Utility Committee Agenda and Packet 2020 06 23

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City Council Utility Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Page 7 of 8 44,000. The testing cost which is $480 per month until June and will jump to $4,800/month in July. We feel with the large price increase with this company we are likely scale back and look for alternatives or possible Federal funding. Councilmember Lipton asked if we could engage this company again if there is another wave. Mr. Kowar said yes, but there might not be much value. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney said he agrees with Mr. Kowar and thinks it is interesting information but doesn't know how to use it and how it's actionable. Councilmember Fahey also agreed with what's been said and not sure how to use it. Mayor Stolzmann asked the Committee if they were okay with her investigating a couple groups that may be willing to fund this for us. The Committee continued discussing testing and how the City should have some type of data. Mr. Kowar said we are a small city with a good size hospital where we are going to correlate a sample date where we'll sample the hospital's effluent on the same day we sample the wastewater. We are working with the surrounding cities on this but don't have a lot of data yet. Councilmember Lipton stated there's no harm with trying to get someone else to pay for it. Mrs. Balser said this is all great information and we are making decisions about costs which is nice info to have but know that we're going to have to make a decision soon and if we can get someone to pay for it, that's great. At this point based on the cost it doesn't make sense to move forward. Mayor Stolzmann stated the reason she thinks this is worth pursuing is that this is our only window to test our population. It seems we are obligated to find out how this is spreading within our community. Mr. Kowar agreed and said there's no win/win on this policy right now and unless ideally there is another funding source. Mayor Stolzmann said she'll touch base with a couple groups she has in mind that may pay for this. Councilmember Fahey mentioned that Councilmember Brown may know of an organization that would fund this at a State level. The Committee agreed to look for alternative funding but did not want to commit to funding this long term. XIII. Good News Mr. Kowar wanted to share a couple updates and included a few pages showing what staff has been doing. Councilmember Lipton stated that we have a wonderful staff working on the utilities. The Committee appreciated these updates and complimented them on the great job. XIV. Agenda Items and Date for Next Meeting Page 8 - Work Plan, Councilmember Lipton started reviewing the items on the list and suggested to schedule a June meeting and still meet in July/August. Mayor Pro Tem Maloney thought that would be good and said that we did talk about the Allotment Contract and if there are things we need to discuss to get a better handle on what that decision process will be then sometime this summer would be good. Mr. Kowar said that we have in July/August the Windy Gap construction and Financing and asked if we should move it up. Mr. Peterson said there is a legal committee working on the contract and pushing to have a draft back to the participants in the next couple of weeks so maybe at the end of June. 9