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City Council Water Committee Meeting Minutes Friday, October 8, 2010 Page 3 of 3 Indirect costs as applied to the Enterprise Funds were also discussed. It would be reasonable to review the justification of the indirect cost transfers to the General Fund to make sure they are defendable and are equitable across funds. A Facilities Plan, which would integrate system capacity, water resources, operations, maintenance, emergency response and regulation within the context of existing and projected future demand scenarios, was discussed. towards build-out addressing the ifs, whens, priorities, and under what scenarios the various projects would be completed. The plan would provide estimated costs and timing through an extended timeline (i.e.15+ years) to facilitate budgeting needs beyond the existing 5-year CIP. Once an Study may be a reasonable method to determine the financial means to best address the funding of the Utility Enterprise. Assumptions can result in widely varying results and should be reduced as much as possible prior to any plans or studies. Currently the biggest unknowns are the potential impacts of the development of the COP property. IX. Update Water Projects Mr. Mason addressed the progress of the meter replacement project. There remains 13 meters to be replaced; these are typically vacant homes where the owners are difficult to track down. Final Notices and service disconnects may be necessary for these units. The installation has come in under budget and the old meter bodies have been recycled. Ms. Kelley addressed utility billing issues related to the new meters; calls due to higher consumption (bills), conversion to the new software did not carryover larger meter multipliers, incorporating meter change out data in billing software, A short discussion followed with a suggestion that a revision to the City Code clarifyi would be allowed, may be warranted. X. Agenda Items and Date for Next Meeting A follow up meeting to further discuss the topics presented during this meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 22, 2010. XI. Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 am.