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<br />e. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />M I NUT E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Dinner Session <br />Eugene Conference Center <br /> <br />May 1 3, 1 985 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Debra Ehrman, Dick Hansen, Ruth Bascom, Freeman <br />Holmer, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller, Emily Schue, councilors; Mike <br />Gleason, City Manager; Bob Deis, Susy Wagner, Finance; Christine <br />Andersen, Bill Guenzler, George Jessie, Public Works; Dave Whitlow, <br />City Manager1s Office; Barb Bellamy, Public Information Director; <br />Kees Corssmit, CH2M Hill; Dick Briggs, Eugene Chamber of Commerce; <br />Jim Boyd, Register-Guard. <br /> <br />Ms. Wooten opened the meeting and introduced Mr. Guenzler, who presented an <br />overvi ew of regi onal sani tary sewer rates and a user fee rate proposal. <br /> <br />He said EWEB collects both regional and local rate money. The local funds are <br />sent to the City of Eugene for maintenance of sewers, and the regional funds <br />are forwarded to the City of Springfield. Of the $10.50, local rates account <br />for $4.20, and regional rates are $6.30. Mr. Guenzler said the Springfield <br />reserve fund totals $3.9 million, and the administrative expense related to <br />the fund is charged to the sewer fund, but the charge is not for fund manage- <br />ment, per see Mr. Hansen asked whether the surplus was related to the <br />different rates for residential and other customers. Mr. Guenzler said the <br />surplus was probably a result of making fewer expenditures than had been <br />expected. <br /> <br />Mr. Guenzler said local rates are set by each of the cities, depending on <br />revenue necessary for sewer maintenance. Regional rates are studied and <br />recommended by MWMC to city councils, which then pass ordinances on rates. <br />Mr. Guenzler said councils are required by the MWMC agreement to pass rates no <br />lower than those required by the commission. He also said MWMC usually bases <br />its recommendations on customer characteristics, such as average flow. <br /> <br />Mr. Guenzler discussed regional rates for treatment, which he said involve <br />separate issues and actors than those for local rates. He said the process <br />usually begins with a study of revenue requirements, followed by collecting <br />the costs which are necessary to run the utility. Those are then allocated to <br />flow, biological oxygen demand, and suspended solids, and an equation is <br />developed based on a percentage of total expenses for each factor. Every <br />customer is then charged according to those equations, with some measured by <br />flow, and with single residential customers, for example, charged based on an <br />average flow. Mr. Rutan asked what criteria were used to determine whether a <br />business is given a flow-based or flat rate. Mr. Guenzler said every non- <br />residential user has a measured flow rate, and he said the MWMC agreement <br /> <br />MINUTES--City Council Dinner Session <br /> <br />May 13, 1985 <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />