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Utility Rates Presentation for the City of Watertown - 08-17-2020
A
In
his
old
business,
do
we
have
any
old
business
not
seen
any?
Is
there
any
new
business?
Oh,
this
is
where
we
have
the
presentation
from
ae2s
nexus.
The
recommendations
on
the
research
completed
for
the
wastewater
and
solid
waste
utility
rate
study-
and
I
see
kevin
smith-
is
here,
but
heath?
Would
you
please
introduce
introduce
the
whole
topic
for
us?
Yes,.
B
B
I
would
note
that
kevin
smith
is
the
project
manager
for
ae2s
has
been
helping
us
with
this,
along
with
his
team
and
they've,
put
together
a
pretty
comprehensive
report
here
for
us
this
evening.
That
he'll
summarize
I'd
also
like
to
note
marcy
luno
our
engineer.
One
is
our
internal
project
manager
at
marcy.
You
can
feel
free
to
join
mike
or
kevin
up
at
the
table
there.
B
If
you
like
and
then
mike
berger,
the
wastewater
and
solid
waste
superintendent
is
also
online
with
us
this
evening
to
help
answer
any
questions
a
little
bit
more
of
this
background
is
that
we
have
had
a
small
committee.
That's
been
made
up
of
a
couple
few
council
members,
as
well
as
the
internal
staff
and
the
consultants,
and
we
we've
walked
through
several
of
the
scenarios
and
recommendations
here
and
the
practices
and
policies
and
procedures
that
we
currently
follow.
B
Regarding
our
wastewater
rates
and
our
solid
waste
rates-
and
I
think
we've
come
come
up
with
a
pretty
good,
comprehensive
recommendation
here-
that
82s
is
providing
us
and
that's
what
we'd
like
to
prevent
to
the
full
council
tonight
for
their
consideration
and
any
discussion
we
take
out
of
this
meeting.
Of
course,
we'll
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
as
necessary
and
make
any
amendments
or
modifications
to
that
plan
accordingly.
C
Thanks
heath
first
I'd
like
to
thank
heath
and
marcy
and
mike
and
their
staffs
for
the
amount
of
homework
they
did
as
part
of
this
project
as
well.
So
this
is,
as
he
said,
it
was
very
much
a
team
effort
that
we
held.
I
think
four
very
in-depth
progress
meetings
with
a
group
of
city
staff
and
elected
officials
to
bring
us
to
this
point.
C
So
it's
been
been
very
much
an
interactive
process,
which
I
personally
appreciate
because
then
you
know,
we
feel
as
though
it's
something
that
that
the
city
owns
that
it
isn't
just
a
consultant
telling
you.
This
is
what
we
think
you
should
do,
a
one-size-fits-all
that
we
recognize
and
have
had
the
benefit
of
your
staff's
time
and
expertise
to
learn
more
and
to
find
you
know,
recommend,
come
up
with
recommendations
that
really
are
suited
just
for
the
city
of
watertown,
although
we
use
standard
processes
for
rate
setting
and
rate
analysis.
C
C
One
of
the
the
things
I
think
sometimes
gets
overlooked
when
we
jump
into
rate
analyses
is
why
why
do
we
do
this
at
all?
Why
do
communities
consider
rate
adjustments
and
when
so?
This
is
an
excerpt
from
a
utility
rate
survey
that
our
company
does
every
year
and
we
survey
around,
I
think
275
communities
and
systems
in
the
north
central
part
of
the
country.
C
C
That
revenues
and
and
expenses
have
to
generally
balance
and
it
isn't.
It
isn't
the
same
as
running
a
general
fund
operation.
So
keep
in
mind
that
you
know
you're
you're
running
businesses
here,
so
you
should,
as
prudent
business
owners.
Look
at
your
costs.
Look
at
your
expenses
on
a
very
you,
know,
regular
basis
and
see
if
you're,
keeping
up
and
then
project
out.
Well,
what
what
are
we
going
to
need?
C
What
do
we
need
to
do
next
year
to
keep
the
doors
open
and
to
serve
the
public,
because
these
are
businesses
that
just
you
can't
close
the
doors
on
them?
