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UTILITY SERVICES DIVISION AT A GLANCE

Budget Summary

The Utility Services Division, also known as the Water & Sewer Fund, includes the Utility
Administration, Billing and Collections, Meter Reading and Repair, Water Distribution, Wastewater
Collection, Water Treatment, Water Quality, and Water Demand Departments. The Geographic
Information System (GIS) function is also part of the Utility Administration Department.

The Utility Division budget increased 16.91% in FY 2022-2023. A total of 3.5 full-time equivalent
positions were added – one tradesperson in Water Distribution and two tradespeople in Wastewater
Collection, as well as a part-time position that was converted to full-time for a crew leader position.

Operational costs increased in the Meter Reading & Repair Department due to budgeted meter
replacements of 1000 units. The primary increase in Treatment Services is related to the cost of chemicals
and the increased volume of water being treated. The “other” category increased 25.9% and includes
$150,000 for building and parking lot improvements at the Chris Burkett Service Center. Finally, the
reserved amount in the Utility Fund increased more than $2M. The reserve is merely the difference
between revenues and expenditures and is used to help fund Utility infrastructure construction projects.
Use of reserves has allowed the Utility Fund to complete projects without issuing additional debt.

Utility Division Actual Actual Budget Budget % Change
Departments 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023
Administration $ 1,828,382 $ 1,359,295 $ 1,517,105 $ 1,461,964 -3.63%
Billing & Collections 989,301 912,359 986,221 962,162 -2.44%

Meter Reading & Repair 1,699,045 1,212,548 1,216,799 1,353,076 11.20%

Water Distribution 750,166 915,604 1,137,244 1,181,420 3.88%

Wastwater Collection 8,449,987 8,657,180 9,251,077 9,978,603 7.86%
Treatment Services 9,137,392 9,173,211 10,591,924 12,270,854 15.85%

Water Quality 626,497 550,347 565,347 661,634 17.03%

Water Demand 145,868 136,459 160,543 164,294 2.34%

Transfers/Reserves 1,961,320 2,410,597 6,041,481 8,703,260 44.06%

Other* 17,241,103 2,256,374 579,145 729,145 25.90%

Total $ 42,829,061 $ 27,583,974 $ 32,046,886 $ 37,466,411 16.91%
Division Actual Actual Budget Budget % Change
Summary 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023
Personnel Services $ 6,317,104 $ 5,837,941 $ 6,241,311 $ 6,743,005 8.04%
Operations 36,511,957 21,746,033 25,805,575 30,723,407 19.06%
Total $ 42,829,061 $ 27,583,974 $ 32,046,886 $ 37,466,411 16.91%

*Other in FY 2019-2020 includes $11,137,632 in project appropriations and $5,072,086 in depreciation. Depreciation is not a budgeted expense.

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