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Date: 2/03,/2,0013 Item No: VIII. A. iA. Department Approval: Manager, Approve,,. Agenda Section: Presentationi 42 i 61 �? item Description: Discussion on the Senior Discount Prograrn for City Utilities Background, At the November 18�, 2002 CI"ty Council, Meeti`ng, thel Council dirie�c,ted Staffto, bring forth additional nformation, and analysis regarding the City's Senior Discount Prog-rarn for water and sewer service. The additional 'Information was requested, for the purp�ose�s of discussion ani evaluation of the Program, to determine whether changes were warranted. Under the City's current Discount Program, eligible residential customers receive a discount on the base charge for water and sewer services. There isi no discount, fo�r the usage ch,argesi, or on the Stormwater or Recycling fee., The following table depicts the 2003 quarterly base charge for water and sewer service. Asis shown in the table,1 the discount provides a savings of $8.35 per quarter, or $33.40 per year. There are approximately 11 180O single-family households in, Roseville. Of' that amount, Z rox, mately, 2,500 or 2 1 % are currently g reciel,vin the d' PP I iscount. 0 With approximately 2,,500 households part 1*cipating in, the discount program at a savings, of' $33.40 per household per year, the discount prograrn "costs""' the city's otb,er water and sewer customers approximately $83,,5'010 per year. To put this number in context, total water and siewer revenues from customers per year are about $6 million. It remains unclear as to the on-gins of the Senior Discount Program. Staff believes the Program has been 'in existence for, at least the past 2,0, years, and in all I ikelihood was an attempt to provide financial, assistance to those on fixed incomes and, for which it may have been a hardship to meet basic oilpkzq.