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Ms. Bettman asked if the unspent $4.5 million would be sufficient to fund all four nodes. Ms. <br />Wright said yes. She estimated $3 million would be needed in the first year, with approximately <br />$500,000 to $1 million needed annually after that to make continuing customer connections. All <br />areas would be operational. In Year 5 of the capital cost model, EWEB assumed it had updated <br />and purchased all new electronics to keep the system current; other than that, most capital <br />expenditures after Year 1 were customer connection costs. It would require additional money to <br />continue to connect new customers. Ms. Bettman stated that EWEB would make the system <br />available in those areas, and certain customers would be connected using the existing funding; <br />there would then be a percentage of customers who would not be connected, even within those <br />geographic areas. Ms. Wright clarified that there would be customers who had not asked to be <br />hooked up; EWEB's capital cost projections were based on its sales projections. Ms. Bettman <br />determined from Ms. Wright that the difference between the ultimate project cost of $10 million <br />and the existing $4.5 million was the amount of customers that would be connected, even in those <br />limited geographic areas. <br /> <br /> The amendment to the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br /> The amended motion passed, 5:3; Ms. Bettman, Mr. Meisner, and Ms. Taylor <br /> voting no. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 19, 2001 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />