Overall Work Program

SACOG is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) for the Sacramento region, and as such, is eligible to receive certain types of state and federal funds. In addition, as the Council of Governments, SACOG may perform a variety of functions as outlined in its Joint Powers Agreement and its call box legislation. The mandated programs and plans required of SACOG along with the variety of Board approved projects, are described and budgeted in the Overall Work Program (OWP).

The OWP is a constantly changing document; work changes occur during the year to reflect priority, funding and staffing changes. As a working document, the OWP must be amended prior to making changes in work scope, budget, due dates, etc. An amendment process allows changes to be made up until April 1st of each fiscal year. After that, amendments are not processed without an exceptional circumstance. Because of the comprehensive nature of the requirements for the OWP as a funding application, the OWP also serves as the annual blueprint for agency activities during the fiscal year. It includes much more than the required state and federal fund usage; it reflects how the overall resources of the agency will be expended. The budget and OWP are developed along the same time frame and adopted at the same time. The budget document, while separate from the OWP, is a mirror image of the direct costs of the agency.

Overall Work Program Staff