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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 5, 2018 Page 8 Mayor Roe thought one of the things that seems to be helpful to understand is the difference between winter and summer usage because winter indicates the family usage and summer indicates the additional usage for irrigation. He would be will- ing to look at some type of summer premium over so many thousand gallons. He stated on Attachment D, Water Rate Analysis with the Sanitary Sewer Rate Anal- ysis on page two, he noticed on the Capital Funding side, with the five percent in- crease on the Water Rate Analysis the City was a little bit over on the costs with revenue and on the Sanitary Sewer Rate Analysis the City was a little bit under on the costs with the revenue with the same five percent increase. He wondered if that was okay to be under revenue. Mr. Miller stated the Water fund is not in great shape right now and will require a couple more years to build up cash reserves. Mayor Roe thought potentially with that recovery, depending on how things look in the next few years, the City could look at potentially some base rate reductions in both funds. Mr. Miller and Mr. Culver agreed. Councilmember McGehee stated if the City institutes an aggressive discount pro- gram again, that will raise the rate for other people participating in the fund be- cause this is a closed fund. Mr. Miller confirmed rates would shift. Councilmember McGehee thought this was something the Council needed to re- member moving forward unless the Council wants to actually look at the under- pinnings of how this was funded in the first place. Consensus of the Council was to bring this item back for consideration at the De- cember 3, 2018 City Council meeting when the budget and levy are approved. c. Consider Changes to City Code Chapter 314.5 to Adopt 2019 Fee Schedule Finance Director Chris Miller summarized the request as detailed in the RCA of this date; and noted a bench handout incorporated into the RCA providing an ex- tract of City Council meeting minutes of November 5, 2018. Councilmember Willmus stated there was an article in the paper recently about communities that are eliminating pet licenses and he was curious where Roseville is at in terms of compliance. Mr. Miller thought the overall theme in that article was that a lot of cities are go- ing away from licensing pets and one of the main reasons is compliance is so poor. He thought this was a fair discussion for the Council to have to see if the