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Scenario for Assignments 1-5

For Assignments 1-5, you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, programs, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five (5) years.

Note: Students cannot use New York City as a selected local government

Assignment 2: The Capital Budget

Due Week 6 and worth 180 points

Refer the Scenario for Assignments 1–5. Forecast salaries, revenue estimating, and prepare the capital budget.

Using the budget from the selected agency, write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

Analyze the agency’s compensation for employees. Provide a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast, discuss the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency. (Title this section Payroll Forecast.)
Review the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and prepare an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures. (Title this section Trend Analysis.)
Prepare and explain a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Include in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Justify the reasoning with examples. (Title this section Expenditure Forecast.)
Compare two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency. Provide a rationale for recommending one (1) of the two (2) options. Include the figures to support the rationale. (Title this section Capital Budget.)
Provide names and URLs of the Websites for the state’s budget(s) analyzed and any other government Websites used to support the assignment’s criteria.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze the basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments.
Recommend appropriate policy actions based on the evaluation.
Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level.
Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration.
Analyze the steps required for budgeting, such as preparing a budget, making a financial plan, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and making budget decisions.
Prepare a preliminary budgeting system for presentation before Congress, state / local government, or other organization.
Develop various budget charts that represent segments of the budgeting process.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance.
Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

rading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 180	Assignment 2: The Capital Budget
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Analyze the agency’s compensation for employees. Provide a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast, discuss the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency. (Title this section Payroll Forecast.) Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the agency’s compensation for employees. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast, did not submit or incompletely discussed the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency.	Partially analyzed the agency’s compensation for employees. Partially provided a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast, partially discussed the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency.	Satisfactorily analyzed the agency’s compensation for employees. Satisfactorily provided a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast, satisfactorily discussed the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency.	Thoroughly analyzed the agency’s compensation for employees. Thoroughly provided a rationale on what the costs and benefits would be for a 2 percent, 4 percent, or 5 percent pay increase for the fiscal year 2014. In your forecast Thoroughly, discussed the effects of the increase on benefits for the agency.
2. Review the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and prepare an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures. (Title this section Trend Analysis.) Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely reviewed the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and did not submit or incompletely prepared an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures.	Partially reviewed the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and partially prepared an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures.	Satisfactorily reviewed the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and satisfactorily prepared an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures.	Thoroughly reviewed the trend of the agency over the past five (5) years and thoroughly prepared an analysis explaining the trend for expenditures.
3. Prepare and explain a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Include in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Justify the reasoning with examples. (Title this section Expenditure Forecast.) Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely prepare and did not submit or incompletely explained a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Did not submit or incompletely included in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Did not submit or incompletely justified the reasoning with examples.	Partially prepared and partially explained a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Partially included in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Partially justified the reasoning with examples.	Satisfactorily prepared and satisfactorily explained a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Satisfactorily included in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Satisfactorily justified the reasoning with examples.	Thoroughly prepared and thoroughly explained a five (5) year forecast of the four (4) highest expenditures. Thoroughly included in the analysis whether the costs should be approved or not approved. Thoroughly justified the reasoning with examples.
4. Compare two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency. Provide a rationale for recommending one of the two options. Include the figures to support the rationale. (Title this section Capital Budget.) Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely compared two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for recommending one of the two options. Did not submit or incompletely included the figures to support the rationale.	Partially compared two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency. Partially provided a rationale for recommending one of the two options. Partially included the figures to support the rationale.	Satisfactorily compared two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for recommending one of the two options. Satisfactorily included the figures to support the rationale.	Thoroughly compared two (2) options for predicting the cost of needed repairs to the current building that houses the selected agency.Thoroughly provided a rationale for recommending one of the two options. Thoroughly included the figures to support the rationale.
5. Provide names and URLs of the Websites for the state’s budget(s) analyzed and any other government Websites used to support the assignment’s criteria. Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present