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City Council Utility Committee Meeting Minutes Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Page 2 of 5 have his meter checked out. Mr. Creasey, responded that he did call the City operation division for assistance. City staff were able to perform an inspection of the meter and determined that the meter was working correctly. Mr. Creasey went on to say he has done all the steps to figure it out with talking to staff and showing them the comparisons and he’s at the point where he just needs answers. Councilmember Stolzmann said that we like to look at it individually to help determine what is going on and explained there are a couple things we offer to help determine if your sprinklers are operating correctly. She went on to suggest that we are testing new meters and asked if he’d be willing to be a volunteer to be a tester. Mr. Creasey stated that he would be willing to give it a try. Mrs. Golden left the meeting with Mr. Creasey to review his account and investigate further. Councilmember Stolzmann asked if there were any other public comments. None were made. VI. Agenda Items and Date for Next Meeting • The Committee proposed and agreed to cancel the next meeting scheduled for November 8. • Committee talked about the Work Plan and how it has all the work schedules. Mr. Kowar suggested a tentative December meeting which would be a committee orientation for any new people coming in. Starting in the 1st quarter meetings will be scheduled to cover fewer topics but in greater detail. Mr. Kowar asked if everybody is okay with that and Councilmember Maloney thought it was great. Councilmember Stolzmann added that there should be a focus and provide a presentation on how the water rates work on the tier structure. Mrs. Balser said we’d work with you for scheduling and coordinating with staff. Mr. Kowar asked if they had a time frame they were looking at and Councilmember Maloney stated they were hoping for mid-November. Councilmember Stolzmann asked if there were any other comments on the Advance Agenda Items and Meeting Date. Councilmember Maloney asked if when doing the committee orientation can a paragraph be written about each of the agenda items as this would help a lot for whoever we are orienting. Mr. Kowar agreed. VII. Dashboard Mr. Kowar referred to the charts included in the packet and highlighted the continuing shortfall in the water utility revenues that are currently about 30% lower than projections due to the wet cool year. To offset the impacts of lower revenue, staff are recommending placing two capital projects: WTP Building Upgrades and WTP Chemical Storage Tanks on hold. The projects have a budget of roughly $1 million. Staff will continue to monitor revenues, including tap fees, for possible additional adjustments or delays in 2002. Wastewater and Storm Water funds are not experiencing the revenue shortfalls as they are not dependent on weather. 4