Chart 4
Sample Public Participation Budget Format

Public Participation Program Budget
Fiscal Year ______

           Public Participation Tasks & Hours per Task

Program Staff	Draft plan info material	Draft plan info work shops	News letter (4 issues)	Press releases, public notices	Advisory committee meeting/ support	Publicity for training program	National Register public meeting	Project mgmt.	Total Hours	$ Rate	Direct Labor Cost
SHPO	16	40	16	24	40	8	20	30	194	25.00	4,850
Plan Spvsr.	40	40	32	32	80		24		248	19.95	4,948
Public Partic. Spec’lst.	60	120	32		480	40		170	902	17.50	15,785
Info Spec’lst.	120	40	320	32	60	24	16		612	15.38	9,413
Program Asst.			24		60				84	14.30	1,201
Editor/ Desktop Publish.	40		48	40	20	12	4		164	17.50	2,870
Student Intern		80							80	10.50	840
Office Secret’y	20	40			40		8		108	11.25	1,215
Subtotal	296	360	472	128	780	84	72	200	2391	--	$39,906

Budget Summary

Notes:

1. A similar form could be created for each public participation task, differentiating among activities within that task.
2. For offices with smaller staffs, perhaps one or two people would do the work that the eight assumed in this sample; perhaps the entire program would be more modest.
3. Public agencies vary on what qualifies as overhead. In this example, it is assumed to include those costs not easily attributable to the public participation of other programs.
4. The budget given in the example does not represent a model or suggested program. It is illustrative only of how the costs of labor and expenses could be included in developing a public participation budget.

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