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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Budget Message <br /> • Current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permit <br /> requirements will be addressed operationally and in planning/development of CIP projects, <br /> and all permit conditions are intended to be met. <br /> • New environmental challenges (e.g. Clean Water Act regulations) will be monitored and <br /> responded to. ' <br /> j' <br /> • The Commission's first sale of revenue bonds, and use of other potential cost-beneficial <br /> financing tools, require a Debt Service line item, a Debt Service Reserve, and budgeted <br /> -j <br /> i expenses associated with the bond sale. <br /> ~ Adopted annual cost of living wage adjustments include a 2.9% increase in base salaries for <br /> Eugene union members, a 2% increase in base salaries for Eugene non-represented <br /> i employees, and a 2.6% increase in base salaries for Springfield. <br /> <br /> 1 ' • Property and liability insurance costs are expected to increase at a slower rate for FY OS-06, <br /> and the budget has been reduced from prior years to recognize this slower-than-expected <br /> growth. <br /> • Contractual Services costs will increase to fund ongoing Commission activities such as <br /> regional flow monitoring, increased public outreach and public documents associated with <br /> the MWMC Facilities Plan, technical assistance needed for NPDES permit compliance, and a <br /> review of MWMC's user rate cost centers. <br /> • Litigation Expense is again budgeted to address legal suits and appeals filed by the Home <br /> Builders Association of Lane County. <br /> • Working Capital remains budgeted at $200,000 for Springfield and $500,000 for Eugene. <br /> • The Commission targets for funding the Operating Reserve, Capital Reserve and Equipment <br /> Replacement Reserve are met. <br /> • CIP projects budgeted in FY 04-OS will be partially completed in that timeframe; however, <br /> approximately $15,900,000 in carryovers to FY OS-06 are anticipated as a result of <br /> contractual commitments spanning both fiscal years. <br /> • Projected FY OS-06 revenues are as follows: User fees - $16,150,000 ;Interest -$606,900 ; <br /> . and System Development Charges (SDC) - $1,774,800 . <br /> <br /> I <br /> • The revenues and projects budgeted for FY OS-06 assume that the MWMC SDC <br /> methodology and the Facilities Plan will be upheld in the courts. However, a contingency <br /> reserve has been established within the Capital Reserve in the event the SDC methodology is <br /> remanded. <br /> I - _ <br /> r <br /> Page 3 FY OS-06 BUDGET AND CIP <br /> <br />