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B
Hello:
everybody
Welcome
to
the
May
3rd
poisey
Public,
Works
commission,
regular
meeting
I
am
going
to
call
the
meeting
to
order
and
do
attendance.
Thank
you.
Crispin
gravatt,
Jennifer
Ellis,
here
Abigail
Morgan,
Ellie
cross.
B
B
Jim
wants
president
Kylene
Colette
Larry
Crowley
here
and
Robin
Lockett
okay,
so
we
have
quorum
and
first
order
of
business
is
minutes.
Approval
from
our
regular
meeting
last
month.
C
B
We
have
approved
the
meetings
from
April
2023
I.
Think,
oh
for
all
of
those
in
favor,
say
aye.
C
B
A
Correct
here,
thank
you
thank
you,
and
we
want
to
give
the
wrap-up
presentation
of
our
fy24
proposed
budget
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Matt
Millis,
our
Public
Works
Enterprise,
Revenue
manager,
Matt.
E
E
Okay,
there
we
go
looks
like
slides,
are
working,
okay,
so
yeah.
It's
our
pleasure
to
be
back
here,
one
more
time
to
talk
about
the
concluding
components
of
the
24
fiscal
year.
24
budget
build
where
we
bring
all
the
pieces
that
we've
talked
about
previously
back
together.
Just
as
a
quick
reminder
back
in
February,
we
had
sort
of
an
overview
of
the
budget
process
in
March
we
brought
back
the
capital
Improvement
programs
in
April.
E
So
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
talk
about
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
really
quickly
kind
of
go
through
the
information
that
we've
already
discussed
without
a
lot
of
details.
Certainly,
if
there's
questions
please
let
me
know
if
you
have
some
some
specific
questions,
but
what
I'd
like
to
really
do
is
focus
more
on
again
our
rate
recommendations
and
ending
fund
balances.
So,
as
we
talked
tonight,
we
will
be
having
a
lot
of
discussions
on
future
projections.
E
I'd,
just
like
to
remind
the
commission
that
we
are
only
really
focused
on
the
fiscal
year
24
figures.
Those
are
the
figures
that
we're
looking
for
a
ultimately
a
recommendation
from
from
you
all
as
a
commission
to
then
take
these
budget
numbers
findings
and
projections
to
the
city
council
to
start
the
process
towards
budget
hearings
in
a
potentially
a
final
adoption
in
August.
E
We
are
looking
for
a
motion
at
the
end
and
we'll
have
that
ready
to
have
you
either
approve
or
or
not
there
we
go
so
as
we
have
looked
forward
into
our
our
forecast
for
fiscal
year
2024.,
we
have
assumed
rates
of
inflation,
we've
assumed
cost
escalation,
following
generally
our
Public
Works
policy
on
escalation
for
labor
costs,
medical
benefit
costs
and
and
other
expenses
and
general
operational
inflation.
E
Our
typical
rate
of
inflation
is
1.15
percent,
with
the
exception
of
times
where
we
have
deferred
to
our
division
heads
for
their
input
on
things
that
are
more
costed
according
to
the
market,
things
such
as
chemicals
power,
gas
and
things
such
as
that.
So,
although
we
try
to
additionally
start
with
a
1.15
percent,
o
m
expense
increase,
we
usually
we've
settled
at
about
a
five
percent
increase,
as
we
look
at
all
those
components
from
division
heads
as
well
as
the
the
base
increases
foreign.
C
Sorry
excuse
me
yeah
before
you
move
on
from
that,
your
your
previous
slide.
This
is
something
we
see
every
year
in
terms
of
essential
assumptions
that
are
typically
used
by
the
department
and
preparing
your
budget.
I
was
wondering
if
you
kind
of
validate
these
numbers
from
the
prior
year
to
actual
experience
to
see
whether
or
not
these
assumptions
in
fact
are
pretty
close
into
what
you
end
up
with.
E
Yes,
chair
Ellis,
commissioner
Crowley.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
We
do
look
carefully
as
we
go
through
a
year
and
look
at
what
inflationary
Trends
we've
actually
experienced.
We
look.
We've
looked
in
the
past
as
well
as
far
as
what
some
of
our
real
true
rates
of
increase
have
been.
E
We
do
expect
that
some
of
our
projected
budgets
moving
forward
will
reflect
past
Trends,
but
what
we
typically
will
do
is
start
with
the
1.15
as
we
set
up
a
base
budget
for
our
division
heads
to
review
and
what
that
does
is,
even
though
perhaps
it
may
be
slightly
lower
than
the
average
overall
rate
of
inflation.
It
gives
the
division
heads
a
little
bit
of
an
opportunity
to
to
see
if
there's
areas
that
they
could
maybe
potentially
continue
to
refine
costs
and
reduce
costs
to
try
to
achieve
that.
1.15
percent
o
m
increase.
C
Just
as
a
follow-up
excuse
me
Matt
the
labor
cost
number,
for
example
the
three
percent.
That's
just
the
increase
on
your
current
labor
force.
It
does
not
include
the
cost
for
new
people
or
new
staff.
Is
that
correct,
chair.
E
E
Thank
you
all
right,
okay,
so
I'm
just
going
to
start
quickly
with
our
our
different
funds,
our
four
funds
that
we
have
within
Public
Works,
that
are
our
Enterprise
funds,
starting
with
water
renewal,
which
is
the
largest
Enterprise
funds,
reflect
that
a
fund.
A
fund's
expenses
are
covered
by
the
revenues
generated
by
that
own
fund
for
for
the
services
provided,
which,
in
the
case
of
water
renewal,
would
be
the
monthly
user
rates
that
we
charge
to
our
customers
for
for
water
renewal.
E
So,
just
to
quickly
recap:
we
talked
about
in
great
detail
our
Capital
projections
for
water
renewal
back
in
March
and
overall,
the
total
Capital
Improvements
for
2024
for
major
CIP
improvements
or
Capital
Improvement
projects
plus
major
repair
maintenance
projects
totals
about
53
million
dollars,
and
that's
summarized
on
this
Slide
by
our
individual
programs
and
into
the
second
slide
as
well.
E
Part
of
that
53
million
would
also
be
the
purchase
of
five
million
dollars
total
of
utility
billing
software.
That
would
be
split,
50
50
between
water
renewal,
as
well
as
the
solid
waste
fund.
E
As
we
prepared
our
budget
in
March
for
Capital
Improvements,
not
only
did
we
look
at
just
our
24
years
or
sorry,
our
2024
Capital
Improvement
plan,
but
we
also
looked
at
the
next
10
years
and
that
helps
us
to
be
able
to
appropriately
plan
for
and
and
use
the
different
Financial
tools
that
we
have
available
to
ensure
that
our
rate
increases
for
our
customers
are
as
predictable,
stable
and
level
as
possible.
E
So,
as
we
looked
at
the
our
Capital
Improvements,
you
can
see
this
this
table,
which
totals
in
in
total
about
just
a
little
bit
over
one
billion
dollars
in
future
value,
and
that's
our
cost
estimates
for
today,
with
future
cost
inflation
planned
into
it.
So
what
our
expectation
is
is
that
we
would
spend
these
amounts
in
the
years
in
which
they
are
planned.
For
so
what
you'd
notice
also
is
that
it's
not
a
level
annual
amount.
Each
year
we
do
have
a
little
bit
of
a
spike
that
occurs
in
2026
or
I'm.
E
That
initial
Spike
up
front
is
to
help
us
meet
some
of
our
regulatory
requirement
and
capacity
projects,
and
then,
once
those
projects
are
met,
we
can
kind
of
normalize
a
little
bit
more
with
lower
annual
capital
investment
and,
as
we
look
at
the
rate
trajectory
our
rate
projections
you'll
kind
of
see
a
little
bit
of
that
initial
bump
in
those
upfront
initial
years.
