an additional staff person to handle increased level of workload and complexity in the ferry watch supervisor unit. This unit coordinates responses to emergencies, such as critical medical situations, calls from the U.S. Coast Guard or Washington State Patrol, and handling vessel breakdowns and boat moves.