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From YouTube: Proposed FY2024 Utilities' operating budget & the FY2024-2033 Capital Improvement Program 2-22-2023
Description
This work session provided a comprehensive review of the Utilities Department's proposed FY2024 operating budget and FY2024-2033 Capital Improvement Program. Proposed increases in the water and wastewater commodity charges and the water capacity charge will result in a monthly combined water and wastewater increase of $1.80, or 2.96 percent, for an average residential customer using 7 CCF's per month. There are no increases proposed for the water and wastewater capital cost recovery charges.
A
C
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board,
Dr
Casey,
it's
my
pleasure
to
present
to
you
the
department
of
utilities,
fiscal
year,
24
proposed
budget
I'd
like
to
recognize
two
of
my
staff
members
are
here
today
that
work
so
hard
on
this
budget.
We
have
Debbie
Cosgrove
who's,
our
Financial
Manager
and
Kathy
sobzak
who's,
our
Assistant
Director
of
Finance
Administration,
really
appreciate
their
work
and
the
team's
work
on
putting
this
budget
together.
C
I'd
also
like
to
start
off
before
we
do
the
presentation
to
thank
this
board
for
your
continued
support
of
the
department
utilities,
not
only
for
our
financial
planning,
but
our
support,
your
support
of
our
employees
and
utilities.
Your
support
is
really
integral
into
the
success
of
the
department
and
I
can't
tell
you
what
it
means
to
our
employees
and
it
really
inspires
our
employees
to
find
better
ways
to
conserve
our
citizens.
C
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
staff
members
have
come
up
to
me
for
the
time
you've
taken
out
of
your
busy
schedules
to
come
to
our
all
staff
meetings,
to
break
bread
with
them
or
take
tours
of
our
water
and
wastewater
facility.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
entire
department,
I
do
want
to
thank
the
board
for
that.
C
Our
mission
and
goals
in
the
department
of
utilities
really
sets
us,
apart
from
other
utilities,
Across
the
Nation,
as
noted
by
a
number
of
accomplishments
in
the
department,
including
some
of
the
most
competitive
utility
rates,
recognition
for
high
quality,
Water
and
Wastewater
services,
and
that
triple
triple
AAA
Bond
rating
that
we
hold
in
utilities.
Some
very
impressive
statistics
that
the
general
fund
has
on
the
triple
triple
a
bond
rating.
Chesterfield
utilities
is
only
one
of
11
Water
and
Wastewater
Utilities
in
an
entire
nation
that
has
a
triple
triple
a
bond
rating.
C
C
The
inflationary
challenges
that
Chesterfield
County
faces
are
the
same
challenges
that
the
rest
of
the
nation's
utilities
are
facing,
but
we
feel
like
we're
in
a
much
better
position
to
address
those
inflationary
challenges
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
One
are
strong
in-house
technical
expertise,
but,
more
importantly,
is
a
long-term
financial
planning.
Most
utilities
Across
the
Nation
may
have
a
three-year
or
a
five-year
CIP
in
Chesterfield
County.
We
have
a
10-year
Water
and
Wastewater
financial
plan
and
rate
model.
C
In
addition
to
that,
we're
one
of
the
only
few
utilities
that
actually
has
a
rate
stabilization
Reserve
that
Reserve
contribution
is
based
on
the
annual
depreciation
of
our
assets.
The
fund
was
originally
established
in
1995
and
that
we
were
contributing
50
percent
of
our
annual
depreciation
of
all
our
assets
into
that
fund.
We
currently
increase
that,
through
the
years
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we're
currently
contributing
100
of
our
annual
depreciation
into
that
fund.
That
fund
can
only
be
used
for
replacing
aging
infrastructure,
which
is
a
huge
challenge.
Across
the
Nation.
C
It's
important
to
remember
that
depreciate
asset
value
is
it
replacement.
Value
is
typically
two
to
three
times
what
the
depreciated
asset
value
is,
but
that
funding
allows
us
to
have
some
funding
and
also
the
bonding
capacity
to
be
able
to
replace
the
infrastructure
to
ensure
our
customers
have
reliable
service
and
safe
and
high
quality
services
in
Chesterfield
County,
an
average
residential
customer
uses
seven
CCF,
that's
about
5,
250
gallons
of
water.
Every
month.
Our
cost
of
service
analysis
is
indicating.