E
So
this
this
table
is
where
we
start
to
come
into
some
more
information,
some
newer
information
in
April.
Last
month,
we
brought
back
to
you
the
figures
that
are
shown
in
the
expense
section
that
total
the
72.4
million
dollars
that
cover
the
Personnel
expenses
maintenance
and
operations,
as
well
as
depreciation.
E
What
we
have
recommended
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
in
just
a
moment,
is
a
9.9
percent
rate
increase
for
overall
water
renewal
revenues,
and
that
brings
our
rate
revenues
as
well
as
other
m,
o
revenues,
maintenance
and
operations,
type
revenues
which
would
include
things
like
the
services,
inspection
fees,
penalties,
things
like
that
billing
expenses
to
about
79.4
million
dollars,
so
that
leaves
us
with
the
net
income
of
6.9
million
dollars
and
of
that
amount
the
remainder
would
go
towards
funding
major
Capital
Equipment,
as
well
as
our
Capital
Improvement
projects.
E
E
But
then,
as
we
start
moving
into
the
implementation
of
our
water
renewal
utility
plan,
we
are
investing
more
expenses
into
the
Professional
Services
and
planning
services
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
build.
The
large
Capital
Improvements
that
we're
estimating
over
the
next
several
years,
also
in
22
on
we're
also
seeing
some
of
the
impacts
of
cost
inflation
that
is
driving
up
our
maintenance,
personnel
and
depreciation
expenses.
E
The
green
line,
the
grass
Dash
green
line
again
represents
the
amount
of
maintenance
and
operation
revenues,
rate
revenues
and
other
fees
for
services
and
charges
that
we
have
received
each
year.
This
does
not
include
connection
fees,
which
is
the
cost
there,
which
is
the
fees
for
the
that
we
recover
from
new
development
as
they
build
and
take
capacity
away
from
our
from
our
systems.
This.
E
Foreign,
so
to
refer
back
to
the
previous
question
regarding
new
ftes,
we
do.
We
do
have
a
list
of
new
ftes
that
we
presented
in
our
last
meeting
in
detail,
essentially
15
and
a
half
new
ftes
totaling
about
1.5
million
dollars.
This
would
be
in
addition
to
the
three
percent
annual
increase
for
just
general
salaries
and
wages.
We
also
have
12
ftes
that
already
exist
within
the
utility
that
we're
requesting
be
placed
onto
a
higher
pay
grade
because
of
more
responsibilities,
more
advancement
and
also
just
the
desire
to
continue
to
retain
our
employees.
E
So
then,
just
to
quickly
summarize
the
key
there's
three
key
categories
that
we're
trying
to
meet
with
our
new
FTE
requests,
and
that
is
making
sure
that
we
are
retaining
our
current
employees
that
we're
also
filling
the
vacancies
and
that
we're
competing
well
against
other
Industries
other
companies,
other
potential
employers,
so
that
we
can
bring
the
people
that
we
need
to
the
water
renewal
utility,
but
also
as
we're
expanding
our
Capital
facilities.
E
We
also
need
new,
potentially
different,
maybe
even
more
skilled
ftes,
to
be
able
to
handle
and
operate
the
technologies
that
are
being
added
with
our
Capital
Improvement
plans.
Moving
forward.
B
C
A
Oh
I
can
jump
in
on
that
one
Matt.
Excuse
me
sure
else.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
So
what
we've
started
doing
is
instead
of
you
know,
we've
typically
HR
will
execute
at
the
end,
when
somebody
leaves
the
organization
we'll
do
a
an
exit
interview.
A
A
Everything
from
you
know
ergonomics
issues,
but
what
what
what
could
we
do
to
help
make
sure
that
you
stay
within
the
organization
right?
So
that's
that's
the
intent
of
the
state
interview
and
try
to
be
proactive
rather
than
oh
they're,
thinking
about
leaving,
let's
try
to
scramble
and
make
sure
they're
happy
to
try
to
keep
them
stay.
Let's
be
proactive
about
it.
E
E
We
had
a
cost
of
service
analysis
that
was
completed
last
year
and
in
that
cost
of
service
analysis,
they
focused
on
a
three-year
period,
2023
2024
and
2025..
As
we
receive
the
recommendations
from
the
cost
of
service
analysis.
E
E
We
need
to
rebalance
a
little
bit,
some
of
our
user
classes
within
the
Water
renewal
utility,
and
so
what
we
have
Below
in
the
larger
table
is
our
different
categories
of
water,
renewal
users
and
we
have
the
rate
increases
that
would
be
focused
on
those
groups
for
each
one
of
those
three
years
until
in
2026
all
are
on
the
same
alignment
all
are
all
on
equal
ground
and
paying
for
their
true
cost
of
service.
So
right
now
we're
in
the
second
year
of
of
implementation.
E
On
this
three-year
plan,
and
as
we
work
through
the
the
numbers
here,
as
we
continue
with
the
slideshow
I'm,
going
to
focus
just
on
the
single
family
and
multi-family
users,
being
obviously
the
the
largest
group
of
users
within
the
community
and
also
the
most
prominent
in
terms
of
needing
to
be
Madam.
C
More
often
Matt,
in
addition
to
the
percentages
that
you're
showing
can
you
do.
You
also
have
the
absolute
Revenue
numbers
by
class
that
that
we
can
see
to
get
a
sense
of
where
the
money
is
coming
from
for
the
for
the
overall.
E
Yeah,
chair
Ellis,
commissioner
Crowley
I,
do
not
have
that
in
this
presentation,
but
there
are
a
number
of
items
that
we
have
from
the
cost
of
service
analysis.
That
does
provide
that
and
we
can
provide
those
to
you
for
a
later
review.
If
you'd
like.
E
B
D
Thanks
Madam,
chair
and
and
thank
you
Mike,
the
question
I
had
was
on
that
last
chart
on
the
west
Boise
Sewer,
District
and
Madam
chair
I,
just
raised
my
hand
so
you're
really
on
it,
but
I
I
see
the
22.6
I'm,
not
sure
what
the
user
base
is
in
the
west
Boise
Sewer
District,
but
that
number
just
sort
of
jumped
out,
maybe
I'm.
D
E
Cheryl
or
chair
Ellis,
commissioner
warrants
that
very
good
question
very,
very
notable
number
there
at
this
moment
and
there's
quite
a
bit
of
background
and
and
kind
of
lead
up
to
understanding
all
that
goes
into
West
Boise
Sewer
District.
That
is
included
in
the
information
that
we
can
provide
to
explain,
but
we
will
be
providing
you
with
that
information.
Just
to
answer
your
question.
F
Sorry
Matt
for
jumping
in
Carol
s,
commissioner
warrants
the
West
Boise
Sewer
District
does
a
separate
District.
We
provide
service
to
three
different
sewer
districts,
Eagle
Sewer,
District,
West,
Boise,
Sewer,
District
and
Garden
City,
and
so
each
of
the
sewer
districts
have
a
specific
contract
that
governs
how
we
charge
their
rates
and
fees
for
them.
F
So
for
the
West
Boise
Sewer
District
the
percentage
change
there
indicates
that
for
the
last
few
years
we've
been
under
charging
the
district,
so
we
need
to
bring
them
to
full
cost
of
service,
just
like
all
of
our
other
users,
so
we've
been
negotiating
with
them.
They're,
fully
aware
of
the
percentage
increases
that
will
move
them
to
full
cost
of
service,
so
same
with
Eagle
store
district
and
Garden
City.
