WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.800 It's 6 o'clock, so let's call to order the Public Utilities Board meeting of July 22, 2019. 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:17.520 The first item is receive a report, hold a discussion, and 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:22.640 give staff direction regarding the Pay As You Go prepaid metering program. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:23.720 >> Good evening. 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:32.160 I'm Lista Foster, Customer Service Manager, Madam Chair, Board. 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:36.960 I'm here to be able to discuss the prepaid metering program with you guys this evening. 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:44.760 Since our public launch in February of this year, our patronage has increased by 860%. 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:51.000 So we felt it was important to give you guys a little bit of an update on how the program works and some of the results that we've been seeing. 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:59.520 So just to give you a basic overview of what this program requires is basic requirements. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:04.360 It's any residential customer who has electric service is eligible. 00:01:04.360 --> 00:01:12.760 We do require a $50 prepayment that goes toward the first $50 of service that the customer would use. 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:19.400 If a customer has a large amount of a deposit and it will cover all of their outstanding balances including unbilled usage, 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.520 we will attempt to apply that as we can as well. 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:26.400 We try to help customers move to this program for the least amount out of pocket. 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:34.320 The highlights for it, we have no deposits, no late fees or interest, there are no delinquent fees. 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:39.600 I highlight those specifically because we capitalize there are no fees. 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:44.320 There is one fee possible and that is if someone has a return payment. 00:01:44.320 --> 00:01:51.000 Then that's something that we would still be charged by the bank, so we would still have that one type of fee. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.600 We also have a program called debt recovery. 00:01:53.600 --> 00:02:02.960 This will allow customers who have an outstanding balance or even an old balance due to be able to move on to the program with a partial payment of the balance. 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:06.640 And the remaining portion will go into the debt recovery program. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:13.280 And each time they make a payment toward their electric service, 25% of that goes to pay their past due balance. 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:21.960 So it will help them to be able to get back in good standing with no outstanding debt over a little bit of time to make it less burdensome. 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:28.000 So what happens with this program is we estimate your water usage 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:37.520 based on your most recent water bill as well as all of your set fees such as your solid waste, such as your facility fees. 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:42.720 Then we actually charge you every single day for your actual electric usage. 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:48.320 And that becomes deducted out of your balance if you look at the screenshot on the right. 00:02:48.320 --> 00:02:50.960 You'll see that a customer can see their current balance. 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:54.840 That unpaid balance is anything that might be in debt recovery. 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.400 And then you can see approximately how many days of service are left. 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.720 Under each day, you'll see the usage total. 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:08.360 That's going to be all of the metered service usage, the estimate for water as well as the actual cost for electric service. 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:13.800 The miscellaneous line is all of the non-metered service costs. 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:23.240 So all of the set fees as well as some things here what customers have most had questions or concerns about or don't understand. 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:30.440 And that is if I make a payment of $100, $25 of that would go toward my unpaid balance. 00:03:30.440 --> 00:03:35.280 That's going to show in that miscellaneous fee the day that I make the payment. 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:42.080 So it can be a little confusing and we wanted to make sure that you guys are aware of that and understand with clarity. 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:49.640 The other thing that you can see in that miscellaneous field is once a month we have to do what is called a reconciliation. 00:03:49.640 --> 00:03:54.000 As I mentioned, our water service, we're actually estimating the cost of that. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.840 So if the water usage is different than what it was the previous month, 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:03.800 we have to true that up once we actually have a read to go along with the billing. 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:08.480 The other thing that can happen at reconciliation is we're going to estimate or 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:18.000 equalize your payments for your facility fee, which on this program is a little higher than what it is with this traditional electric program. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.560 But we average that out. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:26.760 If we say that we're going to average that out, if it's the $30 in fees, it would be $1 a day. 00:04:26.760 --> 00:04:31.560 At the end of the month, if your actual billing period was only 28 days, 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.280 then we didn't receive enough money to cover that fee. 00:04:34.280 --> 00:04:41.200 Or if your actual billing period was 32 days, then we now need to rectify that and get that money back to you. 00:04:41.200 --> 00:04:44.320 So once a month you'll see that balance change. 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:50.320 If it changes by more than $10 unexpectedly for that customer, we are going to contact them and 00:04:50.320 --> 00:04:56.560 give them the opportunity to place that money in debt recovery or to go ahead and have it taken from their available balance. 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:02.760 The other thing that customers will get are usage and balance alerts. 00:05:02.760 --> 00:05:05.440 They will get some daily pushes or emails or texts. 00:05:05.440 --> 00:05:11.320 They can set them up the way they want, letting them know what their cost for service was the previous day. 00:05:11.320 --> 00:05:17.600 And they can set thresholds so that anywhere between $10 and $30, if their credit drops below that, 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:22.960 they'll start receiving an alert letting them know it's time to put additional funds on their account. 00:05:22.960 --> 00:05:28.840 If a customer reaches a negative balance, they will receive an alert on day one, 00:05:28.840 --> 00:05:33.000 letting them know that they need to get the account into a positive balance. