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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Budget Message. ` <br />Sud~et Highlights <br />• FY 03-04 staffing allocations to the RWP are proposed at the same level (76.54 FTE) as in <br />FY 02-03, with only minor reallocations within the Eugene Wastewater Division to address <br />shifting priorities. <br />• RWP personnel services costs will increase by about 8% overall which reflects the combined <br />effects of projected 3% cost of living adjustment for Eugene and Springfield, and significant <br />increases in Eugene's employee health care and benefits costs. <br />• The proposed FY 03-04 materials and services budget reflect staff's efforts to maintain the <br />overall RWP budget as flat as possible. While the budget tables contained in this document <br />do not readily reflect it, materials and services expenses are proposed at 1.7% below the <br />amended FY 02-03 budget amounts. The budget comparisons contained in the tables show <br />the proposed FY 03-04 budget compared to the originally adopted FY 02-03 budget, which <br />did not include adequate funding for certain FY 02-03 expenses. <br />Budget Assumptions <br />The following assumptions and/or projections form the basis of the FY 03-04 RWP Operating <br />Budget: <br />• The MWMC Key Outcomes and corresponding performance measures for FY 03-04, along <br />with the MWMC Services Agreement, form the basis for the RWP Work Plan and Operating <br />Budget. <br />• Existing levels of service are funded with no net increase in RWP staffing. <br />• New National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permit <br />requirements are addressed operationally and in planning/development of CIP projects, and <br />all permit conditions are met. <br />• New environmental challenges (e.g. ESA, CWA regulations) are monitored, planned for and ', <br />responded to, <br />• Materials and services expenses are held flat or reduced where possible to offset unavoidable <br />increases in some budget categories. <br />• For budget purposes, electrical costs at the Water Pollution Control Facility are assumed to <br />increase by 6%. Actual cost increases will be a function of weather and potential additional <br />increases in Eugene Water and Electric Board's wholesale power costs. Supplemental <br />budget actions in FY 03-04 may be needed to fully fund actual utility expenses. '. <br />r <br />• Proposed annual cost of living wage adjustments include an increase of 3% for Eugene and <br />Springfield personnel <br />• Property and liability insurance costs are expected to increase slightly over FY 02-03 levels, <br />due to inflation and more accurate accounting of MWMC capital assets. <br />Page 2 FY 03-04 BUDGET <br />