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2. Interest Earned. A 50 percent ($50,000) decrease in interest income is predicted due to <br />record -low interest rates. <br />Expenditures <br />1. Group Medical. Although two of the three health plans offered by TML -IEBP are <br />expected to have relatively speaking very minimal increases, the budget does not increase <br />the City's allocation to compensate. The result is a small erosion of an important benefit <br />that helps make up for an uncompetitive wage scale when recruiting and retaining <br />employees. <br />2. Fuel — Volatility of fuel prices declined over during FY 2008 -2009 (see full discussion <br />under "General Fund" section above) and the proposed expenses reflect lower fuel prices. <br />Over the previous 12 months, the Water and Sewer Fund purchased 21,992 gallons of <br />unleaded gas and 7,115 gallons of diesel. <br />3. Electrical — The water and sewer systems continuously utilize numerous pumps, some of <br />which are quite large, and these pumps require large amounts of electricity to run. As <br />noted in the "General Fund" section above, the City's five -year agreement with CAPP <br />will minimize the volatility and amount of our electrical charges. <br />4. Chemicals — The water and wastewater treatment processes require a large amount of <br />chemicals. The City recently received responses to its request for proposals for annual <br />contracts to provide the various chemicals and are slightly less than FY 2009 -2010. <br />5. Personnel. As noted earlier, the City is a very lean operation for a service organization, <br />where 70 -75 percent of expenses would not be unusual for personnel but in water and <br />sewer this category accounts for only 24.3 percent. The proposed budget does not <br />include elimination of any of the 71 full -time positions. <br />Capital <br />There is very little capital in the proposed budget and much of what is included are projects that <br />were part of the FY 2009 -2010 budget but will remain incomplete by the end of the fiscal year <br />and carried forward. These projects include: <br />1. Lake Crook fishing pier replacement <br />2. New warehouse <br />3. Radio read meter program <br />4. Replacement of the sub -floor at the water treatment plant <br />5. Implementation of phase II of the water system SCADA system <br />6. Cox Field airfield improvements <br />