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:40.120 On day two, if they're still negative, they'll receive a second notification and will be interrupted later that day. 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:44.080 When a customer is interrupted on the pay as you go program, 00:05:44.080 --> 00:05:49.840 the only things that they have to pay to have service restored is the negative balance, 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:58.600 any debt recovery payment that would be required, and we do have them pay a $25 credit so that they're not immediately turned back off. 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.360 So those are the only things that they would see with that. 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:05.280 The turn on happens automatically and usually within about 15 minutes. 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:11.720 So some of the benefits for the program is for the customer, 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:19.280 this is allowing them to utilize any deposits they may have on file, no matter what their current payment history is. 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:27.240 It avoids any deposits for a new customer coming in and it avoids any increased deposits for customers who are on the program. 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:31.520 It actually helps to manage their debt accrual because once you go into the negative, 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:40.560 you're going to get those alerts and your service would be interrupted before you've gotten into a situation where your $300 or $400 passed due. 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:43.760 So this is a great tool for customers. 00:06:43.760 --> 00:06:48.520 They have, it's the lowest cost for them to be able to set up services or to restore their services. 00:06:48.520 --> 00:06:50.880 We'll look at that in just a couple of minutes. 00:06:50.880 --> 00:06:56.280 For the city, we're doing our part to decrease the financial burden to our customers. 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:04.880 We're helping them to be able to get out of debt and we're also helping to protect our bad debt balances by keeping customers current and on. 00:07:04.880 --> 00:07:08.400 So we have two customer bases. 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:11.200 The first are customers who need financial flexibility. 00:07:11.200 --> 00:07:13.760 This could be a customer who's on a fixed income. 00:07:13.760 --> 00:07:19.960 Maybe they get inconsistent pay dates so they need more flexibility on making smaller payments more frequently. 00:07:19.960 --> 00:07:26.680 Maybe this is a customer who really needs some help with some outstanding debt and they need to be able to get their services back on. 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:28.480 We can help those customers. 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:32.080 Additionally, it is for consumption conscious customers. 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:35.480 That is the reason I am personally a prepaid customer. 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:46.280 So it allows you to be able to see every single day your electric usage and the cost alongside the high and low temperatures for the day. 00:07:46.280 --> 00:07:55.400 It helps you to be able to get an immediate view of the changes that you're making in your lifestyle and how they're impacting the cost of your utility services for you. 00:07:55.400 --> 00:08:04.240 So in talking about a customer who needs a little bit more flexibility in their payment options. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:13.280 This is a customer and we're going to talk about an actual customer scenario that had been interrupted for a delinquent account. 00:08:13.280 --> 00:08:20.400 In order for that customer to be restored, they would have to have taken care of all of their past due balances, 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:30.960 any additional deposits and it would have cost them $698 to be able to have their services restored because of the amount of electric service they use. 00:08:30.960 --> 00:08:34.240 And they also have new charges that are about to be billed. 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:39.600 This particular customer had a $294 deposit on file. 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:50.240 So by moving to prepaid, we were able to apply that deposit toward outstanding balances so that they only needed to pay that $50 prepayment. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:58.520 And then we moved about $385 into debt recovery to allow them a greater flexibility to get that paid out. 00:08:58.520 --> 00:09:06.880 Now for a $50 payment for this customer's average, that would give them service for about three days and they would need to make another payment. 00:09:06.880 --> 00:09:16.800 But if you're trying to get from now until Friday, we can help do that for you without it having to cost you nearly $700. 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:24.600 If that customer had the $700 and would like to make that payment to move to the prepaid environment, 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:33.720 that would have given that customer approximately 51 days of service that they would have paid for in advance with no fear of being interrupted again. 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:40.440 So it makes it a really great option for a lot of customers. 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:43.960 The next piece is, of course, the conservation minded. 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:48.280 So again, you can see exactly what your costs are. 00:09:48.280 --> 00:09:55.600 So for instance, when I moved into my home, my first week I thought it's because we're opening doors, we're going in and out. 00:09:55.600 --> 00:10:04.120 By week two, I noticed one day kept spiking, got my attention very quickly, and I identified that that's the day we're doing laundry. 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:11.360 So I could see what the impact of running our dryer was costing us each weekend. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:18.480 It allowed me to see that when I got my alert one day, it was higher than it should have been, that there was something not quite right. 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:25.080 And I got home to find that we had left some lights on in the garage and I got to see what that impact was. 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:27.280 So it allows you to do these things. 00:10:27.280 --> 00:10:30.280 I had the pleasure of speaking with a customer. 00:10:30.280 --> 00:10:38.920 It started as a concern that she had posted on Facebook regarding the miscellaneous charges. 00:10:38.920 --> 00:10:45.280 And as we got to speaking, she told me that the program has literally changed their lives. 00:10:45.280 --> 00:10:54.440 She said that before they had difficulty with the payment dates and being able to keep up, that now they do much better with that because of the alerts. 00:10:54.440 --> 00:11:04.440 But additionally, she has been able to take her significant other and teach him that no, really, leaving it plugged in, even off, is using electricity. 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:06.720 Did the work of unplugging it one day. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:12.800 He saw the difference and now they're saving money by taking those little bitty steps. 00:11:12.800 --> 00:11:19.080 So it was really a big game changer for her and her family. 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:25.840 So some of our program results, obviously, we did our launch, our soft launch in October of last year. 