2006 New York Code - Filing Five Year Performance, Capital And Operating Finance Plans.

 
    §  1305-a. Filing five year performance, capital and operating finance
  plans. 1. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred  ninety-four,
  and  annually  thereafter  on or before April first, the authority shall
  adopt  an  operational  performance  plan  for  the   five-year   period
  commencing  April first. The plan shall set operational performance plan
  goals and  objectives,  including  but  not  limited  to  ridership  and
  passenger  revenue  goals and objectives for the period, for fixed route
  bus operations, and shall establish performance  indicators  to  measure
  standards  of  service  and operations. The performance indicators shall
  include: revenue passengers, total passengers,  revenue  vehicle  miles,
  revenue  vehicle  hours, number of employees by department, vehicle mean
  distance  between  failures,  on-time  performance  for  total   service
  provided,  the cost per passenger, the cost per revenue vehicle mile and
  the operating-revenue-to-cost ratio.
    (b) Quarterly reports shall  be  prepared  for  authority  members  on
  operating  performance  of  fixed  route  bus operations. The first such
  report shall  cover  the  three-month  period  commencing  April  first,
  nineteen hundred ninety-five and shall be submitted no later than thirty
  days  after  the end of the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall
  be submitted on the last day of October, January,  April,  and  July  of
  each  year.  The report shall compare the performance indicators for the
  most recent quarter and the year-to-date performance indicators with the
  same time period in the previous year with the annual goals  established
  pursuant to this subdivision.
    2.  (a)  On or before October first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, and
  annually thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall  adopt
  a  capital program plan for the five-year period commencing April first.
  The plan shall contain the capital program, separately itemized, by  the
  following  functions: regular fixed route bus service, demand responsive
  bus service, and any aviation facilities and any marine  facilities  for
  which it currently has or shall assume responsibility.
    (b)  The  plan  shall set goals and objectives by function for capital
  spending, establish standards for service and operation,  describe  each
  capital project to be initiated in each of the years covered by the plan
  and  explain how each proposed project supports the goals and objectives
  and the service and operational standards established in the performance
  plan.  The  plan  shall  list  separately  by  function  those  projects
  contributing  to  the maintenance of the system infrastructure and those
  intended to enhance the system. The plan shall also include an estimated
  cost for each project and set forth an estimate of the amount of capital
  funding required for each year of the plan and the expected  sources  of
  such  funding.  It  shall  also  include  a  project  schedule  for  the
  initiation and completion of each project. Each plan subsequent  to  the
  first  such  plan  shall  describe  the  current  status of each capital
  project which has a total estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars
  or more and which was included in the previously adopted plan.
    (c) In addition to the annual update, a quarterly capital plan  status
  report shall be provided to the authority members and shall include, but
  not  be  limited  to, a description of any material change in the scope,
  cost, funding or time of initiation or completion of a project which has
  a total estimated cost of one  hundred  thousand  dollars  or  more,  as
  adopted  in  the plan. The first such report shall cover the three-month
  period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and shall be
  submitted no later than thirty  days  after  the  end  of  the  quarter.
  Thereafter,  quarterly  reports  shall  be  submitted on the last day of
  October, January, April, and July of each year.
    3. (a) On or before October first, nineteen hundred  ninety-four,  and
  annually  thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall adopt
  an operating finance plan for  the  five-year  period  commencing  April
  first.  The  plan  shall include the annual estimated operating cost for
  the  following  authority  functions:  fixed  bus   operations,   demand
  responsive  bus  operations,  and any aviation facilities and any marine
  facilities for which it currently has, or shall  assume  responsibility.
  The plan shall include the proposed method of financing for the level of
  service  defined  for each year of the plan and shall fully allocate the
  authority's general costs to each of the above separate  functions.  The
  plan   shall  provide  a  narrative  describing  the  overall  financial
  condition of the operating budget of the authority.
    (b) In addition to  the  annual  update,  quarterly  operating  budget
  reports  shall  be  prepared  for the authority members on the financial
  condition of each of the authority's functions. The  first  such  report
  shall  cover  the  three-month  period  commencing April first, nineteen
  hundred ninety-five and shall be submitted no  later  than  thirty  days
  after  the  end  of  the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be
  submitted on the last day of October, January, April, and July  of  each
  year.  The  reports  shall  include  a  budgetary comparison of the most
  recent quarter and year-to-date actual revenue and expenditures with the
  same time period in the previous year and with the projections for  that
  time  period based on the board approved budget. The reporting for fixed
  route bus operations shall be separate from  the  reporting  for  demand
  responsive bus service.
    4.  Any and all reports, including interim reports, shall be submitted
  to the director of the division  of  the  budget,  the  commissioner  of
  transportation  and  the chief executive officers of Albany, Rensselaer,
  Saratoga, and Schenectady counties, the county legislatures  of  Albany,
  Rensselaer,  Saratoga, and Schenectady counties, the temporary president
  of the senate, the speaker of the  assembly,  the  chairpersons  of  the
  senate  finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee, and
  the chairpersons of the senate and assembly transportation committees.