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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Budget and Program Summary , , <br />OPERATING BUDGET AND RATE HISTORY <br />The graphs on the following page show afive-year Regional Operating Budget comparison, and <br />Regional Residential Sanitary Sewer costs over. afifteen-year period. Because the Equipment <br />Replacement and Major Infrastructure Rehabilitation programs are managed in the Eugene <br />'_i <br />operating budget, these programs are incorporated into both the five-year operating budget <br />comparison chart on page 21 and the five-year capital programs comparison chart on page 32. <br />Between FY 97 and FY Ol, the Commission was able to maintain the same rate of $8.78 for a <br />monthly regional sewer cost for the typical residential user, based on 5,800 gallons. This was <br />achieved through the implementation of a competitiveness work plan which resulted in improved <br />effectiveness and cost reduction. It should be noted that during the same timeframe, average <br />residential water usage has actually dropped to about 5,000 gallons per month, due to the effects <br />of building code changes and conservation measures over time. At 5,000 gallons average usage, <br />the average residential bill actually went down to about $8.13 per month. <br />The FY 02-03 budget is balanced without the need for a rate adjustment. The FY 02-03 budget <br />anticipates a number of future cost drivers, including future capital needs, SIW transition, utility <br />cost increases, lower flows from industrial dischargers, and slower economic growth. The <br />Commission adapted a new rate schedule in FY 01-02 which results in a monthly regional sewer <br />cost of $8.53 for the typical residential customer, based on the new residential user monthly <br />average of 5,000 gallons per month. In FY 02-03 revenues in excess of current year operating <br />and capital requirements will be held in a new Rate Stability Reserve, to help- sustain stable rates <br />for the following fiscal year. <br />5-YEAR REGIONAL <br />OPERATING BUDGET COMPARISON $9,618,674 <br />0 <br />$1 <br />,000,000 <br /> $7,954,888 $ 8,273,40 9 $8 ,704,483 <br /> $7,626,005 ~ <br />$8,000,000 <br /> GM' <br />i <br />$6,000,000 3 <br /> ~. <br /> <br />$4,000,000 <br /> ~, <br />$2,000,000 <br /> `~ i <br /> s <br />$0 - <br />FY 98-99 FY 99-00 FY 00-01 FY 01-02 FY 02-03 <br />'. <br />Page 21 FY 02-03 Budget <br />