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programs, planning and assessments, security operations and equipment purchases and training,
exercise and public awareness efforts.
ARRA Law Enforcement Grant: $2.1M
o 2009 ARRA TSGP Operations Package - $2.1M: Amtrak will use these grant funds to pay for
personnel costs such as salary, overtime and benefits for 16 officers for a 36 month period plus
the costs to outfit them with standard equipment such as uniforms and radios as well as
specialized equipment to carry out their appointed duties such as explosive detection equipment
and consumables for screening teams and vehicles and kennels for canine teams.
Engineering
Overview of the Department
Amtrak’ s Engineering department can be described as an engineering firm and operating/construction
company responsible for keeping infrastructure in a state of good repair. That includes maintenance,
testing, and inspection of Amtrak’ s physical infrastructure, including track, signals, electric traction,
tunnels, and bridges on Amtrak owned right of way and stations and facilities along the right of way. The
group is responsible for the maintenance and overhaul of roadway machines and equipment used in the
operation. In addition to the core maintenance activities, the group is also responsible for developing and
executing the plan to bring the infrastructure into a state of good repair, and support reimbursable project
activity in conjunction with state and local agencies on and along our right of way.
Base Activity:
Engineering’ s FY12 base budget is $289.9M, with Initiatives of $0.4M and target budget reductions of
($14.5M) for a total budget request of $275.8M.
A summary of the FY12 changes includes the following:
o Inflation of Prior Year expenses including labor agreements $7.3M
o Increase in costs for Reimbursable Services offset by Increase in Reimbursable revenue $10.3M
o Decrease in Wages ($12.8M)
o Decrease in Overtime and employee related expenses due to unexpected additional work for
weather conditions in FY11 and anticipated less activity in FY12 ($6.4M)
o Decrease in benefit expenses due to decrease in Wages and change in benefit rates ($8.2M)
o Decrease in Material expense due to less expected activity in FY12 for core operation ($1.3M)
o Increase in Building Maintenance due to new facilities in Los Angeles, Seattle, Hialeah, and
upgrades in Oakland $6.2M
o Increase in FELA allocated cost due to change in methodology in FY11 $1.3M
o Increase in Professional Fees due to ventilation fans maintenance $6.4M
o Decrease in Outsourced Services due to maintenance cost transferred to IT Department ($1.4M)
o Increase in Maintenance of Way services due to additional cost of tree trimming $2.7M
o Decrease in transfer credits to capital projects due to reduced capital activity in FY12 $15.4M
o Other ($0.9M)
New Activity:
New activity in the department totals $0.4M and is primarily driven by continuing safety operation
improvements.
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