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Idaho Transportation Department Agency Summary Department History In 1950, the Department of Highways was created. In 1974, the Department of Highways, Department of Aeronautics and Public Transportation Section were combined to form the Idaho Transportation Department. In 1982, motor vehicle functions were transferred to Transportation from the Department of Law Enforcement. In 1995, the Idaho Transportation Board was increased from three members to seven members, one representing each of the six department districts, plus a chairman appointed by the Governor. Each of the six board members is approved by the Idaho Senate and appointed for a six-year term, scheduled to expire on a staggered basis. The chairman serves at the pleasure of the Governor.

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Advisory Groups – ITD has a number of outside groups that serve in some advisory capacity to the Department or the Board.

Authorized by Idaho statute Idaho Aeronautics Advisory Board

Idaho Automobile Dealers Advisory Board Public Transportation Advisory Council

Public Transportation Interagency Working Group Local Highway Technical Assistance Council

Idaho Traffic Safety Commission

Authorized by Idaho Transportation Board Policy Freight Advisory Committee

Scenic Byway Advisory Committee Trucking Advisory Council

(TAC replaces the Motor Carrier Advisory Committee which was dissolved in 2009)

Restructuring The goal was three-fold – reduce the layers of supervision for a more efficient operation, have decisions made closest to where the work is being done, and align functions to eliminate duplication of effort. Decision-making authority is now more appropriately delegated. The restructuring reduced ITD’s 1,833 employee workforce by more than 10 percent to 1,648 in fiscal year 2019. At that same time, the department’s performance indicators have improved. The new organization chart reduced ITD’s layers of supervision from nine to five:

Director Executive Officers Administrators Managers First-Line Supervisors

ITD’s reorganization was so successful that it earned the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President’s Award for Administration. The Division of Motor Vehicles recently completed an additional reorganization to further increase efficiency and effectiveness. DMV lowered the number of supervisors from 26 to 17 and reduced managers from seven to five. Supervisors and managers now have expanded scopes of work and span of control. ITD continues to look for opportunities to restructure where additional efficiencies can be achieved.

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Department Services Provided Division of Highways ITD’s Highways personnel perform statewide highway maintenance functions and direct construction projects that improve the state’s highway system; administer federal-aid safety improvement projects and safety tasks; manage federal transit grant programs and encourage coordinated transportation services; develop projects to improve state and local highway systems to save lives; and coordinate transportation research efforts. Motor Vehicles The Division of Motor Vehicles manages driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations (both private and commercial), license plates, vehicle titles, and ports of entry, as well as other programs associated with these activities. Motor Vehicles also works to meet the needs and expectations of motor vehicle customers and the county sheriffs and assessors who work as the Department’s agents. Administration The Division of Administration develops long-range budgetary plans and project programming; provides agency direction; provides legal representation and services for the Department; operates and provides security for information systems; provides intergovernmental coordination and legislative analysis at the local, state and national levels; provides communication services to the public; coordinates safety and risk management; provides employee services, financial services, internal audit, business and support management; administers the design, building and maintenance of Department facilities; and performs economic and program research activities. Aeronautics The Division of Aeronautics assists Idaho municipalities in developing their airports; manages 31 state owned rural airstrips; registers aircraft; provides pilot safety programs; leads search and rescue efforts for missing aircraft; and operates the state's aircraft fleet. Major accomplishments

• ITD’s restructuring under Director Ness reduced the agency’s layers of supervision from nine to five, with a vision to keep decisions closest to where the work is being done, eliminate duplication of efforts, improve efficiency and increase accountability. The effort was so successful that it earned the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President’s Award for Administration.

• ITD recently reduced its workforce by more than 10 percent, despite an increase in highway construction workload.

• ITD developed an innovative Horizontal Career Path program that compensates participating employees based on their skills and abilities, not the number of people they supervise, or

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the number of layers beneath them. The pay levels within each horizontal career path are based on time, training, testing, and teamwork. This program incentivizes employees to perform at higher levels. ITD has received interest from other states in learning about Horizontal Career Paths.

• Since Innovate ITD started in 2014, there have been 916 innovations, generating nearly 188,000 hours saved, more than 500 customer-service improvements, and $8.5 million in savings and efficiencies that can be applied back to Idaho’s roads and bridges.

• ITD’s “Swarm the Storm” staffing approach uses technology and advanced weather forecasting to improve storm response. This allowed ITD to reduce maintenance staffing levels by six percent and increase winter mobility.

• ITD’s crews increased the time highways are clear of snow and ice during storms from 28 percent in 2010 to 85 percent in 2018, allowing traffic to flow freely even when winter was at its worst.

