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Excerpt from DRAFT City of Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission MeetingMinutes November 24, 2015 Continuation of Sewer and Water Private Services Discussion As a follow-up to previous service line warranty program discussions, Mr. Culver provided historical information and references he’d pursued from other communities using this service; with all providing positive reviewed with the exception of one. Mr. Culver introduced Ms. Shiwarski with Utility Service Partners in Pittsburgh, PA, for a short presentation to the PWETC and available to answer any questions of the PWETC afterward. Ashley Shiwarski, Inside Sales Manager with Utility Service Partners, Inc., administrator of the service line warranty program through the National League of Cities Ms. Shiwarski provided more detailed information than available in tonight’s agenda packet as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Ms. Shiwarski reviewed their program, including the educational aspects; typical listing by cities of available plumbers to perform work as needed through their firm’s own research or by allowing the city to beas involved as they chose to be; and the three separate programs offered to customers by their firm: external water lines, external sewer lines, and internal plumbing. Specific to Roseville with residents responsible for maintenance of their laterals up to the city main, as part of their premium, Ms. Shiwarski noted that Roseville residents would receive up to $4,000 per repair incident, with no annual, calendar, or lifetime limits, a separation between their firm and others offering this service. Ms. Shiwarski noted there was also up to $4,000 available toward each public street repair and $500 for each sidewalk repair incident, with no deductibles or service fees. At the request of Chari Stenlund, Ms. Shiwarski advised that their firm based their premiums on a standard across the United States, with 90% of their claims falling within that range cap of $4,000. By request of current city partners, Ms. Shiwarski advised that their firm had tested out the option of providing in-home plumbing for several years before offering that option, initiated last year, and representing their newest offering by their firm after the point of entry of the laterals. Ms. Shiwarski noted this could provide another small revenue stream, as their firm provided a 50 center/month revenue sharing plan to the municipality for each contract they received from individual homeowners as a form of royalty allotted to the city every January. Ms. Shiwarski advised that cities did a variety of things with that revenue, with the most common thing to develop a fund to assist low-income families with their utility bills or for those experiencing a high water bill due to a leak, and used to offset some of