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Utilities fund highlights include:
<br />• No rate changes for either water or sewer.
<br />• No new employees.
<br />• An increase of $615,432 for debt service due to the sale of $9 million in utility bonds in
<br />2016.
<br />• Increases in administrative fees and franchise fees paid to the General Fund.
<br />• Decreased O &M costs passed on by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ($83,000) last year.
<br />• Capital maintenance improvements at the water treatment plant: wells and pumps
<br />($162,000), filters and valves ($11,000), water treatment storage tanks ($117,000), and
<br />buildings ($50,000).
<br />• Capital maintenance improvements at lift stations ($59,000).
<br />• Another year of partial funding for mechanical bar screen/headworks improvements
<br />($320,000) at the wastewater treatment plant.
<br />UTILITIES FUND
<br />2016 -16
<br />2016 -17
<br />2017 -18
<br />Variance
<br />% Change
<br />Sewer
<br />5,810,258
<br />5,531,575
<br />5,932,360
<br />400,785
<br />7.25
<br />Water
<br />8,354,508
<br />8,078,476
<br />8,188,427
<br />109,951
<br />1.36
<br />Interest
<br />80,308
<br />50,000
<br />100,000
<br />50,000
<br />100.00
<br />Fees
<br />438,048
<br />432,550
<br />430,825
<br />-1,725
<br />-0.40
<br />TOTAL REVENUES
<br />12,400,122
<br />1 14,092,601
<br />1 14,651,612
<br />559,011
<br />3.97
<br />UTILITIES FUND
<br />2015 -16
<br />2016 -17
<br />2017 -18
<br />Variance
<br />% Change
<br />Warehouse
<br />100,741
<br />107,855
<br />115,363
<br />7,508
<br />6.96
<br />Utility billing
<br />476,562
<br />2,276,711
<br />2,389,888
<br />113,177
<br />4.97
<br />Water production
<br />2,520,559
<br />3,085,896
<br />3,138,806
<br />52,910
<br />1.71
<br />Water distribution
<br />1,443,440
<br />1,615,414
<br />1,478,003
<br />- 137,411
<br />-8.51
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