• ITD has received 225 total awards since 2014, and 72 national awards in that time. • In June 2018, ITD was selected for a $90.24 million federal INFRA grant for the I-84 Karcher

Interchange to Franklin Boulevard project. The grant application was strengthened by both the innovative use of non-traditional state fund sources to provide match, and partnerships with local governments.

Department Funding

• Dedicated Funding – the department’s funding comes primarily from user fees, dedicated to transportation.

• In 2015, the Idaho Legislature directed certain general fund revenue to transportation. Through FY18, one-half of the general fund surplus was dedicated to transportation (split 60/40 between ITD and local jurisdictions in FY17 and FY18). In addition, a portion of sales tax revenue ($15.7 million in 2018) is dedicated to congestion mitigation on the state highway system.

• The Constitution guarantees ITD certain funding in Article VII, Section 17

o SECTION 17. GASOLINE TAXES AND MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES TO BE EXPENDED ON HIGHWAYS. On and after July 1, 1941, the proceeds from the imposition of any tax on gasoline and like motor vehicle fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon the highways of this state and from any tax or fee for the registration of motor vehicles, in excess of the necessary costs of collection and administration and any refund or credits authorized by law, shall be used exclusively for the construction, repair, maintenance and traffic supervision of the public highways of this state and the payment of the interest and principal of obligations incurred for said purposes; and no part of such revenues shall, by transfer of funds or otherwise, be diverted to any other purposes whatsoever.

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• Section 40-708, Idaho Code, requires that all revenues that accumulate in the State Highway

Account can only be spent on the state highway system. o It is the declared policy of the legislature that, except as otherwise provided, all

highway-user revenues accruing to the state highway account be spent exclusively for the maintenance, construction and development of highways and bridges in the state highway system. (from The Idaho Fiscal Sourcebook, 2017 Edition, compiled and published by the Legislative Services Office)

• In Idaho Code, Title 40, Highways and Bridges; Title 49, Motor Vehicles o Various fees are authorized for services and permits

• Federal funding - The US Congress appropriates revenue to states under the national

transportation bill, historically reauthorized every six years. In December 2015 the President signed a new bill, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which is a five-year bill that expires in the year 2020. Approximately two thirds of this funding comes from the federal Highway Trust Fund, with sources including but not limited to gas and diesel fuel taxes, heavy tire and heavy vehicle use taxes. The remainder is provided by general fund monies as designated by the US Congress.

• The state accounting system is the clearing house for the deposit and expenditure of federal

funds for various revenues and appropriations. o The department submits billings and is reimbursed for federally authorized

expenditures within the limitations of our legislative appropriation and available federal funding.

Critical Needs and Funding Changes ITD’s short term and long term needs are being updated regularly and reported yearly as shown below. Maintenance needs are a problem both in the short term and long term. Safety and capacity needs may be viewed as more long term needs. However, many of these projects are needed for the short term due to critical safety problems or a crucial economic/mobility opportunity. Population growth is further straining the capacity of transportation corridors in rapidly growing areas. Funding increases in recent years have decreased the annual, ongoing transportation revenue shortfall for highway maintenance (as identified in the 2010 Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Funding report) from $262 million to $153 million for both state and local systems. The annual, ongoing transportation funding shortfall for safety and capacity has been reduced from $281 million to $253.7 million. However, the needs identified during the task force did not account for Idaho’s current rapid growth.

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Board - Director - Division Administrators

LegalChief Legal Counsel

Idaho Transportation Board

Scott Stokes Brenda Williams Travis McGrath Char McArthur

CommunicationsGovernmental RelationsProgram ManagerVince Trimboli

$97,800

$138,200

Chief Administrative OfficerDivision of Administration

Department DirectorBrian Ness, $209,400

Exec. Assist. to BoardSecretary to the Board

Sue HigginsLarry Allen

$66,800

Program ManagerMollie McCarty

$100,800

$168,400 $126,200 $159,300

Chief Deputy Director Chief Human Resource Officer Chief Operating OfficerDeputy Director Human Resources Division of Highway Operations

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Admin ServicesBusiness Operations Manager

Financial ServicesFinancial Executive Officer

Dave TolmanFrancine McGrewIT Division Administrator

Chief Administrative OfficerChar McArthur, $138,200

Business & Support Management Internal ReviewProgram Manager

Enterprise Technology ServicesBusiness Support Manager

Michelle Doane

Financial Planning & AnalysisFinancial Officer

Joel DrakeChris VictoryMichelle Yankovich

Division of Administration

$64,200 $78,600 $113,500 $110,300 $100,800$77,600

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Division of Motor Vehicles

Division AdministratorAlberto Gonzalez, $106,500

Motor Vehicle Administration System Transformation & Reporting Policy and Program Management Operations Compliance

