Title
2025 Utility Operating Budget, Rates, Capital Facilities Plan and General Facility Charges
Recommended Action/UAC Deliverable:
Review staff's briefing on preliminary utility rates and budget for 2025 and make recommendation to Council
Issue:
Review 2025 preliminary utility rates (including LOTT), operating budgets, capital facility plans (CFP) and General Facility Charges (GFCs). The UAC will forward their recommendations to the City Council for review on October 15th and for consideration during their budget deliberations in November/December.
Staff Contact:
Gary Franks, Public Works Waste ReSources Director, 360.753.8780
Jesse Barham, Public Works Water Resources Director, 360.753.8164
Mike Vessey, Public Works Drinking Water Utility Director, 360.753.8318
Presenters:
Same as above
Background and Analysis:
The Utility Advisory Committee (UAC) reviews City utility finances, rates, capital facilities plan and general facilities charges annually. The 2025-2030 Preliminary CFP for each utility is attached and consists of ongoing programs, such as aging water main replacements and neighborhood sewer extensions, large scale projects spanning multiple years and new projects.
City Utilities are expected to provide uninterrupted public health services for our community. Our responsibilities include ensuring that drinking water supplies are safe and adequate quantity, sewer infrastructure safely conveys wastewater to the LOTT treatment facility, solid waste is managed for reuse or disposal, flooding is minimized, and water quality and our urban natural resources are protected. As municipal utilities meeting the needs of our community while maintaining and upgrading our increasingly aging infrastructure is the core of our mission. Utility staff focus on effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of these services.
The City Utilities are municipal enterprise funds. They are financially self-supporting without the input of general tax funds. Conversely, Uti...
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