F
So
the
three
districts
are
aware,
and
it
will
just
make
sure
that
the
customers
that
are
within
their
District
are
paying
full
cost,
just
like
the
rest
of
our
city
of
Boise
customers
that
we
charge
under
the
single
family
and
multi-family
rates
that
I'm
monitored
and
monitored
commercial
and
so
for
West,
Boise
Sewer
District
within
that
District.
The
district
is
up
it's
off
of
coal
out
to
I,
want
to
say
about
Maple,
Grove
area
and
then
down
just
above
the
bench
from
Chinden
South
towards
I.
F
Think
Fairview,
if
I
remember
correctly
somewhere
in
that
general
area
encompasses
where
the
mall
is
and
a
lot
of
residential
out
there.
So
it's
a
mixture
of
customers
that
are
residential
and
Commercial
I
think
there's
about
10
000,
roughly
customers
in
the
district.
If
I
remember
correctly,
thanks.
E
E
So
at
the
moment,
for
fiscal
year,
2023
our
bill
for
a
typical
Boise
residential
user,
which
is
using
5.93
100
cubic
feet
of
water
as
measured
by
violia,
which
in
common
terms,
is
more
like
4435
gallons
of
water
in
the
course
of
a
a
month,
and
that
would
be
Indoor
Water,
not
for
outdoor
Irrigation.
In
fact,
the
way
that
we
measure,
that
is,
we
have
a
wintertime
water
average,
where
we
look
at
water
bills,
between
October
to
April,
I,
believe,
and
in
that
period
there
should
not
be
outdoor
irrigation
going
on.
E
So
therefore,
what
violia's
mad
monitoring
is
going
to
be
strictly
indoor
water,
so
so,
on
average,
during
the
winter
time,
residences
are
using
about
4,
400,
gallons
of
water,
so
our
monthly
bill
based
upon
that
winter
time,
water
use,
is
43.46,
and
so,
as
we
propose
the
7.5
percent
rate
increase
for
fiscal
year,
24
that
would
increase
the
monthly
bills
at
3.26,
totaling,
46
dollars
and
72
cents.
E
For
your
again,
your
typical
user,
now
clearly,
some
folks
that
are
using
more
water
are
probably
going
to
have
a
higher
Bill
than
this
amount.
Those
that
are
using
less
water
would
have
a
lower
Bill,
and
then
one
other
note
is.
This
is
the
monthly
price
when
the
bill
actually
shows
up
at
a
home,
it's
for
a
two-month
amount.
So
if
someone's
wondering
why
their
actual
bill
is
twice
the
amount
shown
here,
it's
just
simply
that
we
bill
on
a
bi-monthly
basis.
A
Matter,
if
I
can
just
jump
in
chair
Ellis
this
the
rate
increase
you
see
here,
the
7.5
is
in
keeping
with
what
was
provided
in
the
bond
material
when
the
bond
election,
when
we're
trying
to
educate
voters
on
what
what
they
were
approving,
and
so
this
7.5
in
that
previous
slide,
that
showed
the
9.9
total
is
tracking
with
what
we
we
propose
as
part
of
the
bond
election.
So
just
wanted
to
confirm
that
yep.
E
So
this
slide
here
compares
the
Boise
water
renewal
bills
for
that
average,
typical
residential
user
against
other
water,
renewal
utilities
and
entities
within
the
Treasure
Valley,
as
shown
in
blue
as
well
as
Regional
providers,
which
would
be
Spokane,
Portland
Seattle
shown
in
the
green.
E
And
so
as
we
look
at
as
we
look
at
the
Treasure
Valley.
The
local
average
is
about
38.66.
E
The
amount
that
we
charge
at
this
moment,
as
shown
in
the
the
cross-hatched
bluish
column,
is
43.46
and
it's
proposed
to
go
to
46.72,
so
we're
a
little
bit
above
our
above
average
within
the
Treasure
Valley.
But
as
we
look
at
the
regional
providers,
we
are
lower
significantly
lower
than
at
least
Portland
and
Seattle.
B
C
You,
madam
chair,
that
just
an
observation,
Garden
City,
is
one
of
our
customers
as.
E
Chair
Ellis,
commissioner
Crowley,
that
that's
a
very
good
question
so
for
Garden
City
and
for
Eagle
Sewer
District,
we
provide
wholesale
treatment
treatment
costs.
We
do
not
provide
collection
facilities.
So
what
you're,
seeing
there
is
a
differential
between
our
cost
of
collection
facilities
versus
The
Collection
component,
the
Garden,
City
or
Eagle
Sewer
District
would
be
charging.
A
Then,
just
a
further
clarification,
chair,
Ellison,
commissioner
Crowley
on
the
collection
system
side.
Our
system
is
relatively
speaking,
much
older
than
those
communities,
and
so,
as
we
look
at
some
of
the
investment
we're
making
in
the
collection
system
proper,
we
have
some
pretty
significant
capital
investment
replacement
that
we
need
to
get
on
top
of,
and
so
that's
also
a
portion
of
why
that
collection
side
is,
is
more
expensive
for
Boise
than
maybe
in
Eagle
or
Garden
City
yeah.
E
Thank
you
and,
and
that
also
kind
of
speaks
to
maybe
one
last
Point
as
we
look
at
all
these
comparable
rates.
E
We
know
what
kind
of
condition
the
Boise
water
renewal
facility
is,
and
our
standards
are
extremely
high
and
we
work
hard
to
make
sure
that
our
facilities
are
kept
up
very
well
that
the
repairs
and
maintenance
need
to
be
done
in
management
of
the
utility
is
is
done
very
well
as
as,
in
addition
with
all
these
other
communities,
I
mean
we
presume
that
they're
also
doing
a
very
good
job
on
keeping
their
facilities
up,
but
we
don't
know
if
their
standards
are
the
same
as
ours.
E
Also
we
are,
we
know
when
we
will
be
changing
our
rate
increases.
They
may
be
on
the
cusp
of
changing
some
of
their
rates
as
well,
which
could
potentially
increase
these,
but
we
just
haven't
been
able
to
document
that
yet
until
those
changes
occur,.
E
Okay,
so
this
this
slide
here
focuses
on
what
our
future
rate
recommendations
in
both
a
percentage
increase
as
well
as
a
dollar
amount
per
monthly
bill
would
be
out
through
2028..
We
talked,
we
saw
a
little
bit
of.
E
We
saw
a
little
bit
of
this
on
the
earlier
rate
recommendation
slide,
where
we
saw
out
through
2025
that
we
had
a
7.5
percent
increase
for
residential
users,
but
now
that
we
can
see
once
that
phase,
that
three-year
phase
period,
that
I
discussed
from
the
cost
of
service
analysis
is
completed
in
2025,
all
users
fall
to
the
rate
of
Revenue
increase
the
percentage
increase
that
needs
to
be
achieved
for
the
entire
utility.
E
So
through
2025
there
may
be
a
7.5
percent
increase
in
2026
and
27.
We
would
have
a
9.25
increase
and
then
28
fiscal
year
28
it
fall
to
a
4.9
percent
increase
and,
as
Steve
mentioned
earlier,
these
are
all
in
keeping
with
the
rate
recommendations
or
the
rate
projections
that
were
promised.
As
the
bond
election
was
passed
in
November
of
2021,
so
you
can
see
a
little
bit
more
of
an
increase
in
26
and
27.
E
However,
I
think
what
is
noteworthy
is
is
just
as
we've
mentioned
in
past
presentations
and
today
we
use
the
tools
and
resources
to
plan,
so
that
our
rate
recommendations
in
terms
of
dollar
amounts
are
fairly
level
and
steady
for
our
users,
and
so,
as
you
can
see
on
that
green
dashed
line,
the
amount
that
we
are
increasing
our
monthly
bills
by
is
a
fairly
steady
level
projection
that
helps
people
to
plan
their
budgets
better.
