Lake City Report for December
18th
Posted December 28,
2009
by City Manager Wendell Johnson and
staff
From the desk of the City Manager
Water/Sewer Rate Study:
The City of Lake City Water, Wastewater and
Reclaimed Water Rate Study has been in the planning
phase for several months.
The objectives of the Study are:
1. Formulate a structure
for residential and commercial customers with provisions
to encourage conservation
2. Develop rates based
on costs of services and community standards
3. Generate sufficient
revenue to meet projected fiscal requirements including
a 3-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
4. Provide a means for
multi-year projections to identify potential impacts of
alternative capital funding programs. The key
components of the CIP are to construct the proposed
Kicklighter Road Waster Treatment Plant and to upgrade
the St. Margaret’s WWT Plant. The City Staff will
present the Study for Council consideration on December
21, 2009:
Recommended Action:
1. Adopt the City of Lake City Rate Study with
understandings as follows:
a. Rename Service Availability Charge to Base
Charge; no Base Charge assessment to inactive customers.
This action will result in an estimated loss of $420,000
in water/sewer revenues which should be recouped by the
established rates.
b. Establish water and waste water rates to
recoup revenue losses ($420,000 lost revenue) from
inactive customers; establish reclaimed water rate at
volumetric charge -$0.63 per 1,000 gallons.
c. Adopt the AWWA methodology and meter-size
increments, i.e., the Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU)
standard unit of measure.
d. Authorize the City Attorney and Staff to proceed
with the legislative and public notice processes leading
to implementation of the adjusted water and wastewater
rates and new reclaimed water charge – public notice
requirements will take 90 days.
(The
adoption of the rate study was tabled until January,
after Utility Director, Dave Clanton, discovered some
inconsistencies in the numbers. -- ed.)
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Airport Terminal Project: Passero
Associates, LLC completed the bid opening on December
18, 2009 and eleven (11) bids were received. The City
Purchasing Director and Passero will complete the
“tabulation” during the next few days and a staff
proposal for bid award will be presented to the Council
on January 18, 2010.
Annual Employee Awards:
Award nominations for 2009 will be taken through
January 10, 2010. The categories are: 1)
Dedication, 2) Achievement, 3) Supervisor, and the highest award, 4) Outstanding Employee.
The awards banquet will be held during the last two
weeks of January (22nd or 29th). The details of the
banquet will be distributed in early January.
The City Staff Report is available in pdf format
here.