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Long Range Planning Committee Report

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LRPC Report

During the July 2013 Monthly Board of Director’s (BOA) Meeting, a Long Range Strategic Financial Planning Committee was proposed and approved.  The strategy of this Committee and the Board of Directors will be to seek and fund a dependable long range water supply.  This shall include a detailed, time-phased two year budget plan segregating Operations…

LRPC Report

The BLSMWC Capital Improvement Plan to be financed through our approved United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Loan, as presented at the June 3rd Annual Shareholder’s Meeting is progressing on schedule. MC Engineering was awarded the Engineering/Design portion of our project on June 12th based on the recommendation of the selection committee and a unanimous…

LRPC Report

BLSMWC Capital Improvement Plan USDA Loan Implications and Water Rate Structure Summary View Full Handout

LRSP Report

As reported previously, our United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Loan was approved on Dec. 27, 2016, which will provide low interest financing for our major infrastructure and water meter capital improvements to be implemented over the next 2‐3 years. In‐line with USDA requirements, the initial focus has been on locking in the Engineering/Design scope…

LRSP Report

At our April Board of Director’s (BOD) Meeting, the LRPC made a recommendation to purchase additional radio read meters to replace the remaining 207 old meters still in place, which the Board approved. Combined with the 426 new meters already installed, we will now have a total of 633, all new meters. These 207 new…

LRSP Report

The LRPC continues to refine a proposed water rate structure for the coming years with the USDA Loan in place. As ex-plained last month, the future rate structure fees will be comprised of (1) an annual surcharge for repayment of the USDA Capital Improvement Loan; (2) a water base rate for a not-to-exceed specified monthly…

LRSP Report

Over the past 18 months, The Blue Lake Springs Mutual Water Company successfully progressed through the USDA Loan Pre-Application & Feasibility Report (Aug 2015), Preliminary Engineering Report (July 2016) and Loan Application (Dec 2016), which culminated with our USDA Loan approval on Dec 27, 2016. By obtaining the approval prior to 2016 year-end, we were…

LRSP Report -December

Preliminary Rate Structure Plan Annual Fees (Due by February 15, 2017) 1. Surcharge/Assessment to cover the income required for USDA loan re-payment on meter (includes meter purchase) and infrastructureimprovements. 2. Base Rate charge for an established not-to-exceed cubic feet/month allocation intended cover all “Fixed/Base Costs” for all Operating/Maintenance expenses, capital costs, and reserves associated with…

LRSP Report -November

November 2016 Long Range Planning Committee – Water Meter Study The Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) has wrapped up the collection of water meter usage data as of month-end September.  There are two data sets: The collection of usage details from March through September 2016 based on a mix of 59 full and part time…

LRSP Report -October

Meter Usage Study Collecting and tabulating study participant data and historical data from Nov 2011 through Aug 2016 (ECD Oct ME) Will analyze results and determine relevant water usage data applicable to developing rate structure (ECD Nov ME) Will determine proposed rate structure in Nov/Dec timeframe Rates for 2017 will be based on number of…