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.920 We had 50 customers who were on the program by the first of the year. 00:11:29.920 --> 00:11:35.760 And once we had deemed everything is moving successfully, we did our public launch last February. 00:11:35.760 --> 00:11:42.840 Since February, and I just took it through July 1st, we had 367 customers who are active. 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:48.880 As of this morning, we had 430 active customers on the pay as you go program. 00:11:48.880 --> 00:12:00.840 And of those, we have placed about $75,000 into debt recovery on behalf of these customers and collected $31,000 of those outstanding balances. 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:06.560 The average customer is paid debt free within 45 days. 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:12.560 And 74% of customers have no more outstanding debt balance within 60 days. 00:12:12.560 --> 00:12:15.320 So it really has helped them a lot. 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:25.960 We have been able to refund $58,000 in deposits and we have been able to not require an additional $72,000 in deposits. 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:32.000 And the deposit figures are just since the 1st of January because we hadn't tracked that prior. 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:36.960 So, you know, it's been very significant to our customers. 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:41.800 And the other thing that I had noticed on this is, you know, we've done a lot of hard work. 00:12:41.800 --> 00:12:46.560 I've got a team that's been, you know, getting out and meeting with apartment management companies. 00:12:46.560 --> 00:12:54.320 They've met with 87 different apartment managers who represent over 300 complexes in the community. 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:59.480 They've begun putting materials in their welcome packs for their residents. 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:05.080 We've had a lot of stuff going out on social media to let people know that the program exists. 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:08.160 And then we've had things out in the Citizen Connection as well. 00:13:08.160 --> 00:13:17.320 We've had a small clip in DTV and we've started putting things up on the website. 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:21.160 So as part of the things that are going to happen in the future, 00:13:21.160 --> 00:13:25.120 we're working right now with the Public Communications Office to be able 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.680 to create an educational video library. 00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:34.520 Videos that are just a few minutes in scope but will tackle different aspects of the program 00:13:34.520 --> 00:13:38.480 to help customers better understand how things work. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.840 This is going to be in response to some of the questions and things that we see frequently 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:48.080 from our customers like the miscellaneous charges or the reconciliation balance 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.600 or why do we charge or why do they get charged a $25, 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:56.600 you know, additional amount when they're restoring their service. 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:01.280 Those things are very easy for us to be able to give them just a little snippet. 00:14:01.280 --> 00:14:03.680 So that's what we're working on right now. 00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:09.520 We also have the Pay Near Me program that is in some of the final phases of testing. 00:14:09.520 --> 00:14:15.800 Pay Near Me is a program that will allow a customer to get a barcode on their cell phone. 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:20.380 They can choose any local establishment that participates like a 7-Eleven 00:14:20.380 --> 00:14:27.920 or CVS, local or nationwide, take that in and be able to make their payment for a-- 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:31.920 and that will work for pre and postpaid customers but for a prepaid customer, 00:14:31.920 --> 00:14:36.200 that is going to be a real-time payment that they can make in cash. 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:39.840 And then finally, the postpaid usage monitoring. 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:45.440 Everyone got a little bit of a prize tonight and Tiffany was kind enough to pass them out. 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:49.080 Those are instructions if any of you would like to just kind of test 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:54.520 out and see what the postpaid usage monitoring program will look like for our customers. 00:14:54.520 --> 00:14:59.640 We're in our final phases of testing and we're hoping to roll that out early fall. 00:14:59.640 --> 00:15:01.760 So it's not quite as robust and some 00:15:01.760 --> 00:15:05.760 of the information is what the pay as you go customers will receive. 00:15:05.760 --> 00:15:11.880 But because we're not actually doing the billing out of that system, it can't quite be as robust. 00:15:11.880 --> 00:15:16.960 But it provides plenty of good information on the amount of electricity being used again 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.880 with the high and low temperatures of the day. 00:15:19.880 --> 00:15:25.120 And with that, are there any questions? 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.440 >> Questions. 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:28.760 Very impressive. 00:15:28.760 --> 00:15:30.800 >> We are very proud of it. 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:32.640 >> I'm glad that people are embracing it. 00:15:32.640 --> 00:15:33.320 >> Very proud of it. 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:34.280 >> Yeah. 00:15:34.280 --> 00:15:38.360 Yeah. All right. 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.200 Thank you. 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:40.440 >> Thank you. 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:45.160 >> The next item then is receive a report and hold a discussion and give staff direction 00:15:45.160 --> 00:15:50.400 on the proposed water rates for fiscal year 2019 and 2020. 00:15:50.400 --> 00:15:52.080 >> Good afternoon, PB members, chair. 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.360 I'm Nick Vincent, the city's budget manager. 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.880 I'll be presenting to you the proposed 19-20 water rates. 00:15:57.880 --> 00:16:01.080 Hold up here. 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:04.240 Feel free to stop me throughout this presentation. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.600 If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them for you. 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:11.960 A little bit of history, the operating budget was presented to city council on June 4th 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.360 and the PB on May 6th. 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:23.560 It is on your agenda today for individual consideration later in today's meeting. 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:28.160 We are proposing no adjustments to residential and commercial water rates this fiscal year. 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:30.200 They were not adjusted last fiscal year also. 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:36.240 So we are carrying that forward in the fiscal year 19-20. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:41.320 This slide summarizes the wholesale water rates for the current fiscal year in the proposed. 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:47.360 So you can see for a wholesale customer, their current facility charge is 288.72. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:52.200 We are proposing to take that forward to 288.72 in fiscal year 19-20. 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:56.040 The volume charge is currently 61 cents per thousand gallons. 00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:59.600 Moving forward, we are proposing to stay at 61 cents. 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:08.240 We are proposing to increase the wholesale raw water pass-through rate from .0266 to .0270. 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:16.340 This is based on the consumer price index for the month of June of this year. 00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:20.640 This is the residential water rate comparison at 9,200 gallons. 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:26.080 So two components make up a residential water bill each month, a facility charge and a volume 00:17:26.080 --> 00:17:27.080 charge. 00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:37.340 So you can see the current resident at 9,200 gallons of usage is paying $54.18. 00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:42.600 This is the commercial water usage at 50,000 gallons at two inch meter. 00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:50.640 You can see the city and customers are currently paying $274. 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:57.040 This is commercial water comparison at 200,000 gallons of usage at two inch meter. 00:17:57.040 --> 00:17:59.680 You can see the rate is 9,4150. 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:03.040 Similar to residential, this does have two components, a facility charge and a volume 00:18:03.040 --> 00:18:08.960 charge based on each thousand gallons of usage. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.040 With that, I will stand for any questions that you may have. 00:18:11.040 --> 00:18:14.720 >> So we're in the middle of it, of the pack on all of the water? 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.720 >> Absolutely. 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.720 Let me back up for you. 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.720 >> Good. 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.720 >> Yeah. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:24.980 So the residential 9,200 gallons were directly in the center, commercial 50,000 gallons exactly 00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:31.200 in the middle and then at 200,000 gallons were in the middle. 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.200 >> Any questions? 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.200 No? 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.200 All right. 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.120 Thank you, Nick. 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:41.520 Next item is receive a report and hold a discussion and give staff direction on the proposed waste 00:18:41.520 --> 00:18:43.960 water rates for fiscal year 2019-2020. 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.960 >> Good afternoon. 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.960 >> And it's you again. 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.200 >> PEV members, chair, Nick Vincent, city budget manager. 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:53.520 I'll be presenting to you the proposed 19-20 waste water rates similar to water. 00:18:53.520 --> 00:18:57.400 If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me throughout the presentation. 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:00.920 This was presented, the operating budget was presented to PEV on May 6th. 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.960 It did go to city council on June 4th. 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:11.560 It is here today for your individual consideration of approval later in the agenda. 00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:16.360 So similar to water, we are proposing no rate adjustments for residential and commercial 00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:20.440 waste water customers in the proposed 19-20 budget. 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:24.080 And this slide does summarize the residential waste water rates. 00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:26.400 So you can see the current rate in this column here. 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:28.400 You can see the proposed rate. 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:32.280 There are two components similar to water customers that make up a waste water customers 00:19:32.280 --> 00:19:33.960 bill each month. 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:39.200 One component is a facility charge of $11, you can see that number here, and then a volume 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:42.920 charge of $3.80 per thousand gallons. 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:47.880 We are not proposing any rate adjustments to those. 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:51.560 This is the residential monthly bill comparison at 5,400 gallons. 00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:54.720 I do want to point out this 5,400 is the minimum. 00:19:54.720 --> 00:20:01.000 This was reduced last year from 6,000 gallons based on average water usage from water customers. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:04.720 This rate comes into play when a customer is new into the city and they don't have 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:08.200 average billing for the month of December, January, and February. 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.200 So they're built 5,400 gallons of usage. 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:13.240 So you can see that bill is $31.52. 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:21.140 We are proposing to leave that flat going into fiscal year '19-'20. 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:25.880 This is the residential waste water rate comparison at 5,400 gallons that we just discussed. 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.360 You can see the rate is $31.52. 00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:33.240 I would like to point out last fiscal year we did do a 5% rate reduction for waste water 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:38.480 customers in the city of Denton. 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.760 This is the commercial waste water rate comparison. 00:20:40.760 --> 00:20:45.200 You can see the current adopted rate here in the '18-'19 column and they're proposed 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.200 in the '19-'20. 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:52.960 Inside City of Denton customers are currently paying $26.50 for a facility charge and $4.85 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:58.560 for the volume charge per 1,000 gallons. 00:20:58.560 --> 00:21:03.840 The commercial monthly rate comparison, we do have two different volume comparisons here, 00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:07.200 one at 50,000 gallon and one at 200,000 gallon. 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:09.080 You can see the current rate is $269. 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:11.480 We are proposing that that stay the same. 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:14.080 200,000 gallons is $996.50. 00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:20.560 We are also proposing for that to stay the same. 00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:24.720 The commercial waste water rate comparison for 50,000 gallons we just saw, so we are 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:30.480 in the middle at $269. 