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Orange Water & Sewer Authority, North Carolina (Project
<br />Manager)
<br />Mr. Burnham has served as Project Manager for OWASA for
<br />water, wastewater, and reclaimed water financial consulting
<br />services for nearly ten years, He has conducted several studies
<br />including several long-term financial plans, detailed cost
<br />allocation to support rate design, evaluation of affordability for
<br />low -Income users, and bond feasibility studies,
<br />City of Manistee • Cost of Service Rate Study, Michigan
<br />(Project Manager)
<br />Mr. Burnham served as project manager for a comprehensive
<br />water and sewer cost of service rate study for the City (which
<br />had no record of having ever conducted a formal rate study). A
<br />detailed cost of service allocation to determine the proper
<br />allocation of costs between 1) the water and sewer systems,
<br />and 2) the users of each system located within and outside of
<br />the City (which ultimately reflected the use of the utility basis of
<br />ratemaking for outside city users) was conducted. Multiple
<br />presentations were made to various customer groups (notably
<br />outside City users).
<br />Union County, North Carolina (Project Manager)
<br />Mr. Burnham has served as Project Manager for the County's
<br />water & sewer financial planning model and bond feasibility
<br />study. He developed the financial planning model to simulate
<br />the utility system's particular financial dynamics over a 10-year
<br />planning horizon, Including the specific financial structure and
<br />flow of funds associated with the Bond Feasibility Study.
<br />Pinellas County, Florida (Project Manager)
<br />Mr. Burnham has served as the Project Manager for the County
<br />for nearly ten years, Including a comprehensive Water,
<br />Wastewater and Solid Waste Rate Study and several annual
<br />updates. During these studies, Mr. Burnham has used our
<br />FAMS-XL model to develop ten year financial plans for each of
<br />the separate water, sewer and solid waste enterprise funds. He
<br />has also conducted a benchmarking analysis of selected cost
<br />categories, assisted County staff in evaluating the underlying
<br />cost of operations, and conducted detailed cost allocation and
<br />overhead studies for the Utilities Department.
<br />Town of Gilbert, Arizona (Project Manager)
<br />Mr. Burnham served as the Project Manager for a
<br />comprehensive Water, Sewer, Reclaimed Water, Environmental
<br />Services (Sanitation), and Stormwater Rate Study (Study) for
<br />the Town. As part of the study, for each utility system, we
<br />performed a revenue sufficiency analysis, detalled cost of
<br />service allocation, and rate structure analysis. We developed
<br />several modifications to the Town's existing rate structures,
<br />notably including a new inclining block water rate structure..
<br />Publications & Presentations
<br />Paying for Stormwater - Engaging the Community.
<br />American Public Works Association Annual
<br />Conference (PWX), Orlando, FL, 2017.
<br />Can Conservation Rates be Tied to the Cost to
<br />Serve?. American Water Works Association Annual
<br />Conference & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, 2017.
<br />Reclaimed Water Expansion: An Approach that
<br />Makes Sense. American Water Works Association
<br />Annual Conference & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA,
<br />2017.
<br />Co -Author, Long -Term Financial Modeling and
<br />Sustainabllity Analysis. Florida Governmental
<br />Finance Officers Association School of Government,
<br />Sarasota, FL, 2013.
<br />Features of Successful Inclining Block Water
<br />Conservation Rate Structures. Texas Water
<br />Conservation Association Annual Meeting, Austin,
<br />TX, 2015.
<br />Tackling Utility Rates the Right Way. Michigan
<br />Municipal League Annual Convention, Marquette,
<br />MI, 2014.
<br />Reclaimed Water Cost of Service Studies, an
<br />Advanced Example. Water Reuse Symposium,
<br />Seattle, WA, 2015,
<br />High Level Rate Making. Florida Water Environment
<br />Association Chapter Luncheon, Sarasota, FL, 2014.
<br />Water & Sewer Rate Studies. Michigan
<br />Governmental Finance Officers Association,
<br />Lansing, MI, 2015.
<br />Cost -of Service Based Conservation Rates, Evolving
<br />from Art to Science. Utility Management Conference,
<br />Tampa, FL, 2017.
<br />Rate and Fee Panel Discussion, a National Financial
<br />Perspective. AWWA Michigan Sector, Northville, MI,
<br />2017.
<br />Utility Ratemaking & Management. North Carolina
<br />Government Finance Officers Association Summer
<br />Conference, Wrightsville Beach, NC, 2016.
<br />City of Santa Ana, California I Water and Sewer Enterprrsa Cost of Service Study Stories 25
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