Title
Approval of Incorporated County of Los Alamos Code Ordinance No. 02-277; An Ordinance Amending Chapter 40, Article III, Section 40-173 of the Code of the Incorporated County of Los Alamos Pertaining to Nonpotable Water Rates
Recommended Action
This item was tabled at the Board meeting on 7-19-17. The first action necessary is to remove the item from the table for further consideration, accomplished by the following motion:
" I move that item number 5.A from the July 19th, 2017 agenda be removed from the table for further consideration."
After consideration of this item, the following action is recommended:
"I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve Incorporated County of Los Alamos Code Ordinance No. 02-277; An Ordinance Amending Chapter 40, Article III, Section 40-173 of the Code of the Incorporated County of Los Alamos Pertaining to Nonpotable Water Rates, and forward to Council for adoption."
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends the motion be passed as presented.
Body
The FY2018 budget includes an increase in non-potable rates from $1.15 per 1,000 gallons delivered to $2.50 per 1,000 gallons delivered. The attached ordinance is required to effect implementation of that budget.
Attachment B is a summary of the non-potable water budget for fiscal year 2018. As has been discussed previously, the non-potable function was previously simply absorbed by the water production sub fund. We now have accounting in place to track non-potable costs separately. As shown, on a purely cost based basis, the rate proposed still does not completely cover the anticipated costs for FY18. Explanation is as follows.
In fiscal year 2015 the Department began an aggressive program to refurbish and upgrade the non-potable system to maximize utilization of this important resource, as every gallon of surface or reuse water we utilize is a gallon we do not need to pump out of the aquifer. This fits with the Department’s stated mission to operate in an environ...
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