FY26 Proposed Budget

Recent Accomplishments:  Hired and trained (7) staff in FY24  Completing a 3-year implementation of Cartegraph for asset management  Utilizing Tyler Notify, SSRS reports, and other means to bring the month-to-month average of non-functioning water meters from (600) to (100).  Update of the Chlorine feed equipment  Successful implementation of Granular Activated Carbon removal and replacement procedures for a 50% reduction in overtime hours during the annual project  Completing the replacement of 16-inch water main along Highway 6.  Implementation of a Lead Reduction Program to provide information and resources to residents to remove or reduce lead exposures in drinking water  Conducted excavation safety and rescue training alongside the Fire Department  Completed the replacement of water main with water staff at the end of Indigo Ct  Installed City fiber optic cable to the Peninsula Well Field Upcoming Challenges:  Continued increases in operational costs due to components reaching design end-of lift coupled with inflationary costs on goods, services, and internal services.  Continued training of new staff members to ensure proper operation and maintenance of the drinking water treatment and distribution systems are sustained.  Work schedules requiring on-call, nights, and weekends perceived to be unsatisfactory by prospective candidates and current employees.  Public notice of lead service lines and lead service unknown material types.  Maintaining sufficient meter inventory to keep up with design end-of-life water meter failures.  Replacement of water main on Bradford Dr, Wayne Ave, and Louise St.  Replacement of variable frequency drives for the high service pumps.  Design efforts for the rehabilitation of collector well #1.  Rehabilitation of the Powerhouse Dam  Completion of the Storage, Treatment, and Source Water studies.  Beginning a water rate study to explore how to accomplish approximately $50M worth of improvements in the next 10 years without creating excessive amounts of revenue bond debt.  Stress on the general fund and insufficient facility reserve funds for programmed needs.

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