It
gives
more
confidence
in
our
ability
to
to
plan
and
do
our
work.
B
E
So
then
we
have
our
cash
balances
or
cash
flow
projections
in
our
cash
fund
balances.
What
your
graph
is
seeing
here
is
you're,
seeing
in
the
green
dash
line
our
fund
balance
for
water
renewal
utility,
which
in
2023
had
a
beginning
fund
balance
of
about
80
million
dollars.
E
This
fund
balance
is
we
maintain
this
to
be
able
to
add
to
or
Draw
from
as
needed
to
be
able
to
keep
a
nice
predictable
forecast
of
of
user
rate
of
future
user
rates,
and
so,
as
we
see
volatility
or
changes
in
our
Capital
Improvements,
we
see
some
variation
in
our
green
cash
balance
line.
But
the
important
thing
to
note
is
when
we
compare
the
green
against
the
yellow,
dashed
line,
we're
always
above
the
yellow,
dashed
line.
E
The
yellow,
dashed
line
represents
the
minimum
cash
balances
that
we
need
to
maintain
to
meet
our
bond
covenants
and
promises
that
we've
made
as
we've
issued
our
series
2022
bonds.
So
our
goal
is
to
consistently
remain
above
that
dashed
line.
You
do
see
that
maybe
we
go
a
little
bit
above
that
in
2025
through
2028.
E
So,
just
as
a
quick
summary
on
our
bond
authorization,
as
you
know,
in
November
of
2021,
over
80
percent
of
the
Boise
voters
approved
an
authorization
of
570
million
dollars
of
bonds
to
be
issued
out
through
fiscal
year
2031.,
so
that
570
million
dollars
of
authorization.
So
far,
we've
issued
343
million
dollars
of
our
series,
2022
bonds,
as
well
as
the
recently
closed
23
wiffy
alone,
one
which
actually
closed
in
December
of
last
year.
E
We
have
started
spending
and
drawing
from
our
80
million
dollars
of
the
series
2022
Bond,
we
have
not
yet
started
drawing
from
the
with
you
alone.
We
have
a
upcoming
second,
with
the
alone
of
135
million
dollars.
That
will
be
closed
on
at
some
point
in
the
future,
and
then
we
also
have
90
million
dollars
of
basically
kind
of
uncommitted
authorization
that
we
will
use
in
our
planning
to
kind
of
fill
in
wherever
we
may
need
additional
additional
funding,
all
right.
Okay,
so
that
concludes
water
renewal.
E
E
Thank
you.
Well.
Water
renewal
is
certainly
our
most
information
intensive
fund.
A
lot
of
things
going
on
within
water
renewal.
Solid
Waste
also
has
a
lot
of
things
going
on.
It's
a
very,
very
important,
essential
service
for
trash
recycling,
compost,
services
within
Boise
and
there's
other
many
other
programs
that
the
solid
waste
fund
provides
oops
go
in
the
wrong
direction.
E
So
as
we
look
at
our
Solid
Waste
fund
within
2024,
we
have
some
key
drivers
that
affect
our
Revenue
as
well
as
rev
or
expense
projections.
One
of
those
is
a
continued
volatility
and
recycled
commodity
pricing.
E
We
also
recently
in
the
past,
have
expanded
our
Compost
Facility
and
now
the
cost
of
that
are
hitting
our
our
expenses,
the
cost
of
that
additional
depreciation
and
operation
of
that
new
Compost
Facility,
and
then
we
also
have
contract
increases
that
we
discuss
regularly
with
Republic
Services
to
make
sure
that
their
well
they're
they're
happy
to
provide
us
with
their
updated
costs
of
of
Labor
vehicles
and
all
the
other
costs
of
services
that
they
provide
within
Republic
Services.
E
And
then
we
work
frequently
to
negotiate
and
add
those
additional
expenses
to
our
overall
Solid
Waste
cash
and
expense
projections.
We
also
have
in
the
future-
although
it's
not
imminent
at
this
moment,
but
in
the
future,
we
know
that
we
will
have
an
increase
on
landfill
costs
within
Ada,
County
and
I.
Don't
know
that
we
have
the
final
exact
amounts,
but
we
know
that
we'll
be
adding
the
cost
of
disposal
or
sorry.
E
E
In
April
last
month,
we
brought
to
you
the
recommended
maintenance
and
operation
expenses
of
42.39
million
dollars
that
included
Personnel
expenses,
our
contract
with
Republic
Services,
our
disposal,
costs
for
the
landfill
and
transfer
station
and
other
maintenance
and
operation
expenses.
E
We'll
talk
in
just
a
moment
about
our
projected
rate
increases,
but
with
the
rate
increases,
we
would
estimate
that
we
would
generate
in
fiscal
year
24
approximately
42.9
million
dollars.
That
leaves
us
with
net
income
of
593,
000,
of
which
we
will
fund
one
piece
of
major
equipment
which
would
be
a
household
hazardous
waste
vehicle
for
200
000
from
those
net
incomes.
E
Unlike
water
renewal,
we're
not
needing
as
much
of
a
balance
to
continue
on
for
capital
projects
as
very
little
Capital
expenses
incurred,
because
most
Capital
expenses
related
to
things
such
as
Vehicles,
Compost,
Facility
and
so
forth
are
already
covered
within
the
Republic
Services
contract.
E
So
this
this
graphic
here
again
shows
us
sort
of
a
history
of
our
maintenance
and
operation
expenses
over
the
past
back
through
2018,
and
this
covers
essentially
all
our
maintenance
and
operation,
including
Personnel
contract
disposal,
expenses
and
so
forth,
and
so
that
you
can
see
also
over
time,
we've
had
a
steady
increase
in
overall
expenses
and
the
green
dashed
line
once
again
is
what
we've
collected
from
Solid
Waste
revenues.
Year
after
year.
E
We
have
a
much
tighter
margin
between
the
expenses
and
the
revenues
collected
because
we're
not
needing
the
net
income,
as
you
would
see
on
the
the
the
water
renewal
graph.
That's
intended
for
Capital
Improvement
funding
with
this
all
Capital
Improvements
again
are
provided
through
the
contract
with
the
Republic
Services
and
very
little
expense
is
required
to
be
funded
through
our
net
income.
Occasionally
we
have
some
pieces
of
equipment
or
some
other
Solid
Waste
compost,
type
related
facilities
or
expenses.
E
So
what
we're
proposing
is
for
fiscal
year
2024
a
rate
increase
of
4.9
percent
that
would
be
added
to
the
bills
for
residential
services,
as
well
as
commercial
Trash,
Services
So
within
Solid
Waste.
We
have
four
different
key
lines
of
of
waste
streams.
We
have
residential,
we
have
commercial
trash,
commercial
Recycling
and
then
also
we
have.
E
Those
rate
increases
would
provide
about
1.5
million
dollars
in
additional
revenues,
which
would
increase
our
net
income
to
about
593
thousand
dollars
following
the
the
proposed.
If,
if
this
2024
rate
increase
would
be
were
to
be
approved,.
E
So
our
average
residential
bill
at
this
moment
for
the
service
is
a
compost.
Trash
and
recycling
is
22.41
per
month.
So
a
4.9
percent
increase
would
equate
to
a
dollar
and
10
cents.
Addition
to
that
bringing
US
23
dollars
and
51
cents.
E
So
similar
to
our
water
renewal
graph,
we
sure
we
do
a
cash
flow
projection
and
estimation
of
fund
balances
for
solid
waste
as
well,
and
so
in
this
graph
here.
