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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Budget and Program Summary <br />PROGRAMS AND SIGNIFICANT SERVICE/EXPENDITURE CHANGES <br />PROGRAM: RWP ADMINISTRATION <br />CITY OF SPRINGFIELD <br />In FY 02-03, Springfield staffwill support the following major regional initiatives in addition to <br />ongoing administrative and industrial pretreatment activities: <br />• Support MWMC in refining goals, objectives and priority RWP issues. <br />• Continue oversight of Wet Weather Flow Management Plan implementation and prepare first <br />progress report to MWMC and local jurisdictions. <br />• Complete Awbrey Lane Poplar Farm si±e design, infrastructure construction, and tree planting. <br />• Complete and implement MWMC public education and information program. <br />• Complete construction of expansion and remodeling improvements to the regional laboratory. <br />• Continue to provide leadership in the assessment of impacts and the development of mitigation <br />measures related to endangered species listings affecting the upper Willamette River. <br />• Continue participation in metropolitan pollution prevention coordinating activities and events. <br />• Develop supplemental water supply to Biosolids Management Facilities (BMF). <br />• Begin design/engineering work for phased relining of the BMF facultative sludge lagoons. <br />• Develop outreach and events that will mark completion of general obligation bond repayment <br />and MWMC 25 year anniversary. <br />• Complete redesign work needed to plan and design improvements to the treatment plant that <br />will address: peak wet weather flow management; temperature; ammonia; and effluent reuse <br />capability. <br />• Review and update the regional sewer. user fee rate model. <br />• Evaluate and recommend appropriate transition for the County Service District. <br />Significant Changes for FY 02-03 <br />The proposed FY 02-03 operating budget includes increased Springfield Administration service <br />levels iri the area of capital improvements project management. The proposed Administration <br />budget for FY 02-03 totals $14,390 which reflects an 280% increase over FY 02-03. The <br />significant Capital Outlay components of this increase are addressed below. <br />Personnel Services -Budget Request $593,000 [Increase of $120,168 or 25%] <br />• Personnel Services reflects a full year effect of a position (.8 FTE) transfer from the Eugene <br />Wastewater Division to Springfield ESD. Budgeted funds were transferred from Eugene to <br />Springfield in November 2001, which will remain in the FY 02-03 budget for ESD. This <br />change did not cause a net increase on the RWP budget. The increase is also driven by a .10 <br />FTE increase in the Accounting Manager position, a 20% increase in the cost of health care <br />insurance, and a 3% cost of living adjustment. <br />~. <br />Page 12 FY 02-03 Budget <br />