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REVIEW AND ADOPT 2001 ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGETS By: Diana Lund, Finance Officer Background: Enclosed for your review are the Proposed 2001 Enterprise Fund Budgets which cover the Water Utility Fund, Sewer Utility Fund, Street Light Utility Fund and the Recycling Utility Fund. While formal budgets are required to be prepared and adopted annually for the General Fund, this is not the case for Enterprise funds. In order to establish fair rates for all of the utilities that the City operates, it is necessary to detemfine the actual cost of providing those utilities to the residents. Due to the relatively "young age" of the City's utility system, it is extremely difficult to immediately realize profits, but it is important that any losses in the first years of operation be representative of what the system actually costs. An important factor in these costs is the recovery of depreciation through the rate structures. We are required to keep the accounting for these funds on the full accrual method which means recognizing total depreciation, whether on City or developer installed systems. This is what we have attempted to do in preparing the attached Proposed 2001 Enterprise Fund Budgets. Water Utility Fund It is estimated that total revenues for 2001 will be qpproximately $609,168 which includes interest earnings of $120,000. Residents will be charged $21.90/quarter for water sales in 2001 a 5% increase over the 2000 rate of $20.85. The rate increase will offset the additional expenditures for the operation of a second water tower and well #5. Expenditures are estimated to be at $490,736 which includes depreciation (non-cash) of $227,713. This results in a budgeted operating income for 2001 of $118,432 and would increase the retained earnings accordingly. Sewer Utility Fund It is estimated that total revenues for 2001 will be $594,560 which includes interest earnings of $40,000. These revenue projections incorporate a rate increase effective January 1, 2001 of 2% with rates increasing from $56.93/quarter per residential account to $58.07 per quarter. Expenditures are estimated to be at $543,509 which includes depreciation (non-cash) of $188,000. This results in a budgeted operating profit of $51,051, which continues to slowly decrease the deficit in retained earnings.