EXPLANATION OF $1,172 INCREASE

11 Personnel compensation ($818+):

$

176+ Annualization in FY 1974 of wage grade pay increase granted in FY 1973.

590+ Annualization in FY 1974 of 78 additional full-time and 19 additional part-time spaces granted in
FY 1973.

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59+

One less holiday (Inauguration Day) in FY 1974.

Greater employee costs in FY 1974 which were reduced in FY 1973 due to personnel and salary
restrictions (GS grade reduction).

12 Personnel benefits ($69+):

$

58+ Agency contributions to personnel benefits funds such as retirement, social security and insurance are estimated to be greater based on pay increases ($16) and salary increases ($42+) listed

above.

11+ The cost to the Home of employees' compensation benefits is greater than paid in FY 1973.

23 Rent, communications, and utilities ($9+):

$

5+ Increased use of electricity for new hospital wing (full year operation).
4+ Annualizing in FY 1974, phone and gas rate increases granted in FY 1973.

25 Other services ($53+):

Install street lights and cable ($3); replace toilet partitions - hospital ($17); replace stairway - hospital clock tower ($2)

FY 1973 ($22)

FY 1974 ($40)

26 Supplies and materials ($102+):

$

30+ Increased number of .rations (29 more hospital $14+; 35 more domiciliary $16+).

13+ Increased cost of rations (4 more for hospital $8+; 1c more for domiciliary $5+). 28+ Increased use of supplies for greater membership (hospital $26+; domiciliary $2+).

23+ Increased cost of supplies ($46 per annum more for hospital $21; $1 more per annum for domiciliary $2+).

8+

Increase use and cost of other supplies (office, maintenance, laundry).

31 Equipment ($111+):

$

91+ The basic bedroom furniture in the Scott Building (847 units) is 20 years old; the furniture in the
Grant Building (262 units) and the Sherman North Building (170 units) is over 40 years old. The
first phase of a five-year plan of replacement of these units is included in FY 1974.
Each new
unit, costing $340, consists of one each of the following: bed, desk, lounge chair, desk chair,
floor lamp, desk lamp, and miscellaneous small items. Approximately 195 lounge chairs in TV and
day rooms need replacing. Included in FY 1974 is the first phase of a 5-year replacement plan
for this equipment.
30+ Replacement of a mechanical bookkeeping machine which is no longer manufactured and for which parts
are difficult to obtain. The replacement machine is solid state, provides capability for
expanding and modifying accounting system, is quieter, and should meet the Home's requirements
for at least 10 15 years. Rental is more costly than purchase.

10

A reduction in other equipment is scheduled for FY 1974.

32 Lands and structures ($10+):

FY 1973 ($50)

$ 10+ Increase in number and variety of nonrecurring maintenance contracts:
Replace dampers and controls and balance air conditioning - Stanley Hall ($3); replace heating coils-various buildings ($5),
install toilet-Service Area ($8); extend lawn sprinkler system ($2); replace sterile steam tank-domiciliary kitchen ($11);
replace water lines to Sheridan Building ($9); repair valves-Sheridan Building ($4); replace sewer lines-Quarters #47 ($8).

FY 1974 ($60)

Replace convectors-Forwood Building ($10); install 3-inch water service main-La Garde Building ($1); install pressure reducing valves-Sisters Quarters, Sheridan Building and north converter room ($9); install hot water generators-Sisters Quarters and Sherman North Building ($4); install steam line-Sherman North and Annex Building ($1); replace cold water lines-Grant Building ($3); replace heating lines-Old Chapel and Quarters #40 ($7); modify water main at water tower ($12); install 2,500-gallon gasoline tank at service station ($2); construct comfort station for members ($11).

LANGUAGE

CAPACITY

STANDARD CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE FOR OBLIGATIONS (In thousands of dollars)

32 Lands and structure ($2,256+):

95-751 - 73 - pt. 6-4

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$1,975+ Construction funds for the renovation and restoration of the south section of the Sherman Domiciliary
Building are included in the FY 1974 request. Capital outlay funds of $128,000 have already been
expended for planning the renovation of this building for the housing of all administrative
activities of the Home. This building which was constructed in 1854 and is the architectural
and focal center of the Home's facilities has been designated by the National Capital Planning
Commission and the Fine Arts Commission as a landmark of importance which contributes significantly
to the cultural heritage and visual beauty of the District of Columbia and its environs. Eventually
planned for use as a central administrative facility, its renovation and restoration will permit its
use as a temporary domiciliary for housing 150 members until new domiciliary construction is
completed in the fall of 1977. Based on the projected increase of 56 members per year, domiciliary
bed requirements will increase at the rate of 45 per year (80% of 56), and will total 2,381 by
June 1977. The current standard domiciliary capacity of 2,168 beds is already exhausted, necessi-
tating the use of some of the Home's 119 sub-standard bed spaces which, in turn, are expected to be
exhausted by May 1975. From that time until the fall of 1977, temporary bed space in Sherman South
will be required.

386+ Final plans and specifications for a 330-bed domiciliary building are included in the FY 1974 request.

These plans cover the first of 3 domiciliary buildings eventually planned for the western section
of the Home grounds. The planning will include parking areas, truck delivery hard stands, roads,
and utility design which can be used for the entire 3-building complex. The first building will
include facilities for dining, a theater, and a library to serve the whole complex.

70+ Funds for developing a new garden area are included in the FY 1974 request. The 3-building domiciliary
complex will be constructed on the site now used by members of the Home for individual gardens.
Funds include roads, parking, a tool shed, and toilet facilities.

90+ Preliminary planning funds for adding a center wing to an existing hospital building are included in the
FY 1974 request. These plans provide for the construction, by the fall of 1977, of a 7-floor
addition to the Pipes Hospital Building, and will include clinics and approximately 180 beds.
Although the current standard bed capacity of the hospital is 536, 85% of this number (456) is the
accepted maximum occupancy rate which will provide optimum flexibility for male-female separation,
isolation of contagious diseases, and emergency beds for peak periods. Based on the projected
increase of Home membership of 56 per year, long-standing experience factors indicate that hospital
requirements will increase at the rate of 9 per year (16% of 56). Hence, the current optimum
capacity of 456 beds will meet expected hospital requirements until March 1975, after which
additional patients will progressively increase occupancy to an undesirable rate of 90% in the fall
of 1977 when construction of the new wing will be completed. At that time, increased hospital
capacity will greatly improve the hospital occupancy rate, provide bed space for many years of
increasing Home membership, and permit the phasing out of some beds currently situated in undesir-
able locations in the older hospital buildings.