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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Budget and Program Summary <br /> ~ REGIONAL WASTEWATER PROGRAM <br /> ~ OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE <br /> Since the mid-1990's, RWP staff have maintained a commitment to the Commission and the <br /> <br /> j ~ governing bodies to focus on effectiveness and efficiency to remain competitively priced and <br /> ensure excellent service. As an example of these efforts, staff established a goal in 1996 to <br /> J maintain stable user rates for afive-year period without causing any declines in service or the <br /> long-term health of the wastewater collection and treatment system. Fiscal year 2000-01 marks <br /> the fulfillment of this goal. The FY 00-01 budget, summarized below, anticipates no user rate <br /> increases to fund the associated revenue requirements. <br /> ~ The following goals or outcomes, if achieved in the long-term, will demonstrate success of <br /> MWMC and its oversight of the RWP. MWMC and RWP support staff strive to achieve and <br /> maintain: <br /> a <br /> 1. High environmental standards; <br /> 2. Fiscal management that is effective and efficient; <br /> 3. A successful intergovernmental partnership. <br /> In the development of the annual work programs and budgets that fallow, and in carrying out the daily activities of <br /> ~ managing the regional wastewater system on behalf of MWMC, staff results should reflect an effort to meet the <br /> outcomes described above. The programs and associated budget requirements summarized below are expressly <br /> intended to achieve the three long-term outcomes identified above. The Commission and staff will continue to <br /> evaluate ways to measure success in these three areas over time. <br /> The following indicators have been used measure performance in these areas over the past fiscal <br /> j year: <br /> Outcome 1: Achieve and maintain high environmental standards. <br /> Indicators: Performance: <br /> ~ <br /> E- Target Actua199-00* <br /> ? Number of overflows and/or pump station bypasses 0 0 <br /> F ~ ! ? Number of DEQ discharge permit violations 0 0 <br /> ? Biosolids quality-all regulated contaminants 50% EPA < 50% EPA <br /> i <br /> Outcome 2: Achieve and maintain fiscal management that is effective and efficient. <br /> ~ 1 Indicators: Performance: <br /> Target Actual 99-00 <br /> ? Changes needed in user rates to fund annual budget 0 0 for 5 years <br /> ? Annual audited financial statements Clean Audit 100% Clean Audit <br /> I. <br /> Page 8 FY 00-01 BUDGET <br /> <br />