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:35.240 The commercial waste water comparison at 200,000 gallons, here's the $996.50 we saw a few 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:40.640 slides ago. 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:45.800 >> Why is Austin off the charts? 00:21:45.800 --> 00:21:47.440 They've been sort of in the middle of the path. 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:49.840 >> Oh, you need to get closer to your microphone, Karen. 00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.920 >> Oh, sorry. 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:55.280 Why is Austin-- I don't suppose you have any idea why Austin is suddenly so expensive. 00:21:55.280 --> 00:21:56.520 >> I would have to look into that. 00:21:56.520 --> 00:22:00.600 We can look into that, you know, and get back with you. 00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:02.520 We can do a follow-up memo with you the next meeting. 00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:03.520 >> Oh, it doesn't matter. 00:22:03.520 --> 00:22:07.200 I was just kind of looking at them and they were in the middle for everybody, all the 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.200 other charts, so. 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.200 >> Yeah, let me back up really quick. 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.200 >> They're a little bit high there, but yeah. 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.200 >> Yeah, I can back up. 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.200 >> Maybe on the residential? 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.200 >> Yeah, let me back up to the residential slide and see if they're to the left a little 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.200 bit here. 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.200 >> They're not the-- 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.200 >> They're not up? 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.200 >> Yeah, we-- 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.200 >> Yeah. 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.200 >> Oh, there they are. 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:34.680 Yeah. 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.680 >> I'm just curious. 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.680 It doesn't matter. 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:40.720 >> Well, and I'm curious on a residential or a little bit on the low side, is it-- has 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:43.040 to do with the cost of service? 00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:45.480 >> It does have to do with the cost of service. 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.480 We look at that each year. 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:49.520 We do run an internal cost of service model. 00:22:49.520 --> 00:22:54.320 This year we ran it, of course, and that's why we're not increasing the wholesale rate 00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:55.320 based on that model. 00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:58.880 So to answer your question, yes, it does have to do with the cost of service. 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:02.880 We did do the 5% rate reduction last year, which did move us to the left a little bit 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:06.120 on this chart as part of it. 00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:11.960 >> Okay, thank you. 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:14.960 >> So we are proposing to change the following fees. 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:18.360 We are looking to introduce a bagged dyno dirt rate. 00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:23.840 So staff is looking into bagging the dyno dirt material at the Beneficial Reuse Department. 00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:29.560 We are proposing to charge $4 per bag for that material for customers coming in to purchase 00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:30.560 it. 00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:33.040 We are looking to increase the dyno dirt overage rate. 00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:35.280 It's currently at $2 per cubic yard. 00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:39.080 We are proposing to take that to $3 per cubic yard. 00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:43.360 And then the dyno landscape mulch, we are looking to discontinue this rate. 00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:47.280 We do not have a high demand for this product currently at the Beneficial Reuse Department. 00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:54.720 >> Doesn't UNT use like tons of that or are they using something else? 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:57.520 >> I'm not sure about UNT. 00:23:57.520 --> 00:23:59.200 I can ask Dr. Banks to come up. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:06.280 He may have a better idea about UNT. 00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:11.520 >> I was just surprised that you didn't have very much demand because it seems like that's 00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:13.680 what they're using. 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:15.320 >> Good evening, board. 00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:19.080 Kenny Banks, general manager of utilities. 00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:25.400 I think that the product that you're considering at UNT is not the same one as this mulch product. 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:30.760 This is a double grind process. 00:24:30.760 --> 00:24:41.320 And I think what you're looking at is the dyno dirt products that are -- we have a couple 00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:44.720 of different versions of that depending on the grind. 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:49.560 So we have some that are chunkier, that have larger pieces in them. 00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:52.120 I think that's what you're thinking about. 00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:55.320 >> There's lots of grades of mulch, evidently. 00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:57.040 >> Yes, correct. 00:24:57.040 --> 00:25:03.760 This particular one has not had very high sale volume and it has a two process grind 00:25:03.760 --> 00:25:04.760 on it. 00:25:04.760 --> 00:25:06.960 So it's relatively expensive to produce. 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:15.480 Interestingly, on the first pass on this one, we produce a fairly large shredded product 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:21.800 and that's actually used -- we've experimented with it for use as an erosion control product 00:25:21.800 --> 00:25:24.640 and have had really good luck with it. 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:31.680 And so what we're proposing here is to do away with this particular product but still 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:34.840 use the first stage of that product. 00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:38.880 It's less expensive to produce and we've got a demand that appears to be growing for an 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:44.520 erosion control product that can then be just incorporated into the site instead of your 00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:51.040 typical plastic or geotech materials that would have to be removed. 00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:52.440 >> Okay. 