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Expenditure Synopsis:

The Utility Fund expenditures total $27,963,085 for FY 2018-19, which is an increase of $631,769 or
2.3%, from FY 2017-18 budget, and $2,452,731, or 9.6%, over projections. The Utility Fund is broken
into eight major categories: personnel, operations and maintenance, services and other, wholesale water
purchases, wastewater services - TRA, debt service, transfers to other funds and capital outlay.
Personnel costs, including any increases in compensation rates, are calculated by the Human Resources
Department. Capital outlay costs consist of large one-time costs and capital rehabilitation programs,
such as waterline repairs and replacements. All other costs are based on the previous year’s revised
funding level minus any one-time costs from the previous year. Below is a breakdown of FY 2018-19
categories by percentage.

FY 2018‐19 Water & Wastewater Fund Expenditures by
Capital outlay
35,000 Category Personnel services
0.1% 3,258,576
Transfers to other 11.7%
funds
1,512,000 Operations &
5.4% maintenance
Debt service 1,427,923
3,436,780 5.1%
12.3%

Services & other
Wastewater 4,876,469
Services‐TRA 17.4%
3,700,836
13.2% Wholesale water
purchases
9,715,501
34.7%

Personnel Services: FY 2018-19 Budget $3,258,576
% of Fund Expenditures 11.7 %
Compared to $ Growth % Growth
FY 2017-18 Budget $ 55,250 1.7 %
FY 2017-18 Projection $ 247,033 8.2 %

Like the General Fund, the Water & Wastewater Fund’s adopted budget includes a 3.5% compensation
increase for staff. For FY 2018-19, a part-time Environmental Services Technician to help with regulatory
reporting requirements. The year-end projections reflect vacancy savings which are also reflected in the
adopted budget increasing being only 1.7%.

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