$86,400

Business Operations Manager Program Manager Program Manager Program Manager

$62,900 $79,100 $81,700 $79,000

Program Manager

Beverlie Edwards Lisa McLellan Pat Carr Bonnie Fogdall Reymundo Rodriguez

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Damon Allen David Kuisti Amy Revis Devin Rigby Jason MinzghorEd BalaDistrict Engineer Manager District Engineer Manager District Engineer Manager District Engineer Manager District Engineer ManagerDistrict Engineer Manager

Division of Highway Operations

Chief Operations Officer Travis McGrath, $159,300

District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 6District 5

$89,100

Administration

EngineeringEngineer Manager

Marvin Fenn$97,500

Operations

AdministrationBusiness Operations Manager

Drue Hatfield$58,400

OperationsEngineer ManagerBob Schumacher

Business Operations ManagerDennis Lenz

$58,400


Engineer ManagerJerry Wilson Scott Malone

$107,100


Mark Porter$57,700


Brian Poole$101,000

OperationsEngineer ManagerBob Gertonson

$95,300

Engineer ManagerTodd Hubbard

$83,100

OperationsEngineer Manager


Dan Pierson$64,300

Engineering

Karen Hiatt$100,400



Peter Jensen$67,300

Engineering

HQ - Engineering ServicesDivision Administrator

Blake Rindlisbacher

Kevin Sablan

Materials / ConstructionEngineer ManagerJohn Bilderback

Contracting Services

Engineer ManagerDesign & Traffic Services

HQ - AdministrationBusiness Operations Manager

Linda Brown

Right-of-WayProgram Manager

Justin Pond

BridgeEngineer Manager

Matt Farrar

Central LabsProgram Manager

Program ManagerWendy Terlizzi

Data AnalyticsProgram Manager

Environmental Programs

$68,800

HQ - Engineering Products & PlansDivision Administrator

Vacant

John Tomlinson

Mobility ServicesEngineer Manager

Nestor Fernandez

Program ManagerHighway Safety

$121,300 $109,900 $134,200

$72,800 $140,400

$83,000 $71,300

$107,400

$93,200


Vacant


Caleb Lakey & Jason Brinkman $98,800 & $107,900


Michael Garz$84,300

Doral Hoff$95,100

$119,600 $121,400 $109,900

Program ManagementProgram Manager

Randy Gill$108,600

$103,300

$93,600

$74,700

$93,600

$79,600

$93,600

$87,700

Tracy McGillick

Planning ServicesPlanning Manager

Ken Kanowiak

Mark Snyder

Engineer ManagerMonica Crider

Jesse Barrus$95,100

Engineer Manager

Airport Maintenance ServicesAirport Manager

Dan Conner$54,900

Division of Aeronautics

Division Administrator

$71,900

Airport Planning & ImprovementsProject Manager

Bill Statham

Mike Pape, $100,000

State Aircraft PoolFlight Operations Director

Ross Engle$77,000

Idaho Transportation Department’s Authority Based in Statute

• Title 21 – Aeronautics – Defines authority and responsibility and assigns general supervision over aeronautics in Idaho to the department.

• Title 40 – Highways, Bridges, and Transit – Establishes the department as an executive branch agency, headed by the Idaho Transportation Board, with responsibility to improve and maintain the state (and federal) highway systems in Idaho and monitor all federal funding to Idaho for transit.

• Title 49 – Motor Vehicles – Assigns responsibility for vehicle registration and licenses, driver licenses, ports of entry, and the adoption and enforcement of administrative rules as needed to carry out the provisions in statute.

PCN EMPLOYEE NAME HOURLY PAY RATE

ANNUAL RATE CLASS CODE TITLE PAY LOCATION

4005 ALLEN, KIMBOL R. $62.45 $129,896.00 TRANS ENGINEERING DIV ADMIN DEPP/ENGRG PRODUCTS & PLA

6287 GONZALEZ, CRUZ A. $51.21 $106,516.80 MOTOR DIVISION ADMIN MOTOR VEHICLE ADMIN

1040 GONZALEZ, JENNIFER $24.68 $51,334.40 PUBLIC INFO SPEC DISTRICT 3 ADMINISTRATION

5098 HIGGINS, SUE S. $32.13 $66,830.40 EXEC ASST/SEC TO THE BOARD DIRECTOR

6202 HOLLINSHEAD, REED E. $25.74 $53,539.20 PUBLIC INFO SPEC OFFC OF COMMUNICATIONS

0255 KOTOWSKI, WILLIAM S. $22.36 $46,508.80 PUBLIC INFO SPEC OFFC OF COMMUNICATIONS

3525 MCARTHUR, CHARLENE R. $66.45 $138,216.00 CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER/DPTY DIR ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT

