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City Council Meeting August 16, 2000 Page 12 which was 1406 hours of training held in the City of Paris and this also saves money for the City of Paris. Mr. Campbell discussed the monthly reports from 1986 through 1996 and compared those, pointing out the difference in the reports. Mr. Campbell asked the City Council to look at report seven, and advised them that this report is ten pages and that starting January of next year it is going to be ten pages every month. Mr. Campbell said the City Council can look at this report and see what information the TNRCC is requiring to be reported on a monthly basis. Mr. Campbell said the new rules and regulations mean that you have to have well trained people to run your water and wastewater systems. Mr. Campbell said the last page of the handout is a budget summary for fiscal year 2000-2001 and the Water Treatment Department shows a 4.40% change in the budget from 1999, the operating budget change is 2.79%, and the capital change is 24.77%. He said the major expenses will be a major postage increase due to the Consumer Confidence Report ($4,000.00); extra chemical costs due to diversion of Pat Mayse water to Lamar Power Partners thus requiring more use of Lake Crook water which requires more treatment ($40,000.00); increased power cost at Pat Mayse Lake because of more pumpage to Lamar Power Partners ($75,000.00); need of fencing the entire sludge disposal field (25,000.00); extend sludge disposal line( $8,000.00); tractor with accessories for use in the sludge field ($70,000.00); extend the shop($12,000.00); level sludge disposal field ($8,000.00); increased TNRCC fees ($5,000.00); and increased local Health Department fees ($4, 800.00). Mr. Campbell said at the Wastewater Treatment Plant the total budget is up 17%, and part of the reason is the major utilities cost. The operating change has an increase of 12% and the capital change is 135% increase. He said the Utilities Department is also in charge of 16 lift stations, and the total change in budget is 40.3%; operating change is 1.3%. Mr. Campbell pointed out that there is a large capital change of 2468.1 % or $112,300.00 which represents two major items. Mr. Campbell said those items are the upgrade of the Sunrise Lift Station and the relocation and rebuilding of the City Lot Lift Station. Mr. Campbell said the first item on this list is chemical cost at the S. E. Lift Station of $15,600.00, and Mr. Campbell said the reason they are having to spend this money is that the sewage in that pipe line