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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Budget Message BUDGET MESSAGE METROPOLITAN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEMBERS: Introduction Consistent with the Intergovernmental Agreement, I am presenting a proposed budget for FY 05- 06 that funds operations, administration, and capital projects planned for the Regional Wastewater Program (RWP). The Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) administration and Capital Improvements Program (CIP) components of the budget are reflected in the regionally funded portions of the City of Springfield's Environmental Services Division, Public Works Administration and Finance Department budgets. The operatiOns, maintenance, equipment replacement, and major rehabilitation components are reflected in the regionally funded portions of the City of Eugene's Wastewater, Engineering and Maintenance Divisions' budgets. The Cities' Industrial Pretreatment Programs, managed locally in compliance with the MWMC Model Ordinance, also are included in the RWP budget. The C~ portion of the budget for FY 05-06 includes funding for several ongoing capital projects that implement the Commission's Biosolids Man/tgement Plan (1997), Wet Weather Flow Management Plan (2001), and Facilities Plan (2004). Projects carried over from FY 04-05 include: completion of phase one of Biocycle Farm; modifications to the lab expansion to improve acid neutralization capability; improvements to the digester mixing, primary clarification, secondary 'clarification, and south aeration basin facilities; and installation of construction management facilities. Unexpended funds for these projects, which were budgeted in FY 04-05, are being carried forward into FY 05-06 to support actual project schedules. New capital projects in the FY 05-06 CIP and budget include additional improvements to the Regional Wastewater Facilities, all of which implement the MWMC Facilities Plan, as adopted by the Commission and the Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County Governing Bodies in 2004. The FY 05-06 CIP projects are scheduled and budgeted in accordance with a phasing plan needed to maintain compliance with the MWMC effluent discharge permit and to provide capacity on an as-needed basis. The new FY 05-06 projects will primarily address the need for expanded peak wet weather flow management capability (i.e. influent pumping and design for two new secondary clarifiers), odor control, waste activated sludge thickening, continued implementation of biosolids production enhancements to reduce capacity constraints in the facultative sludge lagoons, as well as the adopted WWFMP strategies. Other Capital Programs, including Major Rehabilitation, Equipment Replacement, and Major Capital Outlay also are funded in the proposed FY 05-06 CIP and budget. The proposed FY 05-06 RWP Operating Budget includes a 0.3 FTE increase in the City of Springfield staffing, which reflects the net effect of a minor reallocation of personnel resources between local and regional (MWMC) programs and recognizes minor organizational changes implemented in FY 04-05. City of Eugene staffing will increase by 2.14 FTE to account for reallocation of staff in regional versus local programs and the addition of one FTE to assist with the increased workload at the Biosolids Management Facility/Biocycle Farm. Except for staffing levels and non-discretionary personnel costs, RWP managers prepared budgets that absorb unavoidable cost increases where possible. Most of the proposed budget increases associated Review Draft April 21, 2005 Page 1 FY 05-06 BUDGET AND CIP