2016 Budget Study Session Solid Waste Collection Solid Waste Disposal Waste Water

Utilities Division
October 29, 2015

Study Session
Todays Agenda
Utilities Budget Overview
5 Minutes
Rick Romero
Budget Summary, Personnel Impacts, Rate Review, 6-year Capital

Program
Solid Waste Collection Scott Windsor

15
Minutes
Solid Waste Disposal Chuck Conklin
10
Minutes
Wastewater
Chuck Conklin/Gary Kaesemeyer
15 Minutes
Water
Dan Kegley
15 Minutes
Division Expense Budget

Summary
2015
Adopted
2016
Program
2016
Line-Item
Wages & Benefits
54,394,424
55,626,208
55,482,099
2.0%
Supplies & Services
42,820,367
41,679,802
41,693,462
-2.7%
Interfund
34,089,313
33,950,491
34,444,886
1%
Intergovtl Prof Srvs
37,649,595
38,886,140
38,940,168
3.3%
Other
12,166,372
10,776,467
10,861,046
-12.0%
Operating Expenses
181,120,071
180,919,108
181,421,611
0.2%
Capital
110,679,900
101,472,136
99,522,136
-11.2%
1,647,749
15,645,913
15,645,913
*89.5%
Total
293,447,720
298,037,157
296,589,710
1.1%
FTE#
602.50
602.50
605
Debt Service
% Change
(15 /16)^
* Revenue Bond Principal & Interest/ Nelson Center (Operating Transfer out from
ICM to Debt Svcs)
^ Difference between 2015 adopted and 2016 line-item budget.
2016 Personnel Impact

Water
Solid Waste Disposal
Education Coor. (Full-Time)
+0.5
Inventory Control Specialist
+1
Wastewater
Safety Coordinator
+1
Cash Acct. Clerk I
+1
Assist Plant Operator
+2
Project Coordinator (Taylor)
+1
Crane Operator
-1
Principal Engineer (Hendron)
+1
Ash Operator
-1
Department Head (Arnold)
-1
Maintenance Specialist
-2
Clerk
-1
Solid Waste Collections

Utilities Division Customer
Service Manager
Net Change +2.5
+1
2015 Average Monthly Utility Bill

Service
Base
Consumpt
Charge
ion
$28.42
68-gallon
Garbage Cart
Wastewater
$28.06
Water
$14.92
$12.23*
Stormwater
$3.95
Integrated
Capital
TOTAL
*Assumes
15,000 gallons of usage.
Capital
TOTALS
$28.42
$26.34
$28.06
$27.15
$3.95
$26.34
$113.92
2016 Average Monthly Utility Bill

Service
Base
Consumpt
Charge
ion
$29.25
68-gallon
Garbage Cart
Wastewater
$28.87
Water
$15.35
$12.59*
Stormwater
$4.07
Integrated
Capital
TOTAL
*Assumes
15,000 gallons of usage.
Capital
TOTALS
$29.25
$27.11
$28.87
$27.94
$4.07
$27.11
$117.24
Increase in average monthly bill for 2016 is $3.32.

Average bill in 2015 was $113.92.
Increase is 2.9%, as approved by Council in
November 2014.
Wastewater Credit/Discount
Single-Family Residential Customers
Lowest 20 percent of winter water users receive $60 annual credit/$5
per month
2015
2016
Usage to qualify for 11 units of water or 11 units of water or

less
credit*
less
*Total usage over four winter months.
Multi-Family Residential Customers

Discount per unit increases to $2/unit in 2016 and $3/unit in 2017.
Wastewater
Charge
Cost per addl
unit
Single Family
Residential
2015
2016
2017
$27.32
$26.87
$26.71
$28.06
$28.87
$29.71
Utilities Division represents

Majority of Citywide CIP
4% 2% 2%
6%
13%
58%
15%
Total Capital
Program = $890.7 M
Utilities
Streets
Parks & Rec
Asset Mgmt
IT
Fire
Police
2016 Budget Study Session

Solid Waste Collection
Scott Windsor, Director
Solid Waste Collection

Expense Budget Summary
2015
Adopted
2016
Program
2016
Line - Item
% Change
(15 /16) ^
Wages & Benefits
9,825,285
10,106,582
10,045,391
2.2%
Supplies & Services
3,194,849
4,355,052
4,368,712
26.9%
10,314,993
9,324,724
9,461,545
-9.0%
8,594,927
8,940,006
8,940,006
3.9%
Other
11,158,827
9,618,922
9,693,922
-15.1%
Operating Expenses
43,088,881
42,345,286
42,509,576
-1.4%
2,150,000
2,150,000
*1,500,000
-43.3
45,238,881
44,495,286
44,009,576
Interfund
Capital
Debt Service
Total
*Capital for Vehicles and Equipment

-2.8%

2015 Accomplishments
okane Central Service Center

Consolidation of Fleet & Solid Waste
Collections
CNG Fueling Station

Began conversion of Fleet from
diesel to CNG
CNG Collection
Vehicle Benefits:
20-30% reductions
GHG
95% particulate
reductions
Domestic supply
Cost savings
compared to diesel
Reduced
maintenance
20 trucks ( 16 Commercial, 4 Residential)

Waste Diverted from Landfills
Over 80% by weight of collection
stream is diverted from Landfill
disposal
- Materials collected curbside in the City
of Spokane through Yard Waste,
Recycling and Refuse.
Performance Measures
Waste stream diverted by Yard Waste & Recycling
Diverting refuse from the waste stream provides financial and

environmental benefits.
Numbers reflect the seasonal nature of our yard waste service and
the total percentage of waste diverted allows us to show the effects
of our recycling programs in meeting State and Federal goals for
municipal waste management.
Missed collections remedied same day
The goal is to make 70% of missed collections on the same business

day. The average missed collection rate is less than 1/10 of a percent.
While misses can be due to a variety of issues, prompt collection of
these results in our customers satisfaction. We attempt to do so in
the same business day while the collection vehicles are in the area.
Requests for cart services
Customers appreciate when changes to service are made promptly.