C
We
need
a
slight
rate
increase
in
our
commodity
charge,
which
is
our
volume
charge
for
both
Water
and
Wastewater.
On
the
water
side,
we're
proposing
a
seven
Cent
increase
in
our
commodity
charge
per
CCF,
one
CCF
is
748
gallons,
so
seven,
seven
cents
per
748
gallons
and
on
the
Wastewater
side,
a
13
cent
per
CCF.
C
We're
also
asking
for
a
40
Cent
increase
on
our
water
capacity
charge,
which
is
the
fixed
component
of
of
our
water
rates
based
on
those
proposed
rates
and
average
residential
customer
would
see
an
increase
in
their
monthly
bill
of
1.80,
which
is
2.96
percent.
We
are
not
proposing
any
increases
on
our
water
or
Wastewater
connection
fees.
This
year,
we'd
like
to
Benchmark
with
other
localities.
In
the
region
to
make
sure
our
rates
stay
competitive,
this
is
a
benchmarking
chart
where
we
used
our
proposed
fiscal
year,
24
rates
and
compare
them
to
other
municipalities.
C
Current
rates,
the
green
on
the
chart
is
Wastewater,
the
blue
is
water
and
you
can
see
the
total
on
the
top.
So,
with
our
proposed
rates,
an
average
residential
customers
monthly
bill
based
on
both
Water
and
Wastewater,
would
be
62.51,
and
you
can
see
the
rates
of
other
misplies
in
the
region,
and
it
shows
we
are
extremely
competitive.
I
have
spoken
to
each
of
the
directors
from
these
municipalities
and
they
all
are
going
to
anticipate
increases
this
year,
so
our
rates
will
even
be
more
competitive
once
they
have
their
proposed
fiscal
year.
D
Good
question
on
this
slide,
and
maybe
you
can
answer
it
or
maybe
Dr
Casey
can
answer
it.
You
know
in
Chesterfield
we
hold
our
utilities
department
pretty
much
as
a
separate
entity
in
the
sense
that
you
manage
your
rates
and
you
manage
your
your
money
and
it's
all
done
in-house
here,
the
other
jurisdictions
that
they
do
it
the
same
or
do
they
put
all
their
money
that
comes
in
from
their
rates
into
their
general
fund
and
then
just
disperse
it
out?
Do
they
do
the
same
operation.
C
So
great
question:
so
Chesterfield
utilities
is
a
true
Enterprise
fund,
meaning
that
all
of
our
operations
are
supported
by
the
revenues
and
we
we
do
not
receive
any
tax
revenue.
We
actually
will
pay
for
services
that
the
general
fund
provides
us.
We
pay
for
Attorney
office
salary.
We
pay
for
the
services
that
HR
provides
us,
so
we
pay
for
the
service.
Much
like
a
small
Independent
Business
would
I
would
I
could
say
that
all
of
the
all
of
the
utilities
on
this
list
do
operate
as
an
Enterprise
fund.
C
What
you'll
find
is
some
of
the
smaller
utilities
that
are
just
starting
up:
they're,
not
financially
able
to
act
as
this
Enterprise
Bond,
because
the
rates
would
be
so
high.
So
a
lot
of
times
they
are
supported
by
the
general
fund,
but
I
can
tell
you
all.
The
utilities
on
this
slide
are
Enterprise
funds.
Thank
you.
You're.
E
Welcome
Mr
Hayes,
while
you're
on
that
slide,
because
I
do
think
it's
a
good
point,
because
you
know
when
we
say
we've
talked
about
the
general
fund
and
being
mindful
of
the
tax
burden
of
people.
It
really
is
the
complete
circle.
We've
got
to
be
mindful
of
the
entire
bills
that
people
strike
checks
to
the
treasurer
of
Chesterfield
County,
of
which
this
is
one
that
has
done
12
times
a
year
or
six
times
a
year
and
buy
monthly
Cycles,
but
just
to
give
quick
math.
E
E
For
that
George
keeps
those
two
worlds
completely
separate
and
I
agree,
but
I'm
trying
to
do
the
quick
math
of
households.
