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Table 25. Operating Expenses by Expense Category, FY 2026 to FY 20317
<br />Production & Supply
<br />$42,584,290
<br />$44,407,198
<br />$46,314,713
<br />$48,304,730
<br />$50,389,561
<br />$52,412,991
<br />System Maintenance
<br />$8,095,340
<br />$8,425,251
<br />$8,765,410
<br />$9,101,500
<br />$9,451,126
<br />$9,796,304
<br />Misc. Expenses
<br />$1,678,640
<br />$1,735,042
<br />$1,793,340
<br />$1,853,596
<br />$1,915,877
<br />$1,980,250
<br />Water Quality
<br />$2,863,500
<br />$2,979,128
<br />$3,098,394
<br />$3,216,767
<br />$3,339,878
<br />$3,461,901
<br />Engineering
<br />$12,154,350
<br />$12,623,975
<br />$13,109,058
<br />$13,597,520
<br />$14,104,835
<br />$14,615,426
<br />Meter Services
<br />$4,344,510
<br />$4,513,700
<br />$4,688,239
<br />$4,862,566
<br />$5,043,654
<br />$5,224,348
<br />Recycled Water
<br />$534,450
<br />$554,327
<br />$574,840
<br />$595,511
<br />$616,951
<br />$638,547
<br />Interfund Transfer
<br />$1,238,000
<br />$1,238,000
<br />$1,238,000
<br />$1,238,000
<br />$1,238,000
<br />$1,238,000
<br />Total Operating
<br />$73,493,080
<br />$76,476,623
<br />$79,581,992
<br />$82,770,189
<br />$86,099,883
<br />$89,367,767
<br />Other Obligations
<br />Other obligations included in the financial plan are capital improvement projects funded by rates known
<br />as PAYGO (Pay As You Go), debt service payments, and reserve contributions made from rates.
<br />Capital Improvement Projects
<br />The City plans to spend an average of $8.0 million a year on capital projects during the rate setting period.
<br />Table 26 shows the City's scheduled capital improvement projects for the next five years. Figure 5
<br />graphically shows the capital plan.
<br />Table 26. Rate Study CIP Expenses by Expense Type, FY 2026 to FY 20318
<br />PAYGO 3,548,463 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000
<br />' City staff provided current year operating expenses by category; projections are based on individual line -item inflationary
<br />factors shown in Table 13. Interfund transfers are monies paid to the general fund for overhead and administrative services
<br />provided to the water utility.
<br />8 City's 10-year CIP budget as well as input from staff was used for project cost
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