The Office of General Services (OGS) provides four major categories of services to State agencies including:

• Custodial, maintenance, security and utility services at non-institutional State buildings;

• Centralized services on a General Fund chargeback basis, including communication and design and construction;

• Procurement and lease contract negotiations; and

• Surplus State lands conveyances services.

The Office is included in the Public Protection and General Government appropriation bill.

The Executive proposes an All Funds appropriation of $416,347,600, a net decrease of $166,940,000 or 28.6 percent of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2002-03 funding levels.

State Operations

The Executive recommends an All Funds appropriation of $290,847,600, a net decrease of $97,940,400 below SFY 2002-03.

The Executive recommendation includes a $117,031,000 General Fund appropriation which reflects:

• a $1,480,000 net decrease in State Operations nonpersonal service (NPS) funding associated with the agency's utility costs consumption; and

• a $6,432,000 net decrease in agency expenditures reflecting personal service savings achieved through the agency's early retirement program.

The Executive also recommends a $7,600,000 Special Revenue Funds-Federal appropriation reflecting no change from SFY 2002-03. This appropriation is for services and expenses associated with administering the national lunch program which distributes surplus food to the needy.

The Special Revenue Funds-Other appropriation of $13,923,000 reflects a net decrease of $150,000 from current year funding level due to a reduction in funding needed to maintain Cuba Lake.

The Executive recommends a $150,083,600 Internal Service Funds appropriation, a net decrease of $89,485,400 from current year funding level. The decrease reflects the savings achieved due to the shifting of the State's telecommunication network, formally staffed and managed by OGS, to the Office for Technology.

The Executive recommends Fiduciary Funds appropriations totaling $1,119,000, reflecting no change from SFY 2002-03. This appropriation includes the Plaza Special Events account and the contingent appropriation for the Executive Mansion Trust.

Capital Projects

The Executive recommends $125,500,000 in new Capital appropriations, representing a $69,000,000 net decrease from SFY 2002-03 levels. This appropriation reflects the following actions:

• $13,000,000 is appropriated for design and construction supervision;
• $19,500,000 is appropriated for Elk Street Garage;
• $23,000,000 is appropriated for health and safety related activities;
• $58,000,000 is appropriated for preservation of facilities;
• $5,000,000 is appropriated for State Capitol; and
• $7,000,000 is appropriated for preventive maintenance related activities.