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FY 1996:
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Increased
water/sewer charge from $3.96 to $4.19 per 1,000 gallons.
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DES
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Changed
pretreatment fees to reflect actual costs of the program. The fee was reduced for most users.
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DPW
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Restored
the County's root control contract for sanitary sewer maintenance ($60,000).
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FY 1997:
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Net
water/sewer charge remains the same ($4.19), however the water rate portion
increased by $0.09 and the sewer rate portion decreased by $0.09.
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DES
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WPCP
reorganization and business process redesign effort resulted in the freezing
of 9.0 FTEs and decreased operating costs.
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Froze
0.5 FTE Meter Reader in the USO.
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FY 1998:
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Water/sewer
charge remains the same ($4.19).
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The
hook-up fee increased by nine percent effective July 1, 1997.
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DES
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Continued
to freeze 0.5 FTE Meter Reader position in the Utilities Services
Office.
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WPCP
eliminated 9 FTEs frozen in FY 1997 and froze 19.0 new FTEs as
redesign continues to be implemented.
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Mid-year
change in the solids handling process from incineration to land application
increases operating costs by $728,799.
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New
dewatering process starts mid-year increasing operating costs by $233,847.
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DPW
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Substantial
development and implementation of a Geographic in increased revenue of
$25,400 Information System will improve service delivery.
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Substantial
decrease in the cost of Dalecarlia capital due to Federal legislation that
authorized U. S. Treasury borrowing for capital improvements of the Aqueduct.
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Moved
budget for Dalecarlia capital costs to the Debt Service and Other Account.
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FY 1999:
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Water/Sewer
charge remains the same ($4.19).
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DES
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Intra-County
water/sewer charges for County agencies are included in the Utilities
Services Office budget.
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Continued
to freeze 0.5 FTE Meter Reader position in the Utilities Services
Office.
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Eliminated
28.0 FTEs at the WPCP, including 19.0 FTEs frozen in FY 1998,
and reduced overtime as the redesign plan is implemented.
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First
full year of using land application as the solids disposal process; the
incinerator has been shut down.
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Increased
Household Hazardous Waste budget $35,000, from $85,000 to $120,000, to
permanently fund the increased citizen participation in this program.
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DPW
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Eliminated
a Trades Operations Supervisor V position (1.0 FTE) from the Sewer
Operations Program as a result of efficiencies gained by combining the storm
sewer and sanitary crews.
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Eliminated
an Electrician position (1.0 FTE) from the Water Operations Program as a
result of switching electrical repair to the Water Pollution Control Plant.
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Eliminated
a Trades Program Supervisor II position (1.0 FTE) from the Water
Operations Program in an effort to flatten the organization and reduce
overhead and administrative costs.
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Eliminated
a Trades Worker II position (1.0 FTE) from the Water Operations Program
by implementation of the Jail Industries Program to perform grounds
maintenance and snow removal from pumping stations.
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Eliminated
a Trades Operations Supervisor IV position (1.0 FTE) from the Water
Operations Program in an effort to flatten the organization and reduce
overhead and administrative costs.
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Reallocated
one (1.0 FTE) from Water Systems Operations to provide the basic
resources needed to establish and maintain the water and sewer Geographic
Information System (GIS) map layers.
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The
Valve Inspection Program has been increased by restructuring staff
assignments.
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The
fire hydrant painting was initiated for color-coding of fire hydrants based
on water pressure tests.
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FY 2000:
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Maintained
the water/sewer charge at $4.19.
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DES
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Continued
to freeze 0.5 FTE Meter Reader position in the Utilities Services
Office.
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Eliminated
an additional 7.5 FTEs at the WPCP as the redesign plan continues to be
implemented.
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DPW
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Increased
the cost of water purchase 5%.
FY 2000 will be the first year four quarters of debt for the
modernization of the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant will be paid.
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Froze
two vacant Trades Workers positions (2.0 FTEs) in the base budget to help
fund the sewer system TV inspection contract to improve identification of
trouble spots.
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Assigned
1.0 FTE to help in the General Fund to analyze storm water needs. The Utilities Fund costs are fully
reimbursed. Storm sewer (funded in
the General Fund) and Sanitary Sewer (funded in the Utilities Fund) staff
continue to increase shared work efforts.
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Initiated
pilot program for testing new water metering systems for improved metering
accuracy and reduced maintenance.
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FY 2001:
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Increased
the water/sewer charge to $0.27 to $4.46, with water increasing by $0.22 to
$1.86 and sewer increasing by $0.05 to $2.60.
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Established
a Contingency Rate Stabilization Account.
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DES
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Continued
to freeze 0.5 FTE Meter Reader position in the Utilities Services
Office.
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Eliminated
9.0 FTEs at the WPCP to reach the staffing level goal of 94 permanent
positions.
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Added
funding in the Utilities Services Office ($20,000) for the conversion from
post card to billing statements with envelopes.
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DPW
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Continued
to freeze two vacant Trades Worker positions (2.0 FTEs).
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First
wholesale Customer Board budget adoption for Dalecarlia 9/16/99.
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Length
of Service Program for meters increased $50,000.
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Leak
Detection contract added to reduce water loss.
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Cost
of purchasing water from Dalecarlia increased from $5,800,000 to $6,250,000.
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Anticipated
Pay-As-You-Go capital costs at Dalecarlia increased to $875,000.
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FY 2002:
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Water/sewer
charge increased from $4.46 to $4.58 per 1,000 gallons.
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Contingency
rate stabilization account increased $450,000 to $1,515,214.
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DES
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Eliminated
two positions (2.0 FTEs) at the WPCP.
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Funded
meter reader position (0.5 FTE) frozen in the FY 1997 budget in the
Utilities Services Office.
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DPW
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Funded
two positions (2.0 FTEs) frozen in the FY 2001 budget.
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Pay-As-You-Go
capital costs at Dalecarlia increased $389,000 from $875,000 to $1,264,000
because FY 2002 is the first year since the rehabilitation of the
Dalecarlia Treatment Plant - which was financed with Treasury Bond loans -
that full annual capital costs have been budgeted.
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FY 2003
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Water/sewer
charge increased $0.12 from $4.58 to $4.70 per 1,000 gallons.
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FY 2003 contribution to the rate stabilization account is $600,000.
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DES
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Equipment
repair and preventive maintenance budget was increased by nearly $240,000.
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The
maintenance supply budget was increased by $203,000 to provide necessary
supplies because long-term vacancies of highly skilled technical positions
are expected to be filled in FY 2003.
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A
contract security guard has been hired to monitor gate access at the plant
for a projected annual cost of $82,000.
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WPCD
insurance premiums are expected to increase $134,000.
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The
chemicals budget was increased by $168,000 to improve biosolids odor control,
support new treatment processes, and to meet price increases.
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DPW
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The
Utility Marking Program was transferred from the General Fund to the
Utilities Fund. The expenditure
budget was increased by $220,872 and $100,000 was added to the revenue budget
for this program.
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Overtime
in the Water, Sewer, Streets Division was increased by $153,159 for ongoing
overtime needed to meet service expectations.
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FY 2004
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Water/sewer
charge increased $0.60 from $4.70 to $5.30 per 1,000 gallons.
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Funding
for indirect costs was increased by $220,876 to better reflect actual
charges.
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DES
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Added
$713,940 to fund for new WPCP debt service including interest expense
payments on an interim loan of $12,300,000
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DPW
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Cost
of purchasing water increased from $6,250,000 to $6,310,000.
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Funded
$150,000 for disposal of dirt from water/sewer repairs. This was added to the
budget because free dirt disposal at the Fairfax County landfill will no
longer be available.
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