HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/5/2000 - STAFF REPORTS DATE: January 5,2000
TO: City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager-Operations
SEWER SERVICE DATA BASE-DATA COLLECTION
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that City Council authorize expenditures of up to$40,000 for collection of sewer
Fixture data as part ofthe development of a new sewer database and appropriate the dollars from the
Sewer Fund.
BACKGROUND:
To complete the sewer service charge rate study computer model,up-to-date sewer fixtures unit
counts are necessary,as well as the proper classification ofbusiness type. "Fixture unit"is a measure
of volume established by the Uniform Plumbing Code;as an example,a toilet is 6 fixture units and
a sink is 2 fixture units.
The current sewer service data base,which has old andundependable fixture unit counts,is non-Y2K
compliant and will be rebuilt on Microsoft Access for billings beginning in July 2000. The current
data base also does not have business classifications included
To gather the data necessary, staff proposes to utilize temporary employees and overtime to visit
business and industrial sites to survey their sewer fixtures and determine business classification.
Attached for consideration is a Minute Order which authorizes the expenditure and a Budget
Resolution to appropriate the funds for the data gathering as well as appropriate the$35,000 called
for in the companion item on this City Council agenda related to sewer billing,item#—At_.
ALLEN F. SMOOT,AAE
Assistant City Mager-O eretions
APPROVED
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1. Minute order 1:.i D •�-L-D
2. Budget Resolution
MINUTE ORDER NO. 6 5
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AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES OF$40,000 FROM
THESEWERFUNDFORTEMPORARYEMPLOYEES
AND OVERTIME TO COLLECT SEWER FIXTURE
UNIT DATA FROM CITY BUSINESSES AND
INDUSTRY.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order,authorizing expenditures of
$40,000 from the Sewer Fund for temporary employees and overtime to
collect sewer fixtures unit data from City businesses and industry, was
adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,California, in a
meeting thereof held on the 5°'of January 2000.
PATRICIA A.SANDERS
City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 19719
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR
THE 1999-00 FISCAL YEAR.
WHEREAS Resolution 1954.1, approving the budget for the fiscal year
1999-00 was adopted on June 16, 1999; and
WHEREAS the City Manager has recommended, and the City Council
desires to approve, certain amendments to said budget;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Director of Finance is
authorized to record inter-fund cash transfers as required in
accordance with this Resolution, and that Resolution 19541,
adopting the budget for the 1999-00 fiscal year is hereby amended
as follows:
SECTION 1. ADDITIONS
FUND Activity Account Amount
No. 420 6800 43240
$75,000
Title:
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Wastewater-- Wastewater Other Contractural
Treatment Plant Administration Services
Purpose:
To provide funding for sewer service projects
SECTION 2. SOURCE
FUND Activity Account Amount
No.
420 29301 $75,000
Title:
Wastewater Fund Balance
Treatment Plant
Adopted this. 5th day of January
AYES: Members Hodges, Jones, Oden, Reller-Spurgin, Mayor Kleindienst
NOSS: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA