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Discussion Items <br />Proprietary funds receive most of their funding from user fees. Funding sources for the City’s Proprietary <br />operations remain stable as the City’s water and sewer customers continue their strongpresence.Utility <br />rate increases enacted in 2012-2015will result in significant increases in revenuesto stabilize asset <br />replacement programs. <br />A significant portion of the revenues and expenditures are related to water consumption, which in turn is <br />heavily correlated with weather conditions. This can cause significant fluctuations in water purchases and <br />subsequent wastewater treatment charges. hese expenditures are included in the ‘Other Services & <br />Charges’ category. <br />Independent of weather impacts and water consumption, the City expects spending in its proprietary <br />operations to increase somewhathigher than inflation in the next few years reflecting a comprehensive <br />plan to upgradeits water distribution and sanitary sewer collection systems.Net assets of the City’s <br />proprietary operations are expected to increase steadily over the next couple of yearsas the City continues <br />its long-term capital replacement program for the City’s water and sewer infrastructure. <br />20 <br /> <br />