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Memo <br />To: Roseville Public Works, Environment, & Transportation Commission <br />Marc Culver, Public Works Director <br />From: Chris Miller, Finance Director <br />Date: October 16, 2017 <br />Re: 2018 Utility Rate Review & Recommendation <br />1 BACKGROUND <br />2 Over the past several months, City Staff has been reviewing the City's utilities operations to determine <br />s whether customer rate adjustments are necessary for 2018. The analysis included a review of the City's <br />a water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, and curbside recycling operations. <br />s <br />6 The information presented below includes an analysis of these operations, some historical water usage <br />7 information, and a series of rate comparisons with peer communities. Each of these are presented in <br />a separate sections. <br />9 <br />lo Operational Review <br />11 Staff's analysis of its utility operations included a review of the following: <br />12 <br />13 0 Fixed costs including personnel, supplies and maintenance, and other costs that are generally <br />14 independent of the amount of water purchased or wastewater that is generated. <br />15 0 Variable costs including the purchase of water from the City of St. Paul, water treatment costs <br />16 paid to the Metropolitan Council, and recycling contractor costs paid to Eureka Recycling. <br />17 0 Capital replacement costs. <br />18 0 Customer counts and consumption patterns, rate structure, and rates. <br />19 <br />20 Based on an analysis of these costs and customer consumption patterns, Staff is recommending a number <br />21 of fee adjustments for 2018. The need for these adjustments are presented in greater detail below sections. <br />22 <br />23 Based on Staff's recommendation, the estimated quarterly impact on a typical single-family home is <br />24 shown in the following table. <br />2s <br />Page 1 of 9 <br />