Writing
it's
still
the
same
person,
treasurer
of
Chesterfield
and
I
and
I
just
think
at
some
point
in
time
we
may
need
to
look
holistically
at
that
and
and
recognize
especially
utilities
are
bringing
down
the
overall
household
burden
of
a
bill
to
to
the
county
and
I'm,
excluding
even
the
meals
tax
differential
that
exists
in
many
other
places
for
which
people
don't
write
those
checks
or
incur
those
costs
when
they
go
out
and
eat.
C
C
There
are
some
households
that
do
still
struggle
to
pay
their
bills,
even
if
the
water
bills
is
the
lowest
in
the
region,
and
so
our
staff
really
do
a
a
good
job
of
reaching
out
and
trying
to
find
programs
to
assist
those
low-income
households
throughout
the
county
and
I
want
to
give
you
a
quick
update
on
one
of
the
programs
that
we
proactively
sought
out
and
started
participating
with
in
October.
The
state
actually
has
a
temporary
program.
It's
only
temporary
because
it
was
only
funded
once
I
think
they
got
22.8
million
dollars.
C
It
was
given
to
the
Department
of
Social
Services,
the
State
Department
of
Social
Services,
to
to
assist
low-income
households
with
water
assistance.
It's
called
the
lywap
program
for
sure
Chester
County
proactively
worked
with
Department
of
Social
Services
I,
actually,
as
my
I'm
on
a
board,
First
Data
agency,
assisted
them,
with
coordinating
with
the
other
utilities
to
roll
this
program
out,
they
actually
hired
a
private
company
called
Promise
Incorporated,
who
is
doing
an
exceptional
job
on
rolling
this
money
out
to
the
households
that
that
need
it,
Chesterfield
County,
very
surprisingly,
we
we
joined
in
October.
C
We
worked
very
closely
with
promise
on
administrating
these
funds.
We
have
since
October
helped
out
608
households
at
a
whopping
342
thousand
dollars.
The
average
reimbursement
is
in
the
560
dollar
range.
Some
of
the
customers
received
the
maximum
in
Chesterfield
County,
which
is
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
the
interesting
thing
about
this
program.
Is
they
took
away
a
lot
of
the
red
tape
which
allows
the
money
to
flow
quicker
if
you,
if
you
are
eligible
for
any
state
funding
program
like
Snap
or
things
like
that,
you
automatically
qualify
for
this
program.
C
Part
of
the
success
is
my
staff's
work
in
working
with
this
company
promise.
Every
week
we
download
customers
who
have
are
delinquent
on
their
bills,
submit
those
to
promise
promise
proactively
reach
Compares
those
those
customers
to
the
database.
They
have
at
the
state
and
can
proactively
reach
out
to
those
customers
to
let
them
know
that
this
assistance
is
out
there.
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
information
on
our
website
and
also
if
a
customer
gets
behinds
on
their
bill.
C
We
hang
a
courtesy
notice
in
Chesterfield
utilities
on
the
door
we've
been,
including
that
flyer
of
this
livewap
program
to
those
customers-
and
it's
been
a
huge
success
in
Chesterfield
County
I,
would
like
to
tell
customers
the
program.
Still
active
I
just
talked
to
promise
two
weeks
ago,
they're
about
halfway
through
the
funding,
but
funding
is
still
out
there.
If
they're
interested
in
the
program,
please
go
to
our
website
or
if
you
just
go
to
your
web
web
browser
and
type
in
Virginia,
lywop
you'll
see
the
work.
C
The
promise
logo
come
up
with
the
Department
of
Social
Services
and
you
can
apply
through
there
and
because
we
actively
participated.
Chesterfield
County
utilities
is
in
the
drop
down.
Box
is
one
of
the
utilities
that
participates
in
the
program,
so
huge
success
story.
I
can't
say
enough
about
working
with
promise,
they're
doing
an
excellent
job
on
getting
the
money
out
the
door
to
where
it's
needed
the
most.
C
For
our
total
operating
budget
is
96.4
million
dollars,
that's
a
7.7
million
dollar
increase
and
and
most
increases
are
increasing,
cost
and
inflationary
increases
for
our
operating
budget.
We
have
three
categories:
operating
personnel
and
capital
outlay,
diving
into
the
operating
first
we're
seeing
significant
increases,
2.6
million
dollars
in
our
operating
supplies
and
maintenance,
also
3.3
million
dollars
in
purchase
order,
purchase
wastewater
treatment
and
also
the
cost
of
chemicals
and
electricity,
so
about
5.9
million
dollars
of
that
7.7
total
isn't
operating.
C
So
that's
the
vast
majority
of
the
proposed
increases
in
the
budget
just
to
dive
down
a
little
further.
85
percent
of
the
water
in
Chesterfield
counties
is
purchased
through
arwa
or
the
city
of
Richmond
rwa,
for
example,
supplies
US,
60
percent
of
our
water
rwa
is
seeing
the
same
increases
in
chemical
and
electrical
costs.
At
their
board
meeting.
They
proposed
a
seven
percent
increase
for
Chesterfield
County
on
the
purchase
water
treatment.
Cost
same
thing
is
happening.
C
We
went
attended
a
Dr
case
and
I
attended
the
South
Central
Wastewater
Authority
board
meeting
they
just
re-bid
all
their
chemical
costs.
Chemicals
are
a
huge
component
of
wastewater
treatment.
Chemical
costs
came
in
at
45
percent
higher
on
the
recent
bid,
and
so
they
are
proposing
on
the
Wastewater
side
of
7.7
percent,
increase
we're
seeing
similar
costs
in
our
treatment
processes
for
chemicals.
Our
chemical
costs
are
up
about
28
percent
and
our
electrical
services
costs
are
up
about
16
percent
on
the
capital
outlay.
C
That
is
the
smallest
component
of
our
total
operating
budget,
but
it's
the
one
that
fluctuates
the
most,
because
that's
where
we
replace
a
lot
of
the
larger
pieces
of
equipment
we
have
this
year,
we're
budgeting
for
a
new
air
vacuum
excavator,
that's
a
excavator
that
soft
digs
as
we
densify
in
Chesterfield
County.
We
have
a
lot
more
Utilities
in
the
same
corridors
and
we're
finding
challenges
when
we
have
to
repair
and
maintain
our
utilities
to
get
down
to
those
without
damaging
other
utilities.
C
This
will
allow
us
to
soft,
dig
around
utilities
and
get
our
customers
in
service.
When
we
do
have
any
kind
of
brakes,
we
have
a
replacement
construction
truck.
A
skid
steer
is
going
to
our
Wastewater
collection
section
to
help
clear
easements,
and
then
this
is
the
category
we
also
refund
for
requested,
oversize
and
off-site
pipe
for
our
developments
on
the
Personnel
category.
We
stand
at
31.6
million
dollars.
C
We
mirror
the
general
fund
on
the
classification
and
comp
study
phase,
two
we're
looking
forward
to
that,
so
that
we
can
fully
Implement
that,
including
all
our
staff
like
administrative
support
staff,
is
all
on
phase
two
and
they're
really
the
thing
that
keeps
the
utility
department
going
from
day
to
day.
So
we're
excited
about
the
phase
two.
We
also
mirrored
the
annual
Marine
increase
of
two
percent
and
with
the
growing
customer
base,
and
also
the
increased
and
existing
regulations,
we're
asking
for
five
positions
this
year.
C
Four
of
them
are
plant
operator
positions,
we're
asking
for
two
operator
positions
at
the
Addison
Evans
water
treatment
plant
for
the
day
shift
we're
asking
one
operator
position
out
of
Proctors,
Creek
Plant
and
then
we're
asking
for
one
operator
position
at
Falling
Creek
in
our
maintenance
section,
we're
also
asking
for
one
water
quality
compliance
technician
which
will
be
housed
in
our
pre-treatment.
Section
they'll
mainly
be
working
with
our
businesses
on
our
fog
program,
our
fats,
oils
and
grease
Pro
program
and
educating
those
businesses
on
how
to
properly
trap
that
fat,
soils
and
grease.
C
So
it
doesn't
end
up
in
our
collection
system
and
end
up
with
sanitary
sewer
overflows
that
damage
the
Empire
environment.
This
employee
will
also,
if
we
do
have
a
sanitary
sewer
overflow,
make
sure
that
corrective
action
is
taking,
and
if
that
waste
water
reaches
state
waters,
we're
obligated
to
report
that
to
DEQ
and
they'll
follow
up
with
the
reporting
requirements
for
those
senatorial
flows.
If
we
do
have
them,
we
are
requesting
an
increase
in
our
portable
meter
deposit
charge
from
750
dollars
to
eighteen
hundred
dollars.
