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Office Expenses ■ Office expenses are budgeted $14,400 higher than the 2018 level. ■ The building maintenance line-item was increased by$10,000. With the building and property ageing, more costly maintenance issues may arise. Building maintenance includes the furnace/AC maintenance contract, lawn care, snow removal, carpet and window cleaning, fire inspection, and landscaping and building mechanical services. • The building utilities line item was increased by $5,000. Actual costs for 2017 were higher than anticipated, so the line item has been increased to insure adequate funding for paying bills. Building utilities include sewer, water, gas, and electric. • Insurance includes all property, liability, crime, volunteer, vehicle, and monument sign coverage. • Office supply line item includes all office supplies, and maintenance contracts on printers and copiers. ■ The Telephone/Internet/Web Hosting line-item remains the same as the 2018 budget. This line-item was increased in 2018 to cover data transport for City video and data. NMTV continues to pay a fee to house video-on-demand content on a remote server. This allows for unlimited simultaneous viewing, without a reduction in speed. The line-item also covers the wireless live transmission of sporting events and other field productions. The website maintenance contract, web hosting, telephone costs, and the annual phone software upgrade are also included. • Postage covers the cost of mailing dubs and equipment for contract maintenance, and other postage for the NMTC. • Property tax is for the recycling assessment. • Building cleaning, trash, recycling, and hazardous material disposal/recycling. Capital Expenditures ■ The 2019 capital budget is set at $450,615. Over half of this amount is dedicated to the HD bond payment of$230,475. Capital items for 2019 include Makito X transport systems for two Cities, Tightrope streaming Servers and related equipment for six Cities, replacement of Studio A's wireless microphone system (the government has reallocated the frequencies NMTV currently uses so new mics are required), two new tripod systems for the production truck (only three new systems were purchased during the upgrade, to save money, and the two old systems no longer function well)field cameras, and the annual maintenancelsupporUinsurance contracts for City and NMTV Tightrope, Ross, Haivision and Carousel equipment. The 2019 capital equipment budget is set at $187,640. • Office equipment includes routine computer and software upgrades, and software licenses for office and editing computers • Parking lot repairs and re-striping. Summary • Operating expenses have been budgeted at $13,525 more than in 2018. There were reductions in the anticipated administrative expenses, but increase in building and personnel costs. 34