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Cost and Disruption to EWEB Business -Staff has expressed concern that the labor hours <br /> associated with the cost of modifying the Banner billing system to accommodate the new fee <br /> would require additional EWEB staff resource and potential deferral of EWEB work priorities. <br /> We have assured EWEB staff that the City is willing to pay for all initial costs of system <br /> modification and implementation for the TSMF and also that the City is willing to consider all <br /> reasonable proposals for a TSMF implementation schedule that accommodates EWEB's business <br /> priorities. <br /> EWEB staff has also expressed the importance of "simplicity and separateness" in the integration <br /> of TSMF with the EWEB bill. For this reason,. we are advocating for reconsideration for the <br /> option of billing the TSMF as an additional separate line on the current EWEB billing statement. <br /> Not only does this preserve the separate character of the other billing lines and, therefore, the <br /> most clarity for customers, but it also eliminates a whole lot of internal programming complexity <br /> that would be necessary if we were to combine the TSMF with another city charge or other <br /> alternatives which have been proposed.. <br /> Next Steps (include dates if available) -Negotiating Strategies: <br /> Dennis could either submit the letter of request to Randy on July 18, or he could let Randy know <br /> it is coming but post-date it to July 25, after the council has provided direction in their TSMF <br /> worksession. We hope to have an opportunity within the next 2-3 months (by late September) to <br /> bring this request to the Board for a formal decision. <br /> <br /> _ _ _ <br /> <br />