C
That's
a
very
significant
increase,
but
we
haven't
had
an
increase
in
18
years
since
2005.
it's
in
these
construct.
These
meters
are
basically
used
on
construction
sites
where
there's
no
water,
so
they
can
get
water
construct.
Also,
it's
used
for.
If,
if
someone
has
a
water
truck
that
they
need
to
fill
up,
they'll
they'll
use
these
meters
again,
it's
important
to
remember
that
these
deposits
are
refundable.
C
So
when
they
return
the
media
to
us,
they
get
the
deposit
back
we're
having
a
little
challenge
right
now
on
getting
our
meters
back,
because
their
price
so
low
a
new
meter
cost
in
the
neighborhood
of
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
We
put
a
slight
increase
on
that:
to
bring
it
up
to
1800,
to
encourage
them
to
bring
the
meters
back
to
the
utilities
department.
C
C
Our
Capital
project
spending
plan
is
by
far
the
the
the
most
significant
long-term
Financial
spending
that
we
have
in
the
utilities
department,
in
sharp
contrast
to
the
general
funds
budget.
Our
rates
are
truly
driven
by
our
capital
projects,
because
they're
so
expensive
utilities,
water
and
wastewater
Utilities
in
general
is
very
Capital
intensive,
and
this
is
really
what
drives
our
rates.
How
we
pay
for
our
Capital
Improvement
program
is
the
use
of
our
revenues,
the
use
of
reserves,
and
then
we
also
have
to
issue
bonds
at
times
to
pay
for
them.
C
On
this
pie
chart
we
actually
broke
out
all
the
categories
over
the
next
10
years
that
we're
going
to
spend
923
million
dollars
as
planned
on
investment
into
our
infrastructure
and,
as
you
can
see
about,
half
of
it
is
on
pipes,
Pump,
Station
tanks
and
payments
to
the
city
of
Richmond
for
infrastructure
that
supplies
Chesterfield
County
with
its
water
and
the
other.
Half,
interestingly,
is
for
plants.
That
kind
of
jumped
out
me
that
we're
investing
so
much
in
our
water
and
wastewater
facilities
when
I
dove
into
the
numbers
a
little
more.
C
Over
the
next
10
years,
we
have
planned
155
million
dollars,
investment
in
our
practice,
Creek
Plant,
to
start
that
phased
expansion
of
the
plant
on
the
water
side
as
we're
nearing
capacities
on
Water
Supplies,
you
all
know
we
have
a
proposed
fourth
water
supply,
the
Appomattox
River
Supply.
Over
the
next
10
years.
C
We
have
planned
118
million
dollars,
investment
in
that
new
Supply
happy
to
report
that
we're
nearing
the
end
of
the
permitting
process
that
for
that
in
December,
we
were
successful
in
getting
our
Virginia
water
protection
permit
from
DEQ,
which
was
the
the
heaviest
lift
for
us.
Tuesday,
we're
hoping
to
get
our
vmrc
permit.
I
have
a
meeting
with
the
commission
on
Tuesday
down
in
Hampton,
and
then
our
last
permit
would
be
the
Corps
of
Engineers
permit,
which
we're
diligently
working
with
the
core
to
get
that
permit.
C
First,
we
continue
to
invest
in
our
Addison
Evans
Water
Treatment
Plant,
to
ensure
that
the
Swift
Creek
Reservoir
and
the
Addison
Evans
water
treatment
plant
is
a
long-term
water
supply
for
Chesterfield
County
Mr
Carol
Mr
Winslow.
You
attended
a
public
meeting
last
night
where
utilities
presented
the
flood
wall
project
for
the
Addison
Evans
plant.
That
24.7
million
dollar
project
is
not
included
in
these,
and
it's
important
to
note.
C
In
the
floodboard
project
we
were
able
to
obtain
a
FEMA
grant
for
8.7
million
dollars
which
will
significantly
push
that
project
forward,
but
these
projects
and
these
other
Investments
that
added
Stemmons,
add
up
to
14.1
million
dollars.
The
treatment
plant
was
built
in
1967..
It's
an
it's
a
12
million
gallon
per
day
conventional
treatment
plant.
It
has
four
water
filters.
When
we
take
one
of
those
filters
offline
to
backwash
it
we
lose
25
percent
of
the
capacity
of
that
facility.