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.440 Thanks. 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.440 >> Sure. 00:25:54.440 --> 00:26:01.400 >> Any more questions on this slide? 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.400 I'll move ahead. 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.400 >> Okay. 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.400 >> All right. 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:08.440 And that concludes the wastewater presentation. 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.440 >> Any other questions? 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.440 All right. 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.440 Thank you. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:20.080 Receive a report and hold a discussion and give staff direction on the proposed miscellaneous 00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:22.600 rates for fiscal year 2019 and 2020. 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:27.000 >> Good afternoon, PUB members, chair, and Nick Benson, city's budget manager. 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:30.000 I'll be presenting this short presentation to you. 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:32.080 This one is fairly short. 00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:34.740 We are proposing no changes to the miscellaneous rate ordinance. 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:38.800 We did make a few changes last year but this year we are proposing not to change any of 00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:40.680 those rates. 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:43.920 With that, that actually concludes this presentation. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.840 There were no rate adjustments to show you. 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.840 >> Okay. 00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:49.240 I take it there's no questions, right? 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.240 >> No. 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.240 >> All right. 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.520 Thank you, Nick. 00:26:53.520 --> 00:27:00.720 Now we'll go into a closed meeting and I'm supposed to read this whole -- this paragraph, 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.720 right? 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.720 Okay. 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:07.200 The public utilities board will convene in a closed meeting to consider specific items. 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:11.600 When these items are listed below and under the closed meeting section of this agenda, 00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:16.920 when items for consideration are not listed under the closed meeting section of the agenda, 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:21.860 the PUB will not conduct a closed meeting and will immediately convene in its open meeting. 00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:26.860 The PUB reserves the right to adjourn to a closed meeting on any item on its open meeting 00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:33.200 agenda consistent with chapter 551 of the Texas government code as amended or otherwise 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:35.060 as allowed by law. 00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:39.920 And under this item we're going to be deliberating regarding certain public utilities competitive 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:47.280 matters under Texas government code sections 551.086. 00:27:47.280 --> 00:27:51.880 Deliberate and discuss competitive matters about our power -- public power operations, 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:57.880 including but not limited to purchase power agreements as it relates to the proposed electric 00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.880 budget. 00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.880 >> Madam Chair. 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.880 >> Okay. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:11.880 It is 638 and the public utility board is reconvening into its regular meeting. 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:14.160 And the item -- oops. 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:17.000 And the items on there are the consent agenda. 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:18.320 We have three items. 00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:23.000 Does any board member wish to pull an item on the consent agenda? 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.000 All right. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.280 Do we have a motion? 00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:26.280 >> So moved. 00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:27.280 >> So moved. 00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:28.280 >> Second. 00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:31.400 >> All in favor say aye. 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.400 >> Aye. 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:35.840 >> Motion carries. 00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:38.720 Next items for individual consideration. 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:43.760 Consider the approval of the public utility board minutes of July 8, 2019. 00:28:43.760 --> 00:28:47.880 Did anyone see any changes or corrections? 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:51.600 And they'll stand approved as presented. 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.600 Next item. 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:57.400 Consider recommending approval of the Denton Municipal Electric Fiscal Year 2019-2020 operating 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.400 and capital budget. 00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.400 Mr. Gaines. 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:02.400 >> David Gaines, director of finance. 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.640 Good evening. 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:08.480 We don't have a new presentation, but can definitely answer any questions from last meeting's 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:13.480 DME presentation and the budget that was submitted to the board. 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:19.120 Does anybody have any specific questions? 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:21.000 It was a lot to digest that day. 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.000 >> Yes, it was. 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.000 >> We didn't need to bring this back. 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.000 All right. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.000 All right. 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:31.480 The next item, then, is consider recommending approval of the water -- 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.480 >> Do you want to take a -- 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.480 >> Oh. 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.480 I'm sorry. 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.480 >> Need to vote on it. 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.480 >> Oh. 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.480 That's -- thank you. 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.480 All right. 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.480 Do we have a motion to approve? 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.480 >> I recommend approval. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.480 >> I'll second. 