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MetropolitanWastewaterManagementCommissionBudgetMessage
<br />BUDGETMESSAGE
<br />TotheMetropolitanWastewaterManagementCommission:
<br />IampleasedtopresenttheMetropolitanWastewaterManagementCommission’s(MWMC)
<br />budgetforfiscalyear(FY)2012-13.Thisbudgetfundsoperations,administration,andcapital
<br />projectsplannedfortheRegionalWastewaterProgram(RWP).TheMWMCadministration
<br />andCapitalImprovementsProgram(CIP)componentsofthebudgetarereflectedintheCityof
<br />Springfield’sRWPbudget.Theoperations,maintenance,equipmentreplacement,andmajor
<br />rehabilitationcomponentsarereflectedintheCityofEugene’sRWPbudget.TheCities’
<br />IndustrialPretreatmentPrograms,managedlocallyincompliancewiththeMWMCModel
<br />Ordinance,alsoareincludedintheRWPbudget.
<br />Thisyear’sbudgetreflectsacontinuedfocusondesignandconstructionofcapital
<br />improvementsplannedtoensurethatoperationoftheRegionalWastewaterFacilitiesmeets
<br />environmentalregulations,andthatadequatecapacitywillbeprovidedtomeettheneedsofa
<br />growingservicearea.TheFY12-13capitalbudgetandFY12-13–FY16-17capital
<br />improvementsworkplan,whichareincludedinthisbudgetdocument,arederivedfromthe
<br />2004MWMCFacilitiesPlan.ThebudgetedamountforFY12-13FacilitiesPlancapital
<br />improvementprojectsis$21,587,796;$18,345,382iscarryoverfromunfinishedprojects
<br />budgetedinFY11-12,and$3,242,414,isnewfundingprogrammedinFY12-13.TheFY12-
<br />13capitalbudgetalsoincludesEquipmentReplacement,MajorRehabilitationandMajor
<br />CapitalOutlaycapitalprojects,budgetedat$229,767,$396,540and$1,360,000respectively.
<br />ThetotalcapitalbudgetforFY12-13is$23,574,103.Approximately$11.2millionofthetotal
<br />capitalbudgetwillnotbespentinFY12-13,butisincludedtoenablecontractsforconstruction
<br />thatwilloccurinFY12-13.UnspentfundswillbecarriedforwardtotheFY13-14budgetas
<br />appropriate.InordertofundtheactualcashflowrequirementsoftheFY12-13CIP,the
<br />CommissionwilluseStateRevolvingFund(SRF)loansaswellasstrategicdrawdownsof
<br />capitalreserves.
<br />TheFY12-13RWPOperatingBudgetforPersonnelServices,MaterialsandServicesand
<br />CapitalOutlayexpenseis$16,180,490.ConsistentwiththeCommission’sFinancialPlanand
<br />policies,theFY12-13budgetmaintainsandusesseveralreserves,whicharefullydescribedin
<br />thisbudgetdocument.Finally,theFY12-13budgetincludesDebtServicepaymentstotaling
<br />$8,846,615asscheduledforrepaymentof$47.3millionofrevenuebondsissuedinNovember
<br />2006,withanadditionalbondissuanceof$50.7millioninNovember2008,and$18.8million
<br />inSRFloanstofundtheFacilitiesPlancapitalimprovements.
<br />RevenuesourcesnecessarytofundOperations,Capitalprograms,DebtServicerequirements
<br />andReservesincludeusercharges,SystemDevelopmentCharges(SDCs),interestearningsand
<br />asmallamountofmiscellaneousrevenues.ForFY12-13userfeerevenues(includingseptage
<br />serviceandSDCComplianceCharge)areprojectedat$28,544,100.Thislevelofrevenueis
<br />projectedbasedona4%increaseinregionalwastewateruserfees,asrecommendedbythe
<br />MWMCfinancialadvisorinordertomeettheCommission’sFinancialPlanpoliciesandnet
<br />revenueobjectives.ProjectedSDCrevenuesareestimatedat$651,500.
<br />Insummary,theprojectedFY12-13budgetfundsoperationsandadministrationsufficientlyto
<br />maintainexistinglevelsofservice,andtomeettheenvironmentalperformanceandotherlegal
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