C
C
If
we
were
to
have
issues
in
the
system
to
have
the
most
capacity
of
each
of
our
sources,
though
I'm
not
going
to
have
a
test
for
you
but
I
know,
a
lot
of
you
recently
been
on
a
tour
at
the
Arizona's
plants,
and
you
should
know
what
a
flocculator
and
effluent
launderer
is,
but
that's
the
portion
of
the
process
where
we
remove
solids.
We
actually
use
a
chemical
called
ferric,
which
is
very
corrosive.
The
old
1967
monitors
and
flocculators
are
made
of
steel,
and
they
slowly
have
been
corroding
over
the
years.
C
We're
going
to
replace
those
with
brand
new
PVC
and
fiberglass.
We
also
have
a
generator
project.
A
generator
right
now
was
installed
in
1990.
It
only
operates
half
the
plant.
So
if
we
lose
power
we
only
can
do
six
million
gallons
a
day,
not
the
full
capacity,
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
install
a
generator
that
can
do
100
capacity
and
then
last
we
have
the
lab
exhaust
and
hva
system
HVAC
C
system.
That
was
for
our
State
Certified
laboratory.
That
was
built
in
2000.
C
It's
a
very
Antiquated
system
out
there
we're
going
to
replace
it
with
a
state-of-the-art
system
and,
most
importantly,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
employees
are
safe
as
they
as
they
use
chemicals
to
test
that
water
to
make
sure
it's
safe
for
our
customers
that
they,
our
employees,
are
also
safe
and
that's
over
a
three
year
period.
We
plan
to
phase
in
all
those
projects,
this
project,
the
wastewater
treatment
plant,
phosphor
removal
touches
both
Fallen
Creek
and
our
Proctors
Creek
plants.
There
was
a
lot
of
discussion
on
the
general
fund's
budget
in
the
state.
C
This
also
ties
into
the
state
and
out
all
the
projects
we
have
I
think
the
biggest
frustration
for
our
financial
staff
are
project
like
this
and
I'll.
Tell
you
why.
So
this
this
project
was
not
planned
and
our
financial
planners
will
tell
you
if
you're
a
project
manager
in
utilities-
and
you
come
with
a
project
you
better
be
putting
in
the
out
years.
You
better
be
put
in
a
year
10..
C
We
don't
want
to
hear
year
one
to
three,
because
it
really
has
a
drastic
impact
on
rates
and
you
don't
have
that
time
to
solely
adjust
rates
to
be
able
to
pay
for
this
project.
Well,
the
state
has
a
water
quality
model
that
they
use,
and
everybody
knows
about
nutrients
in
the
Chesapeake,
Bay
and
reduction
of
nutrients.
They
periodically
run
this
model
and
make
tweaks
to
it
and
get
different
results.
They
recently
ran
the
model
and
found
that
the
middle
James
River.
So
this
would
be
a
local
water
quality
issue,
not
a
bay
issue.
C
They
had
concerns
with
the
level
of
phosphorus
that
could
be
discharged
to
the
middle
James
would
create
chlorophyll
a
issue
so
chlorophyll
a
is
simply
the
green
pigment
that
you
see
in
plants
and
trees,
but
it's
an
indicator
also
in
water
of
algae
and
so
algae
is
harmful
to
Aquatic,
Life
and
the
environment.
So
the
concern
is
there's
too
much
phosphorus
and
it
could
be
in
the
middle
James
that
could
create
algal
blooms
that
could
impact
the
environment.
So
what
the
state
did
is
they
had
a
hearing.
C
Then
they
amended
the
water
quality
management
planning
regulations,
they
actually
became
effective,
December,
21st
2022
and
the
compliance
date
was
January
1st
2023,
giving
us
a
week
and
a
half
to
comply
with
reducing
our
wasteload
allocation
60
percent.
So
this
not
only
impacted
Chesterfield
County
but
impacted
seven
point
source
discharges
on
the
middle
James
and
a
point
source
discharger
is
basically
a
wastewater
treatment
plant.
So
we
were
two
of
the
seven
in
the
James
DEQ
realized
that
this
was
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
utilities
and
they
said
listen.
C
If
you
need
to
have
Capital
Improvements
at
your
facility,
you
can
submit
as
a
compliance
statement
and
your
deadline.
The
latest
could
be
is
January
1st
2026..
We
submitted
that
compliance
deadline
statement
and
got
the
expansion,
the
extension
to
2026
we're
currently
going
to
design.