Frankly
that,
as
long
as
the
community
is
here,
these
businesses
are
going
to
be
in
operation.
Therefore,
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense
that,
on
a
regular
basis,
you
take
a
look
at
your
costs
and
and
revenues
expenses
and
revenues.
C
C
So
then,
we
looked
at
different
rate
designs
and
bill
impacts,
so
we
could
show
you
and
your
staff
well,
what
does
that
all
mean
to
the
people
paying
the
bills,
who's
getting
those
utility
bills
on
a
monthly
basis?
And
then
I
think
what
what
will
be
the
most.
I
hope
the
most
helpful
portion
of
this
is
the
solid
waste
financial
plan
and
the
wastewater
financial
plan.
That
gives
you
an
idea
or
a
look
into
the
future
on
what
some
upcoming
costs
are
and
how
your
staff
will
be
planning
for
the
future.
C
How
are
we
going
to
fund
those
projects?
What
what
sort
of
reserve
targets
and
things
have
we
have
we
established
so
that
you
have
the
confidence
that
those
utilities,
those
businesses
are
being
well
managed
and
well
planned
for
that?
It's
not
just
a
year
by
year,
but
it
does.
It
does
really
require
a
longer
view.
C
C
C
Are
your
rates
right
now
within
plus
or
minus
10,
of
what
it's
costing
you
to
provide
that
service
to
your
customers
and
and
the
good
news
is
when
we
went
through
that
the
cosa
analysis
with
your
staff.
We
found
that
that
the
rate
structures
on
both
waste
water
and
on
solid
waste
are
generally
within
that
10
percent
plus
or
minus
tolerance.
So
we
didn't
see
the
need
to
completely
revamp
your
rate
design
or
your
rate
system
that
that's
the
good
news.
C
Things
were
looking
pretty
good,
so
rate
recommendations
for
waste,
water,
single
family
and
multi-family
apartment
rates
generally,
as
I
said,
maintain
the
existing
structure
but
right
size,
the
fixed
charge
and
you
charge
on
a
100
cubic
feet
basis.
So
one
ccf
is
100
cubic
feet
that
equates
to
748
gallons
in
case
anyone's
interested,
but
you
charge
per
se
per
ccf.
We
looked
at
at
generally
about
a
three
ccf
average
or
something
like
the
40th
percentile
of
your.
Your
residence
fall
in
this
three
ccf
range.
C
C
Maintain
the
the
existing
structure
right
size,
the
volume
included
with
the
commercial
base
charge
and
we'll
get
into
that
in
a
moment,
just
a
bit
a
little
bit
about
strength,
charges
that
you've
got
biochemical
oxygen,
demand,
bod,
you've,
got
total,
suspended,
solids,
tss
and
then
you've
got
nh3
ammonia.
These
are
these
are
strength,
factors
or
strength,
components
of
generally
industrial
wastewater
that
you
charge
extra
for
to
industrial
users.
You
have
a
formal
industrial
pre-treatment
program.
C
That
is
an
expense,
so
we
looked
at
well,
who
should
be
paying
for
that
and
generally
it's
or
it
came
out
to
be
about
70
percent
of
the
expense
of
that
industrial
pre-treatment
program
should
be
going
directly
to
industrial
customers,
there's
a
certain
component
to
that.
That
goes
to
residential
com
customers
as
well,
but
again
right
sizing
the
rates
and
recognizing
who
benefits
from
certain
parts
of
your
your
system,
not
just
the
physical
collection
and
treatment
system,
but
some
of
these
other
things
that
that
are
true
costs
to
the
system.
C
That
is,
I
think,
generally
a
policy
matter
to
discuss
or
something
to
keep
in
mind
for
the
future
that,
if
you
have
people
who
connect
and
disconnect
whether
they're,
snowbirds
or
just
vacancies,
if
someone
disconnects
for
three
months
or
six
months
and
then
wants
to
reconnect
that
that
readiness
to
serve
your
infrastructure,
still
there
ready
to
serve
them,
that's
an
expense
that
you
continue
to
have
so
in
the
future.
You
might
want
to
think
about
a
fee
for
that.
It
might
not
be.
