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262 Mr. Freihammer stated he did not know. He thought another way the reports <br />263 could show comparisons is with other cities on the same system buying wholesale <br />264 from St. Paul. He noted staff will work on that for 2019. <br />265 <br />266 Member Trainor stated he was surprised to see in the recycling the City is forecast <br />267 to lose $24,000. He was surprised the rate was not raised more especially with <br />268 the uncertainty in the recycling market. <br />269 <br />270 Mr. Freihammer thought that reflected where the fund balance is and part of it is <br />271 the City has a contract that does help to know future costs. <br />272 <br />273 Member Trainor thought it was interesting to see the City was negative $30,000 <br />274 plus in interest that the City normally receives and accounted for. He thought it <br />275 speaks to the amount of risk that the City is assuming with the lower backup <br />276 funds. He thought it was a lot of money to lose. <br />277 <br />278 Member Wozniak thought it was explained for one of the fund balances that it <br />279 was because of the lift station work and staff expects the reserves to increase. <br />280 <br />281 Mr. Freihammer stated on the water and sewer the fund balance is getting low, but <br />282 it is because of some large capital expenditures. He noted the City is investing a <br />283 large amount of money into the City booster station which is why the City backed <br />284 off on the water meter replacement. The fund balances will come back up rather <br />285 quickly within the next five years. <br />286 <br />287 Member Misra asked if the City had similar perspectives on how the City <br />288 Commercial rates and usage works with other cities. <br />289 <br />290 Mr. Freihammer stated commercial is a little more challenging to compare. He <br />291 stated if looking at the City structure, that is probably very similar where the cities <br />292 charge based on the meter size, based on what the single-family rate is. He <br />293 thought Roseville base rates are leaning higher than most cities. <br />294 <br />295 Member Misra stated she would be interested in the future to take a look at that to <br />296 see how Roseville compares to similar cities. <br />297 <br />298 Mr. Freihammer indicated staff could look at this and try to do an analysis for <br />299 future presentation. <br />300 <br />301 Member Misra thought if the residential use is on the high end overall then is the <br />302 commercial use also on the high end. <br />303 <br />304 Mr. Freihammer stated staff will look into that. He thought some cities might <br />305 charge the commercial users more than residential users. <br />306 <br />Page 7 of 15 <br />