The
solid
green
line
represents
the
actual
fund
balances
that
are
projected
with
our
rate
increases,
moving
forward
and
projected
expenses
from
2024
out
through
2028,
and
then
the
dashed
yellow
line
represents
our
Target
and
the
water
renewal.
E
Our
Target
was
focused
on
meeting
Bond,
covenants
and
requirements
in
this
case,
since
there
are
no
bonds
for
solid
waste,
it's
focused
on
maintaining
just
a
good
amount
of
fund
balances
that
can
help
to
absorb
the
variability
and
costs
that
we
see
month
after
month,
and
that
amount
is
about
30
days
of
operating
expenses
on
hand
in
the
form
of
cash.
E
So
that
would
mean
that
our
cash
would
allow
us
to
operate
for
30
days
if
we
were
to
not
collect
revenues
and
that
can
be
handled
that
can
be
used
towards
cost
increases
and
cost
overruns
or
unexpected
expenses,
as
well
as
if
we
had
any
shortfalls
in
revenues
or
any
disruption
in
our
our
Revenue
collection.
So,
as
you
can
see
here
with
are
4.9
percent
increase,
we
are
able
to
maintain
our
minimum
30
day
cash
balance
Target.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
amen.
I've
always
been
interested
in
knowing
a
little
bit
more
about
the
the
contract
that
we
have
with
Republic
Services
of
the
4.9
increase
that
you're
recommending
how
much
of
that
is
related
to
the
contract
with
the
Republic.
What
are
we
seeing
there
in
terms
of
their
costs,
driving
cost
structure
for
Solid
Waste
Service
for
our
residents.
E
Chair
Ellis,
commissioner
Crowley,
that's
a
that's
a
very
good
question.
The
contract
for
public
services
is
a
very
significant
part
over
over
half
of
our
overall
fund
expenses.
In
fact,
it's
almost
two-thirds
of
our
fund
expenses,
so
I
would
say
that
probably
65
percent
of
the
of
the
changes
in
our
expenses
with
Republic
Services
would
be
felt
through
our
rate
increases
that
that
we
recommend.
C
Just
as
a
follow-up,
Matt
I'm,
just
curious
I
noticed
the
city
of
eagles
kind
of
gone
through
a
transition
they're
looking
at
a
different
service
provider
for
solid
waste
and
transitioned
away
from
Republic
to
another
company.
C
What
kind
of
oversight
and
review
do
you
go
through
to
to
kind
of
Benchmark
what
it's
costing
from
Republic
from,
perhaps
other
suppliers?
How
do
we
know
we're
getting
the
best
deal
for
the
people
of
this
of
Boise
on
this?
It's
a
big,
it's
a
big
expense.
It's
26
28
million
dollars
per
year
and
I'm,
assuming
that
includes
a
a
guaranteed
return
on
investment
and
other
costs.
C
So
when
you
add
the
two
pieces
together
for
water
renewal,
solid
waste,
the
average
residential
customers
looking
at
seventy
dollars
a
month
with
the
two
added
together
and
I,
think
that's
going
to
get
noticed.
C
I
think
people
are
going
to
have
questions.
So
just
wondering,
what's
being
done,
that
we
can
tell
people
that
you
know
that
were
the
oversights
very
good
and
we're
looking
at
and
all
options
and
making
sure
that
we
provide
the
best
service
at
the
lowest
possible
rate.
E
C
E
Commissioner
Crowley
the
excellent
question
I
would
defer
that
to
Heather
who
has
much
more
experience
working
with
Republic
than
I
do.
F
Thank
you,
Matt,
chair
Ellis,
commissioner
Crowley,
on
an
annual
basis.
We
review
the
expenditure
and
revenue
side
of
the
Republic
contracts,
so
they
submit
to
us
their
financial
statement
basically
and
what
their
request
is
for
a
reimbursement
adjustment.
So
we
look
through
each
of
the
different
lines
of
business
and
look
at
their
expenses
versus
the
revenues
that
they
receive
from
us
and
other
sources.
We
compare
items.
F
For
example,
in
the
last
few
years,
we've
reviewed
their
labor
costs
in
particular,
and
looked
at
their
labor
costs
compared
to
what
we're
seeing
similarly
for
our
city
costs
in
similar
positions
and
other
positions
in
the
area
as
well,
so
that
we're
ensuring
that
they're
paying
a
fair
price
to
their
employees
and
able
to
maintain
their
employees
while
still
providing
our
customers
a
good
value
for
what
they're
paying
for.
So
we
do
that's
just
one
example:
we
go
through
other
areas.
F
We
look
at
recycling
Commodities
with
them
maintenance,
I
think
for
Republic
Service
Services
their
overall
contract
Nationwide.
The
maintenance
facility
here
in
Boise
is
Top,
Notch
and
I.
Think
it's
actually
their
their
best
maintenance
facility.
Nationwide
I
think
that
their
maintenance
manager
here
in
the
Boise
facility
is
really
sought
after
across
their
overall
contract
Nationwide
and
provides
training
across
their
organization.
So
he
does
an
amazing
job
as
far
as
keeping
the
maintenance
costs
and
really
as
low
as
possible
for
our
Fleet.
A
That,
when
Republic
has
an
increase
for
their
reimbursement,
we
negotiate
that.
That's
not
necessarily,
they
just
send
the
number,
and
we
say:
okay,
there's
a
lot
of
scrutiny
that
goes
into
that
and
we
negotiate
that
number.
What
we
think
is
a
fair
number
based
on
what
they're
providing
us
I,
also
emphasizing
what
what
Heather
shared
I
think,
because
Republic
Services
has
such
a
good
operation
in
Boise.
A
Their
corporate
folks
often
will
look
to
Boise
as
a
place
where
they
want
to
try
out
new
things,
because
there's
there's
a
I
think
their
reputation
is
that
and
certainly
their
relationship
with
the
city
of
Boise
is
that
it's
a
it's
a
really
kind
of
very
well-coordinated.
A
Partnership,
that's
been
developed
over
the
last
15
20
years
or
longer,
and
so
they'll
look
to
Boise
as
a
marketer.
Well,
they
want
to
test
new
things.
So,
for
example,
the
all-electric
trash
trucks
were
the
first
city
in
the
Republic
territory
across
the
country
to
have
the
all
all
electric
trash
trucks,
so
I
think
that's
a
good
example
of
the
partnership
that
we
have
with
them,
but
certainly
Heather
and
the
team
definitely
work
scrutinized
closely.
Those
costs
on
an
annual
basis.
C
I,
don't
think
Senator
I
know
you,
you
go,
provide
great
oversight
on
all
that
and
I
agree.
The
the
service
that
we've
seen
has
has
been
excellent
from
a
republican
I.
Think
it's
just
a
matter
of
being
able
to
make
the
residents
comfortable
that
not
only
are
we
providing
that
oversight
and
making
the
good
efforts
that
you're
making,
but
from
time
to
time,
maybe
looking
at
competitive
bids
or
some
way
to
Benchmark,
you
know
what
we're
what
we're
paying
for
against
what
other
service
providers
might
be
able
to
charge
chair.
F
Ls
commissioner
Crowley
the
next
time
that
our
our
contract,
as
anticipated
to
end
with
Republic
Services
in
2028,
and
when
we
do
that
when
the
contract
does
end
this
time,
we
do
have
to
go
out
for
bid,
and
so
there
will
be
a
competitive
process
to
renew
the
contract
at
that
time
and
I
would
we
would
anticipate
the
Republic
will
bid
again
at
that
time,
but
it
gives
an
opportunity
for
other
competitors
to
come
into
the
market
as
well,
so
yeah.
