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Mr. Culver stated the campus buildings all have individual meters and are looked <br />at individually and the reason why the average rates are different by building. <br />Member Wozniak asked if the payments for each building came out of the particular <br />department budget or is it a City budget. If the departments are paying out of their <br />budget would the savings go back to those departments. <br />Mr. Culver stated for City Hall there is a general building budget that would cover <br />City Hall and probably also cover the maintenance facility, but he would have to <br />check into that. He thought because of the utility funds these might be split off or <br />make payments from the utility funds back into the building fund as overhead. The <br />Fire Station energy costs do come out of their budget along with the skating center. <br />He believed that if the different buildings have energy savings the savings would <br />be reflected back into those individual budgets. <br />Member Joyce arrived during the presentation at approximately 6:55 p.m. <br />Motion <br />Member Trainor moved, Member Wozniak seconded, to recommend the City <br />Council install the solar arrays under the Solar Rewards program on the <br />rooftops of City Hall, the Fire Station and the Maintenance Facility. The <br />Commission further recommends that a solar array under the PV Demand <br />Credit program be installed on the Maintenance Facility as well. <br />Ayes: 6 <br />Nays: 0 <br />Motion carried. <br />6. Tiered Water Rate Analysis <br />Mr. Freihammer provided a brief review and update on projects and maintenance <br />activities listed in the staff report dated September 25, 2018. <br />Member Kors thought Mr. Culver mentioned that larger families use more water. <br />Mr. Culver stated the City is trying to account for that by breaking this down per <br />capita. The City is trying to estimate and get a glimpse of where the larger families <br />would be at. That is why staff is recommending the motion based on feedback from <br />the Commission and where staff felt the Commission was going towards. If that is <br />the desire to try to encourage some water conservation particularly with the highest <br />users, staff felt comfortable with setting that 50,000 -gallon tier and then going from <br />there. <br />Member Wozniak indicated the new tier would be used for summer months only <br />and he thought the larger families would use the same amount of water year-round <br />and not only in the summer months. <br />Page 4 of 12 <br />