C
B
B
You
know
they
really
did
dive
deep
into
all
the
all
the
factors
involved
in
our
rates
and
that
right
sizing
that
to
me
was
an
important
step
in
that
process.
In
order
to
make
sure
we
are
right
sizing
our
rates
for
the
the
general
residential
customer
base
that
we
have
and
then
also
the
commercial
and
industrial
customer
base
that
we
have.
I
just
wanted
to
community
to
us
for
the
work
on
that
and
taking
that
level
of
detail
into
account
for
that
right.
Sizing
considerations
that
were
that
we
have
in
this
proposal.
C
Thanks
for
pointing
that
out-
and
it
just
kind
of
goes
back
to
those
four
different
progress
meetings
we
had
with
your
staff
and
all
the
homework
they
did
to
participate-
that
this
is
really
a
rate
that
you
know
not
to
fast
forward
to
the
end.
But
we,
you
know
rate
design
and
rate
suggestions,
that
is
that
are
fair
and
equitable
to
your
residential
customers.
Yes,
sir.
B
D
A
D
A
You
can
hear
me
this
is
sarah.
If
you
can
hear
me-
and
I
say
something
wrong-
please
jump
in
and
correct
me,
but
we
do
allow
people
to
disconnect
for
a
short
period
of
time
and
it's
it's
kind
of
a
struggle.
It's
it's
not
something
that
we
like
doing
it's.
It
creates
issues
and
but
I
think
we
have
been
allowing
it
and
mike
is
that
true?
Could
you
hear
me?
A
C
There's
there
is
that
de
minimis
factor
of
it's
costing
us
more
to
manage
a
program
than
it
is
to
get
the
revenue.
Maybe
that's
something
that
you
just
provide
or
you
allow,
or
you
acknowledge,
with
those
individual
accounts,
but
it's
part
of
the
fixed
charge.
So
it
would
kind
of
address
the
issue
without
having
to
make
it
a
a
whole
new
program
and
hire
an
fte
to
run
that.
A
Right
and-
and
I
know,
part
of
the
issue
has
been
well-
the
water
department
physically
comes
out,
closes
a
valve
turns
off
the
water,
but
we've
got
sump
pumps
that
people
rely
upon.
They
don't
want
their
house
flooding,
while
they're
down
in
arizona
or
whatever,
so
the
sewers
actually
may
be
still
working
and
I,
to
be
honest,
don't
know
how
we've
handled
that
either.
C
A
Yes,
I
I
think
there
is
and-
and
I
think
there
actually
is
a
charge
to
disconnect-
because
someone
physically
comes
out
and
turns
a
valve
for
water
for
water
and
then
they
they
have
another
charge
to
come
back
out
again
and
turn
it
back
on.
But
for
the
sewer
part
of
it
I
mean
we're
kind
of
along
for
the
ride
and
we
haven't
been
charging
for
the
sump
pump
collection
when
people
had
variances
to
discharge
their
ground
water
from
around
their
foundation
into
the
sanitary
sewer.
That
goes
all
winter
long,
normally.
A
Anybody
leaves
town
and
they
shut
off
their
water.
Then
they
quit
building
the
service,
and
so,
like
the
mayor,
said,
there's
a
valve
to
shut
off
the
water
there's
no
valve
on
the
sewer,
but
there
is
a
small
reconnection
charge
of
I
don't.
I
haven't
dealt
with
it
for
so
long,
but
it's
just
a
few
dollars,
because
you
have
the
administrative
work
of
sending
the
emails
going
through
finance
municipal
utilities
to
reinitiate
the
billing
and
make
sure
everything's
reinstated.
So
there
is
a
small
fee,
just
a
few
dollars.
C
Thanks
so
on
to
the
recommended
approach
for
residential
this
table
shows
the
current
monthly
charge
in
2020,
and
then
the
suggested
charges
for
2021.,
so
we've
got
it
broken
down
into
fixed
operation
and
maintenance
cost
and
then
fixed
debt
costs.
So
you
see
that
fixed
on
costs
for
a
residential
customer
in
2020
are
12.51
a
month.
Recommendation
is
to
increase
that
by
three
dollars
and
10
cents
a
month
per
residential
account,
and
that
again
is
it.
It
goes
back
to
the
cost
of
service.