Thank.
B
E
So
moving
forward
with
the
4.9
okay,
with
the
4.9
percent,
increase
we've
plotted
out
what
we
see
for
other
similar
entities
that
provides
trash
recycling
compost.
Services.
One
interesting
thing
is
services
for
water
renewal
are
pretty
common,
I
mean
they're,
pretty
comparable.
You
know
they're
they're,
doing
the
exact
same
thing
from
one
entity
versus
another.
However,
the
services
that
are
provided
by
different
entities-
first,
you
know
trash
compost
and
recycling
can
be
quite
different
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is.
E
As
we
look
at
Boise,
we
provide
and
this
rate
of
22.41
showing
in
that
kind
of
blue
crossed
hatch
bar
we're,
showing
what
the
bill
would
be
for:
compost,
residential
recycling
and
Trash
Services,
not
every
one
of
these
other
Treasure
Valley
entities
shown
in
blue
are
providing
exactly
that
same
service.
So
what
we
feel
is
that
we
provide
probably
the
best
value
of
services
to
our
customers.
E
So,
commissioner,
Crowley
to
your
point,
which
you've
just
made
for
me,
thank
you.
We
we
have
a
combined
water
renewal
and
solid
waste
proposed
24
bill
of
74,
70.23
I.
Think
one
of
your
other
questions
was
perhaps
you
know,
is
there:
how
do
we
tell
people
that
this
is
a
fair
rate?
E
Those
metrics
look
at
basically
the
financial
strength
of
a
community,
but
then
they
also
look
at
the
financial
strength
of
individual
households
in
the
lowest
quintile
of
incomes,
the
lowest
20
percent
of
income.
So
we're
working
on
that
at
the
moment,
based
upon
older
EPA
guidelines,
we
are
within
affordability
for
all
of
our
bills.
That's
not
a
a
real
concern
for
the
typical
user.
We
want
to
focus
on
those
that
are
in
the
lower
income
brackets,
but
that
will
be
upcoming
soon.
E
E
So
with
that
I'll
shift
over
to
geothermal,
so
again,
our
geothermal
system
is
very
unique.
It's
the
largest
geothermal
heating
system
within
the
United
States,
and
focus
primarily
within
the
downtown
area,
not
a
lot
to
discuss,
with
geothermal
other
than
we've
presented
back
last
month,
that
we
have
approximately
a
million
dollars
in
overall
expenses
from
our
Personnel
maintenance
and
operation
depreciation,
and
then
we're
projecting
to
have
839
or
830
000
of
revenues.
That
would
also
consider
a
slight
rate
increase.
E
So
historically,
we
have
not
increased
rates
for
geothermal,
as
the
prices
for
natural
gas
heating
have
been
very,
very
competitive,
with
our
geothermal
we're,
seeing
some
cost
increases
to
natural
gas.
That
would
maybe
allow
us
to
raise
our
rates
very
slightly,
to
continue
to
generate
more
revenues
that
we
need
to
keep
our
system
up
as
well
as
remaining
competitive
within
our
downtown
area,
with
entities
that
are
making
the
decision
between
geothermal
heating
and
and
natural
gas.
E
So
what
we
have
here
is
we
are
seeing
that
the
net
income
in
the
end
is
171
thousand
dollars.
Essentially,
we
have
the
fund
balances
that
that
money
can
be
pulled
from
our
existing
fund
balance
to
cover
this
expense,
which
has
really
occurred
to
continue
ongoing
repairs
and
maintenance
within
the
utility.
So.
E
So
if
we
look
at
the
history
of
maintenance
and
operation
expenses
within
geothermal,
it
has
been
a
little
bit
more
volatile
than
what
we
have
seen
on
Solid
Waste
or
water
renewal,
and
that
is
because
a
variety
of
factors,
one
of
the
biggest
one-
is
weather
and
the
temperatures
and
how
cold
the
winter
time
actually
is.
E
We
see
some
very
large
increases
in
2019,
which
was
due
to
a
number
of
pipe
breaks
and
other
maintenance
expenses
that
had
to
be
incurred
during
a
I
believe
I
would
say
it
was
a
very
cold
winter
I
think
that
contributed
to
a
lot
of
those
line,
breaks
and
increased
those
costs.
You'll
notice
that
the
green
line
kind
of
wavers
a
little
bit.
It's
not
as
a
linear
and
predictable
as
what
you
saw
in
the
other
funds,
and
that
is
because
revenues
will
increase
on
a
colder
winter,
but
they'll
decrease
on
a
warmer
winter.
E
Also,
the
just
the
difference
in
the
margin
between
the
overall
vertical
bars
showing
the
expenses
and
the
green
lines
showing
revenues
has
been
made
has
been
made
up
not
only
from
the
use
of
fund
balances
in
a
year
where
we
have
fund
balances.
But
we've
also
had
good
Partnerships
with
capital
city,
Development,
Corporation,
80,
County
highways
and
others
who
have
helped
us
and
assisted
us
on
on
roadway
prod.
Just
on
the
kind
of
teamed
up
with
us
on
some
of
our
major
geothermal
projects
that
we
have
done.
E
So
what
we're
proposing
for
our
geothermal
rates
is
a
4.9
percent
increase.
Again
rate
increase
has
not
been
done
for
a
number
of
years
on
geothermal,
and
so
what
that
would
do
is
provide
about
37.,
37
000
of
additional
rate
revenues
that
would
help
reduce
the
amount
of
draw
that
we
would
have
to
make
on
our
fund
balance
to
fund
our
our
maintenance
and
operation.
Our
operation
of
maintenance,
maintenance
and
operation
projects.
E
So
this
graph
again
shows
our
cash
fund,
our
cash
flow
projections
and
our
fund
balances.
You
can
see
that
in
the
green
line
that
in
23
and
24,
we
are
well
above
our
Target
shown
in
the
yellow,
dashed
line.
Our
Target
is
fixed
by
looking
at
60
days
of
operational
expense
on
hand
and
cash
plus
an
additional
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
potential
line
breakages
that
we
could
see
throughout
the
year.
So
at
the
moment.
E
We
are
above,
however,
that
margin
that
difference
between
the
yellow
and
the
green
line
is
highly
dependent
upon
our
future
Capital
Improvements.
We
know
that
we
have
quite
a
few
Capital
Improvements
that
need
to
be
completed
that
have
not
yet
been
fully
forecasted
into
our
projections,
so
it
will
be
very
easy
to
bring
that
green
line
down
as
we
bad
capital
projects
to
come
closer
to
the
yellow,
dashed
line.
E
E
We
are
not
recommending
any
rate
increases,
so
both
the
revenues
and
expenses
are
very
close
are
essentially
the
same
as
what
we
showed
you
last
month
in
April,
where
we
are
Rec,
estimating
57
922
dollars
in
revenues
from
the
assessments
and
fees
to
our
irrigation
customers.
We
would
expect
about
forty
five
thousand
dollars
in
operational
expenses
and
then
would
have
twelve
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty
seven
dollars.
That
would
then
be
added
towards
our
our
fund
balance.
Again.
E
This
is
a
situation
where
we
would
add
to
our
fund
balance,
and
maybe
at
some
point
when
we
have
some
major
repairs
of
Maintenance,
we
can
draw
back
from
that
to
to
make
those
repairs
without
having
increases
in
our
assessments.
E
So
now
I'll
talk
briefly
about
the
general
fund,
so
the
general
fund
we're
no
longer
it's
no
longer
we're
not
talking
about
Enterprise
funds
now
and
general
fund,
as
we
as
we
talk
a
little
bit
about.