2600 MCCARTY, MOLLIE L. $48.48 $100,838.40 GOVRNMTL AFFAIRS PRG MGR, ITD GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

2965 MCGRATH, TRAVIS C. $76.63 $159,390.40 CHF OPERATIONS OFFCR/DPTY DIR CHIEF ENGINEER & MNGMNT S

1274 MELDER, JACOB P. $22.71 $47,236.80 PUBLIC INFO SPEC OFFC OF COMMUNICATIONS

4090 NESS, BRIAN W. $100.68 $209,414.40 DIRECTOR TRANS DEPT DIRECTOR

4700 PAPE, MICHAEL S. $48.11 $100,068.80 AERONAUTICS DIV ADMIN AERONAUTICS

1891 REVIS, AMY E. $64.55 $134,264.00 TRANS ENGINEERING DIV ADMIN DISTRICT 3 ADMINISTRATION

0300 RINDLISBACHER, BLAKE A. $67.54 $140,483.20 TRANS ENGINEERING DIV ADMIN DES/ENGINEERING SERVICES

5053 SAUSSER, MEGAN L. $18.87 $39,249.60 PUBLIC INFO SPEC OFFC OF COMMUNICATIONS

0240 STARK, MEGAN K. $21.00 $43,680.00 PUBLIC INFO SPEC DISTRICT 6 ADMINISTRATION

1312 STOKES, LARRY S. $81.00 $168,480.00 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ITD DIRECTOR

4701 TRIMBOLI, VINCENT P. $47.03 $97,822.40 PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER, ITD OFFC OF COMMUNICATIONS

5092 VICTORY, CHRISTOPHER M. $54.60 $113,568.00 IT DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR, ITD ENTERPRISE TECH SVCS

3505 WILLIAMS, BRENDA $60.68 $126,214.40 CHIEF HR OFFICER/DPTY DIR HUMAN RESOURCES

0941 WILLIAMS, JESSICA A. $22.00 $45,760.00 PUBLIC INFO SPEC DISTRICT 4 ADMINISTRATION

As of 8/15/2018

Summary of Idaho Transportation Department Facilities

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Headquarters is located at 3311 State Street in Boise. This building is owned and maintained by ITD. The building is approximately 84,848 square feet and was built in 1961. ITD Headquarters also has a Business and Support Management Building built in 1971 that is 45,170 square feet and an Operations Annex building built in 1971 that is 42,176 square feet. There are 630 employees at this facility. The future status of this campus remains in question, including whether a new location would be desirable. The state’s recent purchase of the HP complex on US-20/26 has brought up possibilities for a future relocation as well. The Division of Aeronautics administrative office is located at 3483 W. Rickenbacker Street at the Boise Airport. This division office has 13 employees and a hangar for three aircraft. The building is approximately 8,000 square feet. This building is owned by the State of Idaho and the land is leased from the City of Boise. However, the City of Boise has indicated that due to airport expansion they wish to move our division to an alternate location prior to the lease termination date of 2025. The vacate goal is December of 2020. Therefore, we are currently in negotiations to relocate, due to the planned Boise airport expansion. ITD breaks the state down into six districts. The districts each have an administrative office site that is owned by ITD. • The District 1 Administrative Office is located in the Idaho Panhandle at 600 W. Prairie Avenue in Coeur d’ Alene and is served by 167 employees . The building is approximately 31,864 square feet and was built in 1990. • The District 2 Administrative Office is located in North Central Idaho at 2600 Frontage Road in Lewiston and is served by 138 employees. The building is approximately 17,499 square feet and was built in 1946. • The District 3 Administrative Office is located in West Central Idaho at 8150 Chinden Boulevard in Boise and is served by 204 employees. The building is approximately 30,359 square feet and was built in 1960. • The District 4 Administrative Office is located in South Central Idaho at 216 S. Date Street in Shoshone and is served by 145 employees. The building is approximately 17,920 square feet and was built beginning in 1955. At this time, ITD is exploring a potential relocation of the office to the Twin Falls area in order to better fulfill employment and regional needs. • The District 5 Administrative Office is located in South East Idaho at 5151 S. 5th in Pocatello and is served by 138 employees. The building is approximately 21,182 square feet and was built in 1982.

As of 8/15/2018

• The District 6 Administrative Office is located in East Central Idaho at 206 N. Yellowstone Highway in Rigby and is served by 147 employees. The building is approximately 21,942 square feet and was built in 1952. ITD has no leased facilities other than the land lease for the Division of Aeronautics’ administrative office, located at 3382 W. Rickenbacker Street at the Boise Airport.

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