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Lee County Utilities Management & Planning June 1, 2009 Doug Meurer, P.E.

Lee County Utilities Management & Planning June 1, 2009 Doug Meurer, P.E. Introduction. LCU Overview Operations & Business Practices Key Initiatives & Projects Financial Status. Customers Served As of April 30, 2009. Water Franchise Area. WTP Capacities – May 2009.

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Lee County Utilities Management & Planning June 1, 2009 Doug Meurer, P.E.

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  1. Lee County Utilities Management & Planning June 1, 2009 Doug Meurer, P.E.

  2. Introduction • LCU Overview • Operations & Business Practices • Key Initiatives & Projects • Financial Status

  3. Customers Served As of April 30, 2009

  4. Water Franchise Area

  5. WTP Capacities – May 2009

  6. Wastewater Franchise Area

  7. Combined Franchise Area

  8. Staffing • 274 Staff Members • Certifications • Regulatory Requirements

  9. Operations • 24/7 Operation • Plant Operations & Maintenance • Distribution & Collection System Maintenance • Customer Service, Meter Services and Billing • Engineering

  10. Efficiency • Operations & Business Group • Focus on What We Do Well • Cross Training • Communication/Involvement

  11. FY09/10 Operating Expense Budget

  12. Strategic Plan

  13. Key Initiatives and Projects • Asset Management • Integrated Water Resources Master Plan • Capital Improvement Program

  14. Asset Management Program Vision & Mission Statement Lee County Utilities is committed to an asset management program that provides reliable service, protects the environment, and ensures regulatory compliance. We continue to build upon our long-term asset strategy focusing on financial sustainability, employing business practices to measure and manage risk, optimize life-cycle costs, and prioritize capital and O&M decisions.

  15. Asset Management • Asset Assessment & Capture of Institutional Knowledge • Objectively establish criticality and risk of failure of assets to create proactive Maintenance • Structured and prioritized CIP program linked to financial Projections • Integration of CMMS & GIS

  16. Average Age of Infrastructure

  17. IWRMP Project Mission The mission of this project is to develop a single Integrated Water Resources Master Plan, which will serve as the road map that the County must follow in order to ensure that reliable and sustainable water supply and sanitary sewer services are provided within Lee County Utilities service areas in a timely and cost-effective manner.

  18. IWRMP Source Water Management Alternatives • Interconnects / Regionalization • Improved Storage Opportunities • Sea Water • Demand Management (Water Conservation) • Surface Water • Storm Water • Fresh Groundwater • Brackish Groundwater • Reclaimed Water

  19. IWRMP Improved Storage Opportunities • New Surface Reservoirs • ASR within and /or below USDW • Localized Storage (e.g. cisterns) • Improve Capture and Storage of Excess Storm Water • Groundwater to Groundwater ASR • Consider Partially Treated Surface Water Versus Fully TreatedPotable Water ASR

  20. Capital Improvement Projects • Regulatory • Capacity • Renewal & Replacement • General

  21. Key Projects • Waterway Estates Service Area Capacity Expansion • North Lee County RO Expansion • Green Meadows WTP Upgrade and Expansion • Olga WTP Enhancements and Expansion • Regionalization

  22. Community Job Support

  23. Financial Status LCU Financial Condition is Good • Revenue Sources • Use of Revenue • Trends • Rate Review

  24. Operating Funds Lee County Utilities charges for services. That revenue is the only revenue available for operation of the utility. No property tax or any other Lee County General Fund source is utilitized. • Rates • Connection Fees

  25. Rate Revenue • Monthly charge for water and wastewater services based on volume of water usage • Rate revenue used for operations, debt service and reserve funding

  26. Historical Revenues and ExpensesFiscal Year Ended September 30(000’s Omitted)

  27. Connection Fees • Connection Fees are one time charges for new connection to the system • Connection fees go to a restricted fund and are used for capacity expansion necessary to meet growth demands

  28. Historical Connection Fees RevenuesFiscal Year Ended September 30(000’s Omitted)

  29. Rate Review • Rate Review currently near completion • Results:

  30. Rate Review • Factors • Reduction of Customer Base (Foreclosures, etc.) therefore revenue stream is less than anticipated. • Zero Growth – As costs are still increasing there is no growth in revenues to offset • Inflation Itself • Rates being increased in anticipation of incremental debt payments associated with Gateway SRF Loan ($2.6MM annual payment) • Aging infrastructure which needs to be updated or replaced

  31. Challenges • Water Supply • Regulatory • Value of Water • Aging Infrastructure • Economic Conditions • Aging Workforce

  32. Discussion

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