This
is
subject
to
the
rate
revenues
that
we
collect,
as
well
as
for
the
services
that
the
general
fund
provides,
as
well
as
intergovernmental
revenues,
which
are
revenues
that
we
collect
from
property,
tax
sales,
tax,
franchise
fees,
liquor,
taxes
and
so
forth.
So
we
have
a
few
initiatives
and
and
programs
that
we
operate
within
the
general
fund.
E
One
of
those.
The
first
is
the
primarily
the
fso.
The
facility
services
and
operations
Group,
which
maintains
key
City
facilities,
basically
operates
the
facilities
in
terms
of
keeping
repair
maintenance
done,
janitorial
contracts,
Landscaping
contracts,
so
on
so
forth,
directed
and
managed.
We
also
have
our
our
lighting
Services
street
lights
and
then
a
variety
of
environmental
services
such
as
climate
action,
our
water
supply,
storm
water,
drainage,
maintenance
and
then
also
inspection
services
for
development,
particularly
inspecting
drainage,
Hillside
and
other
development
services.
E
So,
just
to
recap,
our
discussion
from
March.
We
have
approximately
1.6
million
dollars
and
capital
expenses
for
the
capital
fund.
That
would
be
primarily
focused
on
fso,
but
then
another
three
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
to
help
replace
and
maintain
and
inspect
polls
within
the
street
lighting
fund.
E
For
budget
requests
for
the
general
fund
fund
101,
we
are
requesting
one
FTE
that
would
be
the
building
automation
systems,
technician
for
an
additional
ninety,
eight
thousand
dollars
in
Personnel
expense,
and
then
also
we
have
some
maintenance
and
operation
expenses
that
we
are
in
the
that
are
pending
approval
by
the
city
council
that
have
been
requested,
and
that's
a
variety
of
services
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
the
different
Services
provided
by
the
general
fund
are
properly
funded
and
they
have
adequate
budget
to
do
the
things
that
they
need
to
do
so
pending.
E
So
our
general,
our
net
income
for
the
general
fund,
is
largely
what
we
presented
last
month
as
we
focused
on
mno
expense,
we're
expecting
about
1.1
million
dollars
in
fee
revenues
generated
by
the
services
provided
from
general
fund.
A
lot
of
that
would
be
things
such
as
inspection,
fee
revenues
and
so
forth.
E
We
expect
to
have
10
million
52
968
dollars
in
total
expenses
for
the
general
fund,
which
leaves
us
a
net
income
of
that
8
million
800
or
8
million
899
thousand
dollars,
and
so
that
money
right
there
that
that
amount
would
be
funded
by
the
city's
intergovernmental
revenues.
Again,
that's
the
monies
coming
from
property,
tax
sales,
tax,
liquor,
taxes
and
so
forth.
So
that
will
be
allocated
to
us
to
make
us
whole
from
the
budget
office.
E
So
that
kind
of
concludes
the
the
information
and
and
recommendations
portion
of
our
presentation
should
I
stop.
If
you
have
any
questions,
anything
that
I
can
answer
at
the
moment.
B
E
B
F
B
Where
it
had
water,
renewal
and
Solid
Waste.
B
A
E
E
B
E
So
this
this
meeting,
unlike
the
past
meetings
where
there
have
been
information,
only
we
are
requesting
a
motion
to
recommend
our
proposed
capital,
mno
budgets
and
rate
recommendations
for
fiscal
year,
24
to
be
then
forwarded
and
moved
on
to
budget
workshops
and
ultimately
approval
by
the
city
council.
E
So
we
have
this
proposed
language
for
the
motion
that,
for
your
consideration,.
B
And
I
just
wanted
to
read
it.
The
question
I
had
was
so
it's
a
summary.
It
was
so
it
was
9.9
for
the
water
renewal,
the
average
out
of
all
those
cases,
and
then
it's
7.5
for
at
least
the
residential
piece
of
the
solid
waste.
E
For
residential
and
for
commercial
trash,
but
no
increase
for
commercial,
temporary,
roll-offs
or
commercial
recycling.
F
F
B
Commissioners,
do
you
have
any
questions
before
we
go
forward
with
the
approval
and
or
the
motion
for
approval,
any
more
questions
before
we
go
there?
Okay,
all
right,
well,
I
moved
that
we
have
someone
come
forward
with
the
proposed
motion.
C
I
would
move
to
recommend
the
proposed
fiscal
year
2024
budget
as
presented
to
the
mayor
and
city
council,
including
won
the
budgets
for
the
general
geothermal,
Solid,
Waste,
Municipal,
irrigation
and
water
renewal
funds
as
presented,
and,
secondly,
the
rates
as
presented
for
the
water
renewal,
solid
waste
and
geothermal
funds,
and
the
commission
asked
staff
to
afford
these
recommendations
onto
the
mayor
and
city
council
for
inclusion
and
their
approval
in
the
city's
overall
fiscal
year.
2024
budget.
C
C
E
So
I'll
just
cover
the
last
steps
and
basically
again
want
to
reiterate,
even
though
we
talked
about
a
lot
of
projections
and
future
forecasts
and
all
that
we're
only
focusing
on
just
the
2024
budget
and
then,
as
we
work
into
the
budget
workshops
with
the
city
council
in
May
and
June.
Ultimately,
it
will
go
into
a
budget
packet
for
July
and
then
ultimately,
for
recommendation
or
for
approval
in
August
of
this
year,
and
then
those
the
rates
would
take
effect.
As
of
October
1st
2023.
E
Okay,
so
thank
you
very
much.
It's
been
a
pleasure
presenting
this
and
please
let
us
know
if
you
have
other
questions
and
I
think
we
will
be
working
to
provide
you
with
the
cost
of
service
information
that
that
you'd
requested.
Okay.
Thank
you.
A
G
Foreign
commission
members
nice
to
see
you
all
this
afternoon
evening,
I
appreciate
your
time
as
always
as
Steve
mentioned.
Just
to
recap,
where
we've
been
at
the
at
the
last
Public
Works
commission.
Meeting
I
think
today
is
a
is
a
pretty
exciting
update
and
just
to
recap,
a
little
bit.
Last
time
we
had
talked
about
really
thinking
through
what
we
want
commission
to
be
what
how
we
want
it
to
function.
What
we
wanted
to
do
and
I
think
from
from
what
we
took
away
from
Commissioners.
G
The
feedback
that
we
got
was
a
real
sense
of
of
wanting
to
move
to
more
of
a
quarterly
Cadence
spending
more
time
as
a
group
together,
focused
Less
on
the
on
the
day-to-day
oversight
and
more
on
the
longer
term
strategic
pieces,
helping
us
shape
policy
and
strategy
for
for
a
lot
of
the
big
big
items
and
and
big
important
content
areas
in
front
of
the
department
so
as
part
of
the
takeaway.
G
G
So
I
wanted
to
share
a
couple
updates
with
you
this
evening
and
then
we'll
get
into
the
specific
piece
of
of
motion
at
hand
which
has
to
do
with
the
bylaws,
but
once
we
started
really
digging
into
the
language
that
we
would
need
to
update
in
order
to
to
move
in
the
New
Direction
with
Public
Works
commission,
it's
really
in
in
two
parts.
G
The
one
that
we'll
see
here
tonight
is
the
Public
Works
bylaws,
which
are
much
I,
would
say
easier
for
for
the
commission
to
update
just
require
a
vote
this
evening
with
a
motion,
and
then
the
second
one
is
in
city
code
and
so
we'll
work
with
the
legal
department
to
update
that.
But
that's
a
longer
process.
Obviously
it
would
require
city,
council
readings
and
the
like,
but
just
to
say
that
what
we,
what
you
all,
will
vote
on
here
this
evening,
the
moving
of
the
Cadence
to
quarter.