C
C
C
That's
why
that
one
doesn't
change.
So
the
total
fixed
amount
from
2020
to
2021
is
three
dollars
and
ten
cents
recommended
at
three
dollars
and
10
cents
per
month
and
I'll
show
you
just
generally,
where
that
puts
you
so
that
first
graph,
that
I
showed
you
of
an
excerpt
from
the
utility
rate
survey
that
we
do
every
year.
This
graph
is
also
an
excerpt
from
that
utility
rate
survey.
This
is
just
south
dakota
systems
showing
where
you're
currently
at
and
with
the
excuse
me,
the
2021
adjustment,
if
approved,
would
still
move.
C
C
But
me
if
you
want
to
get
an
idea
of
what
does
everyone
else
at
least
class
1
municipalities
in
south
dakota
pay?
You
can
see
across
the
board
now
this
comes
with
an
asterisk
or
a
series
of
asterisks
that
some
of
these
systems
brandon,
for
example,
they
don't
treat
their
own
wastewater.
They
pump
their
wastewater
to
the
city
of
sioux
falls
and
they
are
charged
system
development
charges,
sdcs,
plus
they
have
to
pay
their
own
pumping
costs.
C
City
of
harrisburg
is
in
the
process
of
designing
and
constructing
their
own
mechanical
wastewater
treatment
plant
right
now.
They
also
deliver
wastewater
to
the
city
of
sioux
falls
and
they
have
their
own
lagoon
system.
So
this
is
not
to
indicate
everyone
has
the
same
kind
of
treatment
technology
that
the
city
of
watertown
does.
But
if
you
want
to
see
what
or
if
you
want
to
know
what
residential
customers
pay,
typically
in
south
dakota,
this
is
where
you
are
now.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
I
do
have
one
question.
The
recommendation
that
you
mentioned
earlier,
the
three
dollars
and
10
cents
for
as
a
fixed
cost
addition
is
that
something
would
it
be
a
similar
rate
increase
yearly.
Then,
in
your
estimation,
as
we
move
forward,
would
we
or
we
take
it
year
by
year
and
and
make
that
decision.
C
C
We
do
as
part
of
the
financial
plan
I'll
show
you
that
graph
towards
the
end,
but
our
recommendations
or
what
we've
worked
on
with
staff
is
to
get
down
to
a
what
I'd
call
a
a
cpi
inflationary
adjustment
in
the
out
years,
so
that,
if
electricity
and
if
other
you
know
costs
that
you
have
to
bear
those
increase
that
you
incrementally
do
that
on
a
very
you
know
much
smaller
basis,
I
guess
is
the
way
I
would
would
couch
that
heath.
You
have
any
other
thoughts.
B
Other
than
that,
you
know
that's
a
a
perfect
example
councilman
buehler
of
some
of
the
discussions
we
have
with
the
committee.
I
know
this
is
something
finance
officer,
kristen
bobsien
and
I
talked
about
with
the
committee,
and
you
know
the
importance
of
keeping
up
on
this
on
an
annual
basis,
so
that
those
those
adjustments.
B
You
know
it's
it's
incremental
over
time
and
obviously,
when
you
do
that
annually,
it
lessens
the
blow
of
the
overall
impact
when
you
need
to
make
a
correction
or
make
a
make
an
increase
due
to
the
the
ongoing
increase
of
the
cost
to
operate
the
systems.
So
we
would
anticipate
just
as
kevin
indicated,
you
know,
taking
into
account
that
the
operational
expenses
annually
and
adjusting
those
rates
accordingly
on
an
annual
basis
at
a
much
smaller
percentage
of
an
of
an
increase
that
keeps
it
a
little
bit
more
palatable.
B
D
That's
what
I've
had
in
my
mind.
It
has
been
about
10
years.
I
know
I
expressed
concern
that,
although
it's
only
three
dollars,
it
is
what
11
12
increase
that
first
year,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
one
we
haven't
had
an
adjustment
for
a
long
time
and
secondly,
even
with
that
adjustment
for
in
that
first
year,
we're
still
would
have
the
lowest
rates
in
the
in
the
state.
