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'amounts', 'shown', 'relate', 'to', 'the', 'authority', 'requested', 'assuming', 'that', 'leases', 'or', 'other', 'continuing', 'commitments', 'continue', 'for', 'the', 'duration', 'of', 'the', 'contract', 'or', 'the', 'expected', 'holding', 'period', 'of', 'the', 'asset,', 'whichever', 'is', 'longer.', ':', '®@', 'Operating', 'Earnings/(Loss):', 'Using', 'current', 'year', 'levels', 'as', 'the', 'base,', 'show', 'the', 'incremental', 'earnings', 'impact', 'of', 'this', 'proposal.', 'Attach', 'a', 'Schedule', 'showing', 'the', 'components', 'of', 'the', 'calculation.', '‘', '_', '@', 'Corporate', 'Funding', 'Requested:', 'If', 'the', 'funds', 'requested', 'are', 'not', 'covered', 'by', 'departmental', 'budgets,', 'then', 'the', 'Operating', 'Earnings', 'impact', 'required', 'to', 'be', 'funded', 'by', 'Corporate', 'should', 'be', 'included', 'in', 'this', 'line.', '(All', 'requests', 'for', 'Corporate', 'Funding', 'require', 'CEO', 'approval.)', 'Signature', 'Area:', 'After', 'an', 'AR', 'originator', 'has', 'Included', 'reviewer', 'comments', 'and', 'approvals,', 'It', 'should', 'be', 'routed', 'to', 'Comptroller', '-', 'Policies', 'and', 'Procedures', 'for', 'further', 'routing.', 'Approved', 'ARs', 'will', 'be', 'returned', 'to', 'the', 'originator.', '®', 'Reviews:', 'The', 'originator', 'should', 'circulate', 'AR', 'copies', 'to', 'the', 'appropriate', 'Individuals', 'primarily', 'affected', 'by', 'the', 'proposal', 'and', 'their', 'department', 'management.', 'Specific', 'review', 'requirements', 'are', 'contained', 'in', 'the', 'AR', 'and', 'Operating', 'Guideline', 'policies.', 'Indicate', 'the', 'date', 'and', 'initials', 'of', 'the', "reviewer's", 'approval.', 'Attach', 'a', 'summary', 'of', 'any', 'significant', 'review', 'issues', 'not', 'incorporated', 'Into', 'the', 'proposal', 'and', 'the', 'resolution.', '®@', 'Approvals:', 'Include', 'Officers', 'according', 'to', 'the', 'approval,', 'concurrence', 'and', 'review', 'requirements', 'in', 'the', 'Operating', 'Guidelines.', 'Delegation', 'of', 'Authority', 'to', 'Implement', 'the', 'Proposal:', 'Determine', 'those', 'people', 'that', 'will', 'receive', 'the', 'standard', 'amounts', 'of', 'delegated', 'authority', 'shown', 'below', '(but', 'not', 'to', 'exceed', 'the', 'authority', 'requested).', 'This', 'authority', 'provides', 'the', 'person(s)', 'with', 'the', 'authority', 'to', 'sign', "'", 'standard', 'contracts', 'and', 'invoices', 'related', 'to', 'the', 'approved', 'AR.', 'If', 'no', 'person', 'is', 'shown,', 'the', 'AR', 'will', 'be', 'implemented', 'by', 'persons', 'using', 'their', 'existing', 'delegated', 'authority..', 'Do', 'Not', 'indicate', 'any', 'persons', 'in', 'this', 'area', 'if', 'the', 'proposal', 'does', 'not', 'require', 'delegated', 'authority', '(e.g.', 'head-count', 'change', 'ARs).', '®@', 'Implementor/Project', 'Manager:', 'Person', 'receiving', '$100,000', 'delegated', 'authority', 'to', 'implement', 'the', 'proposal.', "'S", '®', 'Project', 'Client', 'Representative', '(Applicable', 'to', 'Capital', 'Project', 'ARs', 'Only):', 'Person', 'in', 'client', 'organization', 'directing', 'the', 'project', 'manager', 'regarding', 'project', 'scope', 'and', 'schedule', 'and', 'receiving', '$300,000', 'delegated', 'authority', 'to', 'implement', 'the', 'proposal.', '@', 'Department', 'Management:', 'Person', 'receiving', '$500,000', 'delegated', 'authority', 'to', 'implement', 'the', 'proposal.', ' ', 'SOE', 'Qbs0G', 'i', 'é.']