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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee January 21, 2003 Page 2 up the Water and Sewer Fund in addition to the three named by Chairman Plata. To compare with other cities, we would also have to include information about Water Distribution, Sewer Maintenance, Warehouse, and Water Billing. Another factor to consider is the debt payment. Terry Townsend, Director of Public Works, explained that in contacting other cities concerning costs, we would have to be very explicit in trying to break out distribution costs. In some cities they would be including the cost and manpower to produce the water in addition to the distribution costs because they might be organized differently. Mr. Townsend said every city that is contacted will be different. Mr. Townsend gave an example of the City of Duncanville which buys all of its water from the City of Dallas. Mr. Townsend said when you look at their water distribution and sewer collection system, all of the cost is figured into their water distribution budget. They do not have a water production budget because they do not produce any water. Chairman Plata stated he wanted to compare cities with approximately the same population as the City of Paris. Councilwoman Neeley pointed out that at one time over one -half of the water that the City of Paris was producing was going to Campbell Soup, which means you have to produce the water even though we do not have the population. This is another factor that has to be looked at. Councilwoman Neeley stated that they may have to go by city water production instead of population. Mr. Campbell advised that the consumption of Campbell Soup at this time is 35% of the water produced by the City of Paris. City Attorney Schenk advised that there are other entities that the City of Paris supply water to that would also have to be taken into account. City Manager Malone said the city supplies about 60,000 people with water in Lamar County and neighboring counties. Chairman Plata stated that he will be asking the question of how many people- other cities are serving outside their cities, in addition to their population.