So
we're
going
to
get
some
pushback
percentage-wise,
probably
even
dollar-wise
three
dollars,
but
I
think
to
keep
in
perspective.
C
And
one
of
the
things
that
we
didn't
really-
and
I
don't
even
have
a
slide
on
this
today,
but
we
will
deliver
a
rate
model
to
you
that
that
heath
and
marcy
and
kristen
and
and
mike
and
craig,
can
all
use
on
an
annual
basis.
We're
not
you
don't
need
to
go
through
a
full-blown
rate
analysis
every
year,
but
there
is
value
in
having
that
rate
model
so
that
as
capital
improvements
come
and
go,
that
you're
able
to
with
your
own
staff,
use
that
to
forecast
what
your
needs
are.
C
So
there's
you
know
always
an
opportunity
to
to
provide
support
to
you.
But
what
we
really
like
to
see
when
we
finish
up
rate
studies
is
a
self-sustaining
utility
that
we
can
deliver
this.
You
know
the
the
spreadsheet
based
rate
model
that
your
own
staff
can
use
so
that
every
year
as
you're,
going
through
your
budget
review
that
you've
got
kind
of
the
projection
or
the
updated
numbers
from
well,
these
were
the
actual
operating
expenses.
These
are
our
actual
capital
expenses
and
then
continue
to
project
that
out.
C
So
you
know,
even
if
you
just
look
at
the
rates
annually
and
ask
where
are
we
at
revenues
and
expenses?
I
think
that's
a
very
valuable
exercise
for
for
communities
to
do
and
that's
one
of
the
things
you'll
be
able
to
do
when
we're
not
in
the
room
and
you've
got
your
own
staff
managing
it
afterwards.
C
C
C
So
this
would
be
a
what
I
would
say,
typical
commercial
bill
across
the
geographies
that
we
that
we
survey
so
from
65
up
to
80
just
over
80
or
eighty
five
dollars,
I
believe,
is
where
you
would
land
in
in
2021
and
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
we
could
do
or
you
may
want
to
do
because
you
don't
have
you
have
a
much
smaller
number
of
commercial
accounts
is
if
anyone
questions
like.
How
does
this
affect
me?
C
Okay,
but
again
this
is
you
know
you
look
at
the
range
of
wastewater
charges
and
there's
one
other
community
harrisburg
is
not
on
this,
but
I
believe
theirs
is
in
excess
of
what
brandon
is
in
terms
of
the
commercial
charges
for
them
for
the
year.
So
it's
it's
not
meant
to
be
a
comparative
process,
but
if
you're,
if
you're
wondering
generally,
what
does
it
cost
to
treat
wastewater
in
south
dakota
for
class
1
communities?
C
And
on
the
industrial
side
going
from
left
to
right,
we've
got
again:
the
fixed
o
m
costs,
fixed
debt
costs,
fixed,
o
m
cost,
is
recommended
to
go
up
nine
dollars
and
sixty
cents
a
month
and-
and
this
includes
seven
ccf-
recognizing
that
in
your
industrial
users,
are
not
domestic,
only
there's
a
lot
of
processed
water
being
used.
So
for
that
fixed
monthly
fee,
it
covers
about
seven
ccf
of
of
usage
flows
in
excess
of
seven
ccf.
C
So
these
are
shown
in
excuse
me
milligrams
per
liter
and
also
dollars
per
pound
in
2020,
and
your
your
wastewater
staff
is
actually
able
to
measure
this
because
they
do
sampling
of
of
those
industries.
They
don't
have
you
don't
do
this
for
every
residential
customer,
but
you
do
it
for
industry.
So
the
change
for
for
bod
to
go
from
33
cents,
a
pound
up
to
almost
34
cents,
a
pound
for
total,
suspended
solids,
that
is
unchanged
and
for
ammonia.
C
B
B
Quick
interject,
madam
mayor,
just
for
the
sake
of
time.
You
know
we
do
have
two.
Only
10
minutes
left
until
the
regular
council
meeting
starts.
Kevin's
got
quite
a
bit
of
information
to
cover.
Are
we
okay
running
a
little
past
at
5
30,
or
how
do
you
want
to
handle
that
mayor?
Just
so,
kevin
can
gain.
