5.3. SR 11-24-2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM Provides for the administration, operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system, laboratory and lift stations for the sanitary treatment of household, commercial and industrial waste deposited into the sanitary sewer system. 2004 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 2003BUDGET The 2004 wastewater treatment system (WWTS) budget calls for expenditures in the amount of $1,328,150. This represents a $140,150 or 10% decrease from the 2003 budget. The WWTS department includes four full time employees plus one summer seasonal employee. The main reason for the budget decrease is a reduction in the capital outlay expenditures. The 2003 budget included a $250,000 expenditure for a jet/vacuum truck. Overall, the capital outlay expenditures in 2003 were approved in the amount of $290,200. The total 2004 capital outlay proposal is $61,000. Most of this expense is for work on lift stations. Accordingly, the capital outlay budget category is down $229,200 in 2004 as compared to 2003. Excluding this decrease in the capital outlay expenditures, the balance of the WWTS budget is actually up $84,050. Over half of this increase is due to an additional employee being included in the 2004 budget. The balance of the increase is spread throughout various budget line items. The WWTS revenues are projected in the amount of $1,440,000. This is a $35,000 or 2.5% increase over the adopted 2003 budget. All of this increase is in the Sewer Availability Charge (SAC). Part of the 2004 SAC projection is based on a $500 increase in the SAC fee to a total of $2,000 per unit. The $290,000 SAC fee projection equates to 145 single-family home building permits being issues in 2004. This may be conservative but any excess revenues over expenditures will remain in the WWTS fund balance. It should be noted that two major capital improvements are planned for the plant in 2004. These items are not in this operating budget but are identified in the capital improvement program. These two items are the replacement of the digester cover and replacement of the head works part of the treatment plant.