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Budget Overview

Proposed FY 2021‐2022 Budget

The proposed volumetric water rates per 1,000 gallons are as follows:
F Y 2 1 / 2 2
1 gallon to 10,000 gallons $4.76
10,001 gallons to 20,000 gallons $5.75
Over 20,000 gallons $6.57
Gas Well Drilling (all volumes) $13.55

Wastewater Rates
The proposed FY2021‐22 wastewater rates remain the same. The base rate is $19.16/month,
and the volumetric rate is $5.32/1,000 gallons. These rates are the same for both residential
and commercial customers, except that residential accounts are billed on the average water
consumption during the winter months with a maximum of 12,000 gallons.

GOLF COURSE FUND

A policy has been implemented for the Golf Fund balance to remain at zero. With this in mind,
both the revenues and expenditures for golf in the 2021‐2022 fiscal year are budgeted at
$2,773,357. A 4B proposed transfer in the amount of $1,217,718. The Golf Fund’s debt service
is $371,403.

SOLID WASTE FUND
Solid Waste operations is outsourced to a third party vendor to handle the refuse and recycling
of our community. The contract is for 5 years, set to expire in 2024. The proposed FY 2021‐
2022 budget includes expenditures of $3,673,178, and revenues of $3,356,609 resulting in a net
working capital decrease of $316,568, assuming adoption of the recommended rate of $18.20 –
the same rate as last fiscal year. Staff projects working capital at the end of FY 2021‐2022 to be
$1,084,563.

SUPPORT SERVICES FUND

The Support Services Fund records the activities of the Information Technology support services
functions (currently only Information Technology), and allows for the costs of these services to
be reflected as expenditures of the “customer” departments. The proposed budget is
$4,880,717. The implementation of the ERP system accounts for $1.2 million of the budget. The
projected year‐end working capital balance is $490,215.

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