A
C
I
will
thank
you,
I
won't
be
redundant
when
we
get
through
solid
waste,
but
generally
what
we
evaluate
when
we're
looking
at
financial
plans.
It's
I
I
consider
it
like
financial
planning,
you
do
for
yourself
and
your
families
that
you
look
at
things
like.
What
does
it
cost
to
run
the
house
do
what
is
my
mortgage?
What
am
I
saving
for
what
you
know
whose
car
am
I
going
to
have
to
replace
next
to
generalize
it
down
to
a
utility?
C
You
want
to
be
prepared
to
make
those
decisions
about.
When
is
it?
When?
Is
it
prudent
to
go
into
the
debt
market
to
go?
Look
at
bonds
versus?
Can
we
pay
for
this
on
our
own?
Can
we
pay
for
this
out
of
rates?
That's
one
of
the
purposes
of
having
reserves
is
so
you
can
make
those
decisions
from
a
business
sense
in
the
future
and
not
be
locked
into
well.
We
don't
have
any
reserves.
We
have
this
big
capital
cost.
C
It
gives
you
an
idea
of
what
some
projected
rate
adjustments
could
be
in
the
future
and
how
you
can
gradually
increase
your
reserves
so
that
when
those
capital
costs
come
along
and
when
you
have
to
expand
or
or
make
other
improvements,
that
you
have
the
funds
on
on
hand
to
make
those
decisions-
and
you
know
just
if
you
look
at
the
the
capital
reserve,
which
is
the
red
bar.
These
are
projections
again.
C
A
D
Thank
you
kevin.
I
I'm
just
curious
if
they
have
this
kind
of,
if
they
have
this,
these
resources
banked
because
of
these
increases.
How
does
that
affect
grant
applications
down
the
road?
Because
now,
when
we
have
projects,
we
go
and
we
search
out
grant
opportunities
wherever
they
might
be
in
and
how
does
that
work?
If
the
money's
there
it
makes
it
easy
to
say
hey
we
made
all
these
rate
increases
the
money's
in
the
bank.
We've
got
this
extra
money
to
work
with
these
capital
projects.
C
You
know
just
generally
on
the
utility
side,
most
utilities,
your
size
right
now
in
your
position
are
looking
at
srf
loans
anyway.
So
those
are,
I
wouldn't
say,
independent
of
where
your
rates
are
at,
but
one
of
the
things
the
srf
folks
will
look
at
when
you
apply.
Is
your
ability
to
repay
and
do
you
have
your
rates
set
high
enough
that
you
can
meet
that
110
debt
coverage
and
I
think
there
have
been
times
where
the
board
of
water
and
natural
resources
has
said
community
x?
C
You
need
to
raise
your
rates
because
we're
not
sure
you
can
repay
your
loan.
So
I
I
think
this
not
that
you're
going
to
negate
the
possibility
of
grant
grants
in
the
future.
I
would
say
more
on
the
srf
loan
side,
you're,
actually
setting
yourself
up
to
be
better
positioned.
If
and
when
you
you
choose
to
go
to
look
for
additional
loans,
yeah,
I'm
moving
on
to
some
pumps.
Some
pump
variants
talked
about
this
a
little
bit
a
while
ago.
Right
now,
some
pump
discharge
into
your
collection
system
does
cost.
C
C
That
is
still,
I
would
say,
in
a
sense
not
really
paying
for
the
capacity
that's
taking
up
in
your
system
this,
I
I
don't
see
this
as
a
convenience
charge.
I
see
this
as
recognition
that
there's
capacity
being
taken
up
in
the
collection
system-
and
you
know
as
time
goes
on-
there
may
be
other
opportunities
to
do
things
like
implement
sump
pump
collection
systems
with
a
storm
storm
water
funds
to
take
that
storm
water
out
of
your
out
of
your
collection
system.
C
C
Moving
on
to
solid
waste,
I
will
get
through
this
quickly
mayor.
I
promise
we
looked
at
the
same
cost
of
service
analysis
that
we
did
with
wastewater
generally
heath.
I
would
say
our
recommendations
for
residential
collection
for
for
garbage
and
recycling
in
2020,
it's
ten
dollars
and
fifty
cents
2021
and
2022
we're
recommending
a
dollar
per
month
for
each
of
those
two
years
to
bring
it
up
to
1250
in
the
year.