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.480 >> All in favor say aye. 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.480 >> Aye. 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.480 >> Opposed? 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.480 Motion carries. 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:51.320 Thank you for that clarification. 00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:56.640 Consider recommending approval of the water fiscal year budget 2019-2020 operating and 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.640 capital budgets. 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.640 >> Good afternoon. 00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.640 Nick Vincent, city's budget manager. 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.640 Similar to DME, we do have a presentation. 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:07.640 If anybody has any questions, we'd be happy to answer them. 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.640 >> Questions? 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.640 All right. 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:12.640 We have a motion to approve. 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:15.640 >> I recommend approval. 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.640 >> Second. 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.640 >> All in favor say aye. 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.640 >> Aye. 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.640 >> Opposed? 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:21.800 Motion carries. 00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:26.880 Consider recommending approval of the wastewater and drainage fiscal year 2019-2020 operating 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.880 and capital budgets. 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.880 Same thing? 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.880 >> Good afternoon. 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:35.920 Similar to water, we do have a presentation for wastewater if anyone has any questions. 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:39.960 Any questions from the last time? 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.960 Motion to approve. 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.960 >> I recommend approval. 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.960 >> Second. 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.960 >> All in favor say aye. 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.960 >> Aye. 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.960 >> Opposed? 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.960 Motion carries. 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.960 All right. 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:54.960 Consider recommending approval of the customer service fiscal year 2019-2020 operating budget. 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.960 >> Good afternoon. 00:30:55.960 --> 00:31:02.080 Similar to water and wastewater, we do have a presentation for customer service if someone 00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:07.960 has a question about their budget. 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.960 >> All right. 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.960 No questions. 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.960 Do I have a motion to approve? 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.960 >> So moved to approve. 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.960 >> Second. 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.960 >> All in favor say aye. 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.960 >> Aye. 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.960 >> Opposed? 00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:22.960 Motion carries. 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:27.680 Consider recommending approval of the solid waste fiscal year 2019-2020 operating and 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.680 capital budgets. 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.200 >> Good afternoon. 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:33.200 We have a presentation for solid waste, if you have questions, I'll be happy to answer 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.200 them. 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:36.260 >> No changes since last time? 00:31:36.260 --> 00:31:38.760 >> No changes since last time. 00:31:38.760 --> 00:31:41.920 You've seen it there -- let me pull up a presentation really quick. 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.920 Hang on just a second. 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.920 I'll let you ask that question. 00:31:44.920 --> 00:32:00.360 I think there's a couple slides. 00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.360 Bear with me a second here. 00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:22.800 I'll be able to pull it up on the city's website. 00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:43.760 There it is. 00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:47.120 >> The two slides that did change have to do with the solid waste rates. 00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:50.120 These will come back to PUB at the next meeting in August. 00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:54.480 We can discuss them with you at that meeting, or we can go into them a little bit today. 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:57.040 They are part of the budget presentation, so we'll be happy to pull them up. 00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:58.040 Brian Burner is here. 00:32:58.040 --> 00:33:00.960 If we have questions on them, we'll be happy to answer them. 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:07.400 Actually, let me pull this up really quick, and you actually can look at it. 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:11.840 These slides were shown to city council a few weeks ago, so we are looking to implement 00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:15.560 some changes for yard waste collection service. 00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:20.360 So instead of being grouped into the monthly rate, there will be a subscription service 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:22.360 moving forward. 00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:27.200 If you choose to use a craft bag, it would be a dollar a month. 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:29.760 If you do a cart, it would be 50 cents. 00:33:29.760 --> 00:33:34.360 We would ask that you actually buy the cart for $20 if you decided to do that, but we 00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:38.680 had had some requests in the solid waste department to start a cart service, so we are putting 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:41.120 that out there this fiscal year. 00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:46.840 Brush, we are changing that from a cubic yardage rate into an hourly rate of $75 per hour. 00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:51.840 So that's something else we'll be putting forward and talking to you about next month. 00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:56.680 Bulky waste collection, we are looking to bundle that. 00:33:56.680 --> 00:34:02.400 Anything over two items would be $5 per item, and then bulky waste commercial, we were asked 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:08.920 to introduce a commercial bulky waste collection, and that would be $20 a trip fee, and then 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:11.400 $25 an item to collect it. 