G
We
will
set
us
up
to
the
for
the
direction
that
we
want
to
go,
there's
nothing
in
city
code
or
in
the
bylaws.
That
would
prevent
us
from
going
the
direction
that
you
all
expressed
a
desire
to
go
so
we'll
go
through
the
bylaws
here
shortly,
but
one
other
update
that
I
wanted
to
put
out
there
is
that
staff
have
been
working
kind
of
in
the
background
on
the
other
piece.
G
What
we're
looking
at
roughly
right
now
is,
as
early
summer
Summer
Orientation
we'll
get
that
on
the
books
and
then
theoretically,
starting
that
quarterly
Cadence
in
August.
So
we're
looking
to
go
pretty
quickly
and
one
ask
that
we
would
have
of
you
all
is
that
we're
gonna
we're
gonna,
keep
all
of
the
existing
standing
meetings
on
your
calendars,
just
because
they're
already
on
your
calendars,
and
we
may
want
to
repurpose
those
for
whether
it's
an
orientation
or
tour.
So
just
a
request
to
please
keep
those
on
your
calendar.
G
G
You
keep
that
time
on
your
calendar,
so
we'll
be
back
in
touch
with
more
more
dates
but
again
hoping
to
move
pretty
quickly
on
these
and
again
from
certainly
from
my
perspective,
I
think
from
the
Department's
perspective,
really
excited
about
the
direction
and
and
the
conversations
that
we've
had
so
far
and
and
going
a
different
direction
and
providing
you
all
with
the
content
and
and
receiving
that
strategic
guidance
and
and
the
more
Workshop
focus
group
style.
G
G
So
with
that,
I
will
share,
and
and
just
one
thing
so-
that
in
the
packet
that
you
all
received
was
the
updated
bylaws
that
that
we
reviewed
that
we
had
legal
review
as
well
and
and
what
you
saw
in
there
was
primarily
you
know,
some
cleaning
up
of
old
language.
But
then
the
significant
change
was
around
meeting
Cadence,
moving
from
monthly
to
quarterly
and
one
Amendment
for
this
evening.
That
I
did
want
to
run
you
all
through
and
that
will
be
part
of
the
the
proposed
motion.
G
This
is
pretty
minor,
but
we
did
want
to
bring
it
up
because
we
we
caught
at
last
minute.
So
apologies
for
that.
But
in
article
one
meeting
section
two,
the
current
language
which
I
have
up
here,
it
just
basically
says
a
special
meeting
may
be
called
by
the
chairperson
of
the
commission
whenever
the
chairperson
deems
such
meetings
necessary
or
when
for
more
commissioner
members
deem
such
a
meeting
necessary.
G
The
only
tweak
that
the
only
change
that
we're
recommending
here
is
that
it's
as
chairperson
or
secretary,
which
would
be
the
director
which
just
gives
staff
the
ability
to
also
call
a
meeting.
We
we've
noticed
that
that
we've
been
doing
that
some
in
the
past,
and
so
we
just
wanted
to
clean
up
the
language
so
that
calling
a
special
meeting
could
could
either
come
from
the
chairperson
or
from
or
from
the
director,
which
is
in
this
case
is
the
secretary.
G
So
that
was
the
only
other
change
in
language
that
we
propose
and
again
apologies
for
the
last
minute,
but
we
did
think
while
we
were
going
to
the
going
through
the
updating
of
bylaws.
We
thought
that
would
be
an
important
adjustment
as
well
so
happy
to
stop
for
any
questions
before
I
get
to
the
motion,
but
hopefully
he's
relatively
straightforward,
but
would
certainly
welcome
any
questions.
G
Okay,
hearing
none
I
put
together.
This
draft
recommended
motion
for
you
all
to
consider
a
move
to
adopt
the
recommended
Public
Works
bylaws,
as
proposed
with
one
amendment,
to
add
the
phrase
or
secretary
into
article
one
section.
Two
welcome.
D
I,
don't
care
I'm
happy
to
do
it
I
moved
to
adopt
the
recommended
Public
Works
bylaws,
as
proposed
with
one
amendment,
to
add
the
phrase
quote
or
secretary
unquote
into
Article
1,
Section
2.
B
B
C
G
And
chair
commission
members
just
wanted
to
wrap
up
with
another.
Thank
you
for
you.
All's
time
we're
grateful
for
the
feedback
that
we
received
and
really
excited
about
the
new
direction
that
we're
going
and
and
again
look
for
some
additional
information
on
when
we
can
get
that
robust
orientation
and
start
to
get
some
tours
on
your
calendar.
So
thanks
again
for
your
time.
B
There
is
one
more
item
on
the
agenda
said
committee
reports,
Public
Works,
commission
water
renewal
subcommittee
had
a
meeting
a
couple
weeks
ago,
maybe
a
little
bit
more
than
a
couple
weeks
to
April,
17th
and
Steve.
We're
gonna
give
an
update
thanks.
A
Thank
you,
chair
Ellis
yeah,
we
met
with
commissioner
kravat
was
joined
us
for
the
water
renewal
subcommittee
meeting
and
we
spent
the
meeting
talking
about
the
advanced
water
treatment
pilot
out
at
the
Micron
facility.
That
facility
is
in
place
it's
up
and
running
I.
A
Think
we're
still
running
clean
water
through
I
know
that
we've
transitioned
over
to
the
actual
Wastewater
piece
just
yet,
but
we
talked
about
the
the
intent
of
the
pilot
talked
about
the
actual
treatment
processes
that
were
part
of
the
pilot,
I
think
there's
five
key
processes
and
then
did
spend
some
time
with
commissioner
gavat
talking
about
the
public
engagement
part
of
it.
That's
such
an
important
part
of
the
advanced
water
treatment
pilot
is
to
get
information
out
to
the
public
and
also
give
them
tours.
A
Let
them
come
out
and
see
the
facility
kind
of
look
touch
and
feel
the
technology.
So
he
had
a
couple
of
recommendations
that
are
in
the
the
meeting
minutes
that
were
really
helpful
as
we
start
to
roll
out
the
advanced
water
treatment,
pilot
yeah.
B
D
Adam,
chair
I,
do
have
a
question:
go
ahead.
I
just
wanted
to
get
clear
on
something
that
Colin
mentioned
about
keeping
our
calendars,
keeping
the
monthly
first
Wednesday
this
time
calendars
held
for
the
remainder
of
the
year
as
we
go
through
the
implementation
of
the
some
of
the
changes
and
and
keeping
options
open
since
they're
already
on
our
calendars.
But
I
wasn't
totally
clear
on
when
I
I've
some
since
I'm
a
relatively
new
member
is
the
work
sessions.
D
Are
there
separate
calendar
work
sessions
that
I'm
not
aware
of,
or
at
least
not
currently
calendared,
for
because
I
don't
want
to
miss
miss
those?
If,
if
I
should
have
this,
this.
F
Is
Kathy
schoenfeld,
chair,
Ellis
and
commissioner
warrants?
If
I
might
I
was
going
to
send
an
email
out
tomorrow
with
all
of
those
dates.
B
You
you're
welcome.
Thank
you.
So
I'm
really
glad
you
brought
that
up.
Commissioner
Barnes
right
now
like
in
my
calendar,
I
just
have
it
for
August
and
November.
B
Okay,
seeing
that
we
have
any
other
questions.
B
Okay,
well,
we
have
finished
our
agenda
and
so
I
think
we
need
to
take
a
vote
to
end
the
meeting.
So
all
of
those
in
favor
of
finishing
the
meeting
and
closing
out,
please
say
aye.