C
C
So
that
would
go
from
22
dollars
a
ton
to
24.50
and
also
with
white
goods
22
dollars
to
24.50
a
ton
there.
So
these
again,
we
went
through
a
cost
of
service
analysis
in
depth
with
mike
and
your
staff
to
see
what
does
it
cost
to
actually
manage
the
collection
system,
as
well
as
managing
the
landfill
itself,
the
landfill
operation?
C
C
C
C
Tip
same
same
slides,
I
used
essentially
for
for
the
wastewater,
solid
waste
financial
plan.
One
of
the
differences
here
when
we
get
to
the
the
financial
planning
process
itself,
actually
is
those
red
bars,
those
are
for
land
reserves
and
that
I'm
not
going
to
say
that's
untouchable
revenue
that
gets
set
aside.
But
that's
the
money
you
need
to
set
aside
for
future
acquisition,
and
you
know
there
that's
different
than
what
you
would
see
at
a
wastewater
treatment
plant
or
a
water
water
treatment
plant.
Is
they
typically
don't
have
those
those
reserves
set
aside?
C
When
we
talk
about
municipal,
solid
waste
charges,
increasing
you
saw,
it
was
a
dollar
a
month
per
residential
account,
and
yet
on
the
the
commercial
side
it
was
in
the
you
know:
450
a
ton
part
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
understanding
that
the
city
of
watertown
owns
and
operates
this
regional
landfill
right,
and
that
is
a
that
brings
with
it
responsibilities
that
you
all
are
charged
with.
Your
residents
are
going
to
have
well
into
the
future.
C
There
are
closure
and
post-closure
costs
that
the
epa
is
going
to
continue
to
enforce,
and
therefore
anyone
who
comes
from
outside
of
the
city
of
watertown,
who
brings
their
solid
waste
to
your
regional
landfill,
they
have
the
benefit
of
that.
They
don't
have
that
liability
long
term
that
you
do
so
keep
in
mind
when
you
think
of
our
landfill
costs,
you're
also
providing
a
service
to
people
outside
the
community
who
won't
have
that
legal
responsibility
even
after
the
landfill
is
closed
to
maintain
it
to
do
the
sampling
to
manage
methane
all
of
those
things.
C
So
there
is
a
differential
in
cost,
because
there
they
don't
have
the
long-term
investment
that
you
do.
So,
if
there's
any
questions
from
haulers
from
your
own
residence.
I
hope
you
all
keep
that
in
mind
when
it
comes
to
solid
waste.
So
these
are,
I
just
wanted
one
one
closure
slide
with
all
of
those
all
of
the
things
we've
talked
about
again.
We
feel
we
went
through
a
fairly
exhaustive
process
with
your
staff.
It
was
a
lot
of
fun.
C
We
got
to
know
them,
they
probably
got
to
know
us
and
our
quirks
a
little
more
than
they
wanted
to,
but
this
is
stuff
that
we
like
to
do
and-
and
I
really
do
like
to
see
communities-
have
a
financial
plan
and
feel
confident
that
your
staff
is
thinking
about
your
financial
future.
So
with
that
I'll
close
and
hopefully
I'm
close
mayor,
thank.
B
Yeah,
thank
you,
councilman
vilhauer.
You
know
we
would
take
any
comments,
suggestions
or
questions
that
the
council
had
this
evening.
That
they'd
want
us
to
consider
before
bringing
forward
the
appropriate
is
a
resolution
or
ordinance.
I
believe
we're
going
to
go
resolution
with
the
adoption,
the
new
rates
that
we
bring
forward
for
a
proposal
for
adoption.
B
A
B
And
I
could
remind
that
this
information
was
was
shared
to
the
entire
council.
We
also
forwarded
that
to
the
press
to
marcy,
if
we
didn't
do
that
earlier,
but
just
so
they
have
the
slideshows
for
their
records,
and
if
the
council
would
have
any
questions
between
now
and
then
please
feel
free
to
get
ahold
of
myself
or
marcy
and
we'll
we'll
handle
them
accordingly.