We
we
remove
phosphorus
from
our
Wastewater
plants
by
precipitation
we
put
chemical
in
and
precipitate
it
out.
C
The
last
project
is
our
Turner
Road
Pump
Station
project.
This
is
actually
a
Wastewater
Pump
Station
we
will
Design
and
it's
in
the
Dale
District
Mr
Holland.
We
design
our
Wastewater
pump
stations
to
blend
in
with
the
community.
This
pump
station
was
built
in
1988.
It's
a
14.4
MGD
Pump
Station,
the
Project's,
going
to
replace
the
two
original
pumps
and
expand
it
with
two
more
pumps,
giving
us
a
capacity
of
26.4
we're
also
going
to
upgrade
the
electrical
system,
the
bridge,
Crane
and
Generator.
C
with
that,
we
are
extremely
excited
about
the
state
of
our
projects
we
have
in
utilities,
but
we're
also
very
proud
of
our
past
achievements.
Some
of
them
listed
here
on
this
slide.
We
do
again
appreciate
the
board
support.
This
is
the
first
step
in
the
public
process
for
our
budget
march
on
your
agenda
tonight
we
actually
have
a
item
that
requests
the
advertisement
of
our
proposed
rates
and
then
also
a
public
hearing
on
March
22nd,
followed
by
a
scheduled
budget
adoption
on
April
5th
and
with
that
I.
F
I
mean
here
was
a
holiday
weekend
and
Steph
was
out
and
had
that
taken
care
of
water
was
turned
off.
We
could
have
pinpoint
what
was
going
on
and
how
important
it
is
that
you
and
your
staff,
how
amazing
you
all
are
to
caretake
the
water
and
if
I
could
say
something
to
the
community.
Is
that
you
know.
One
of
the
ways
to
continue
to
save
is
to
be
very
careful
and
consider
conserve
our
water,
because
we
know
what's
happening
out
on
the
west
coast.
F
C
B
Mr
chairman,
oh
I,
just
wanted
to
say
you
know
there
are
really
really
excellent
employees
and
then
there
are
just
even
just
that
level
right
above
in
Chesterfield
County,
and
you
can
tell
that
you're
in
that
really
select
group
when
I
come
out
of
a
meeting
last
night
and
I
hear
comments
like
that.
Gentleman
not
only
works
for
the
county,
but
he
loves
what
he
does
to
a
point
of
obsession
over
detail.
That
would
surprise
most
people
and
knowledge
and
of
course,
experience
just
shines
through
everything
you
do
George
and
I
just
wanted
to
say.
A
So,
but
the
fact
that
we
have
found
a
diamond
ring
in
a
soccer
ball
that
was
just
as
valuable
to
a
young
man
it.
It
does
say
a
lot
for
the
utilities
department.
The
fact
that
we're
able
to
hold
the
connection
fees
this
year
and
to
have
a
less
than
half
of
what
inflation
would
call
for
increase
proposed
says
a
lot
for
the
organization
and
the
way
it's
run
and
the
fact
that
we
are
significantly
less
than
the
jurisdictions
around
us
says
even
more
than
that.
A
C
G
C
G
Greatly
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
for
the
outstanding
work
you
do
and
the
quality
you
do
it
at
I
mean
you
are,
as
you
mentioned,
unique
Triple,
A
utility
now
so
few
of
those
and
and
it
makes
a
huge
difference
as
as
pointed
out
when
you
go
to
borrow
money.
Yes,
you
get
a
very
low
rates
and
those
were
astounding
facts.
You
mentioned
it's
just
outstanding,
so
great
job
and
my
best
to
everyone
in
your
department
for
the
outstanding
work.
You
all
do.
G
D
I'm,
not
what
I
can
I'm,
not
sure
if
I
can
add
to
all
that.
That
was
pretty
pretty
good.
I
I
appreciate
the
great
presentation
and,
as
always,
appreciate
the
hard
work
and
effort
that
the
staff
does,
and
you
know
it's
an
honor
for
us
quite
frankly,
to
be
invited
to
your
all-staff
breakfast
and
be
able
to
talk
with
the
the
employees
and
sit
down
and
hear
from
them
directly.
So
we
appreciate
I
personally
appreciate
that
invitation.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
Mr
Carroll.
Thank
you.