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HomeMy WebLinkAbout(P2) 2025 Water Utilities Infrastructure Rehabilitation Update- council workshop re2Water Utilities Budget and Infrastructure Update JANUARY 28, 2025 1 Adopted 2024 Capital Improvements Budget 5-year Program 2 Proposed 2025 Capital Improvements Budget 5-year Program 3 Approved 2025 Capital Improvements Budget 4 FY 2025 Proposed Rate Increases and Council Actions 5 FY 25 Financial Status of Utility Department as of the numbers ending in December Projected end-of-year deficit: approx. $3 million (Not considering emergencies) 6 FY 25 Major Projects Approved and Funded Sabine Pass Pipe Bursting IV paid by ARPA Interest Revenue. Hwy 365 Force Main Replacement proposed to be funded by the General Fund as an agenda item at this council meeting. 7 FY 25 Emergency Memo 8 FY 25 Customer Calls for Service From October 1, 2024 to January 23, 2025 Water Service Calls: 678 Sewer Service Calls:1506 Water Billing/Meter Service Work Orders: 24,604 9 Water Line Replacement Projects Priority 1 Mandated By the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 36” SAVANNAH WATER LINE Supplies DOWNTOWN, PLEASURE ISLAND, SABINE PASS AREA 10 City of Port Arthur Utilities Projects Total Cost Estimate 11 Sources of Funding 12 Sources of Funding – Grants Application from 2023 to present 13 Potential Sources of Funding – Meter Replacement Program Project Bid Documents are completed Under Legal Review 14 Sources of Funding for Capital Project – Certificates of Obligation Notes: These rate increases do not include Operation Rate Increases and Inflation The Rate Increases are estimated based on $37 Million current annual revenue 8.7% 7% Not Recommended 15 Summary The 2025 utilities fund doesn’t have any funding for the Major Planned Capital Improvement Projects. At the End of the year 2025, the budget projection is a deficit of $3 million. Any emergency work for the Utilities Department for the 2025 budget will have to be funded from the General Fund as of January 2025. The Attorney General’s consent order is expected to be filed before the end of the 2025 budget year. The General Fund can not subsidize the Utilities Enterprise Fund. The Utilities Enterprise Fund will not be able to repay the General Fund any of the money borrowed during the 2025 budget year. 16 QUESTIONS? 17