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:16.560 Appliances, electronics, we are looking to change that rate to $40 per item, and then 00:34:16.560 --> 00:34:21.360 home chemical collection would be $10 per collection. 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.400 Good enough. 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.760 Any other questions? 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:30.520 All right, do we have a motion to approve? 00:34:30.520 --> 00:34:33.520 I recommend approval. 00:34:33.520 --> 00:34:34.520 Second. 00:34:34.520 --> 00:34:38.600 We're approving this, but we're going to talk about it later? 00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:40.040 We're approving the budget. 00:34:40.040 --> 00:34:41.040 That's correct. 00:34:41.040 --> 00:34:42.400 So let me clarify really quick. 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.040 So the item in front of you today is to approve the operating budget. 00:34:46.040 --> 00:34:50.960 We did have a couple slides that went to council after y'all had seen the initial budget presentation 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:54.800 that talked about the rates, so I wanted to be sure to show that to you today. 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:58.960 The rates actually will come back to you the first meeting in August for your consideration, 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:03.240 or actually for your review, then it will come back to you for approval. 00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:05.600 They kind of dovetail. 00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.600 Yes. 00:35:06.600 --> 00:35:10.400 All right, so we were, we had a recommendation for approval. 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.400 Second. 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.400 Okay. 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:16.000 So all in favor say aye. 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.000 Aye. 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.000 Opposed? 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.000 Motion carries. 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.000 ACM update. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.000 Yes. 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:25.640 Excuse me, Madam Chair, members of the board, real quick. 00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:32.200 As Mr. Vincent mentioned, you'll be seeing at your next meeting the rates for most of 00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:36.880 the utility departments, in addition to next meeting, which will be August 1st, I'm sorry, 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:41.880 August 12th, you'll have the DME budget that will be presented as well. 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:44.560 Let's see if any questions for that. 00:35:44.560 --> 00:35:50.320 And then lastly, on any of the new business items on the new business matrix, a couple 00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:54.960 of things will be removed from the matrix, and there's a couple still things that are 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.960 still outstanding. 00:35:55.960 --> 00:36:01.240 One is recycling, and the other one is the meetings for the PUB. 00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:06.040 All right, then that brings us to concluding items. 00:36:06.040 --> 00:36:11.080 Are there any items that a board member wishes to have put on the agenda in the future? 00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:15.400 Do we need to elect a vice chair? 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.400 That is... 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:21.800 And we'll be having that as an item for the next meeting. 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.800 Okay. 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:31.680 And the secretary is always the iffy one, because that's the third person in case, but 00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:33.840 that one didn't change with Brendan leaving. 00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:35.840 That should not have changed. 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.840 Okay. 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.840 Just making sure. 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.840 All right. 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:41.240 So, do we have a motion to... 00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:42.240 Susan? 00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:43.240 Yes? 00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:44.240 Hi. 00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:45.240 Hi. 00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:52.600 I feel like it only appropriate that I let everyone know that this will be my last meeting 00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:59.440 as a member of the public utility board solely for personal reasons. 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.720 I'm not mad at anybody. 00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:04.080 I don't think anybody's mad at me. 00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:10.600 I've served for three years, and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. 00:37:10.600 --> 00:37:13.800 I've been impressed with the staff. 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:21.000 I've seen a lot of changes over the three years that have been for the good. 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:27.680 Everybody appears to be very diligent and working for the best interest of the citizens. 00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:34.320 And it's easy to listen to people on the street, and different people have agendas, and they 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:40.800 have their own nuances about what they want to see and people they want to serve, but 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:48.600 it appears to me that the city, the staff, public utilities is working for the good of 00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:51.000 all citizens. 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:58.600 And in the long run, at least over the last three years, there's been a lot of improvement, 00:37:58.600 --> 00:38:04.600 and the citizens should be very proud of the public utilities. 00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:11.440 And again, I've enjoyed it, and it's strictly personal. 00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.720 Susan's not mad at me. 00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.720 Yeah. 00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:17.920 City manager's not mad at me, I don't think. 00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:22.200 I'll be quiet with that, but anyway, I've appreciated it. 00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.200 Thank you. 00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:25.600 Well, thank you for serving on the board, Allen. 00:38:25.600 --> 00:38:27.600 All right. 00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:28.600 Motion to adjourn? 00:38:28.600 --> 00:38:31.280 Don't you want a motion to adjourn? 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.280 Yeah. 00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.280 Come on, Allen. 00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:34.280 So moved. 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.280 Second. 00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.280 Second. 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.280 Okay. 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.280 We are adjourned.