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WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (WWTSI Currently the Treatment Plant has the capacity of 1.7 million gallons per day (mgd). Plans in the not too distant future call for the Plant to be expanded to handle 2.1 mdg. This will cost approximately $1 million. Bonds will have to be issued for this project or else funding will come from the city reserves. Currently the city is srill paying on the 1996 plant expansion. These bonds will be paid off in 2016. After the Plant is expanded to 2.1 mgd, then the next project calls for the Plant to go from 2.1. mgd to 3.0 mgd. This project is anticipated within the 2012-15 time frame. In order to help fmance this expenditure, SAC fees need to be increased. It is proposed that the SAC goes to $2,500 per unit in 2005 and to $3,000 per unit in 2006. Please see the attached memo from the city engineer regarding this proposed increase. It should be noted that the digester cover project, which is an approximately $750,000 project, is scheduled to be completed in later 2004 or early 2005. A second significant capital improvement is planned in 2005. This is the headworks project and it is expected that this project will cost between $1-1.5 million. This project is not in the operating budget and is identified in the capital improvement program. Funding for this project will come out of WWTS reserves. Garbae-e CollectionlRecycline- Pro~ram The proposed 2005 garbage/recycling program has no changes of significance as compared to 2004. There are no rate changes being proposed and no increased payments to the haulers is being considered. The five year contract with the two haulers, BFI and Randy's Sanitation, is being renewed and will expire in October 2009. As part of this contract a payment adjustment will be considered every two years with the first consideration taking place in October 2006. This budget is very straightforward and there are no surprises or changes. This budget operates on a "break-even" basis. As in previous years, almost all the revenue comes from customer charges. In terms of the expenditures, 96% of the expenses go to the haulers and for disposal fees at the RDF Plant. The city pays the Municipal Utilities for billing services. Five percent of the building/environmental administrator's time and the environmental assistant's time are in this budget for the management of the program. The city will continue to offer its recycling rebate program in 2005. The expenditure amount in the 2005 budget of $3,800 is for the 2004 program. The rebate offer in 2004 was $15.00 per household and will be $25.00 per household in 2005. Approximately 250 households took advantage of this program in 2004. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council approve the following: . Continuation of the recycling rebate program A SAC increase effective January 1,2005 and January 1,2006 Approve the municipal liquor operation, WWTS, and the garbage/recycling enterprise fund budgets. . . S:\FINANCE\BUDGE7\2004Budgetf(jf"Parrina\ENIHJNDS.DOC