The goal is to perform 99 percent of cart service requests before the
next collection day.
Customer requests for carts needing service, cart size changes,
additional cart service, optional cart service and starting and
Future Business and Management

Environmentally & Financially Responsible
Route Optimization
Continue process improvements
Continue fleet replacement with CNG
vehicles
Surplus vehicles as replaced
Participate in Utilities vehicle safety
program SAFE
Safe,
Alert,
Focus,

Chuck Conklin, Director
Services: Disposal of Solid Waste
Northside/Southside landfills
Waste to Energy Facility

2015
Adopted
Wages & Benefits
Supplies & Services
Interfund
Other
Operating Expenses
Capital
Debt Service
Total
2016
Program
2016
Line - Item
% Change
(15 /16) ^
8,126,322
8,021,337
8,083,556
-0.5%
15,328,389
13,574,201
13,574,201
-12.9%
1,146,714
2,314,457
2,301,373
50.2%
464,757
498,229
498,229
6.7%
25,066,182
24,408,224
24,457,359
-2.5%
2,300,000
3,700,000
*2,400,000
4.17%
27,366,182
28,108,224
26,857,359
-1.9%
*Capital Projects moved to later years

^ Difference between 2015 adopted and 2016 Program (Budget Planner)

Safety
VPP Star Certification
Safety Record
1,532 days without an Injury (4.2 years)
1,749 days without a LTA (4.8 years)
Environmental
No NOVs
Balanced Budget
Transition
Staffing, Procurement, etc.
Outage Completion
No long-haul bypass, on-time, on-budget
2015-2016 Silver Level Clean Air Award, for the City of
Spokane Northside Landfill, from the Spokane Regional
Clean Air Agency
2016 Capital Program Summary

Superheater $1,800,000
A Superheater is a device within
steam boilers that is used to
convert wet, saturated steam
into dry steam,
by re-heating the steam.
This re-heated steam contains
more usable energy increasing
the overall efficiency of the cycle.
The 2016 Capital Plan includes
the replacement of the
Superheater in Unit #2. Given
our current operations the
Superheater should last 4 to 5
years. (Unit #1s will be replaced
in December of this year.)
2016 Capital Program

Summary
VFD Replacements $500,000
Variable Frequency Drives A speed
control method for electrical motors.
Reduces electrical usage
allowing more electrical
energy to be sold.
Induced Draft, Primary
and Secondary Air
Fans
Boiler Feed Water
Pumps
Net Energy Generated
Energy generated in excess of what is used for the operation of the

plant is sold to Avista.
Electricity sold to Avista is up from the previous quarter. Refuse
receipts were up in the second quarter allowing the facility to operate
at increased loads.
Unscheduled Outages
Unscheduled outages increase costs and reduces energy production

and sales.
In Q2 of 2015, there was one minor unscheduled outage due to a fan
motor bearing failure. Reliability and Predictability are of key
Waste bypassed
Waste that must be bypassed increases disposal costs and reduces energy
produced / sold.
The goal is to bypass fewer than 6000 tons per quarter.
The WTE Plant bypassed 1,960 tons. The WTE facility conducts periodic
scheduled outages, during these outages waste must be bypassed as the

Waste to Energy
Facility operations
Outage Frequency
Tire Ordinance
Regional system in 2 yea

New Revenue
Marketing WTE Capacit
Tire Ordinance
Ash Reuse
RFI / RFP
Avoided Costs
Southside Landfill
Bio-filter
Northside Landfill
Operating Schedule

Wastewater
Services
Wastewater Maintenance
Responsible for the maintenance of Wastewater
infrastructure.
867 miles of sanitary sewer
351 miles of storm sewer
14 miles of force mains
4 miles of siphon sewers
Riverside Park Water Reclamation

The Facility receives and recycles approximately 27
Facility
million gallons of wastewater per day (can handle
peak flows over 100 million gallons per day)
producing a high quality effluent for return to the
Spokane River.
Wastewater
2015
Adopted
2016
Program
15,730,086
16,187,786
16,172,812
2.7%
Supplies & Services
8,620,669
9,229,232
9,229,232
6.6%
Interfund
8,118,464
7,356,591
7,414,720
-9.5%
12,874,539
11,759,102
11,813,130
-9.0%
400,000
550,000
550,000
27.3%
45,743,758
45,082,711
45,179,894
-1.2%
2,036,000
2,256,100
2,256,100
9.8%
672,749
687,579
687,579
2.2%
48,452,507
48,026,390
48,123,573
-0.7%
Wages & Benefits

Other
Operating Expenses
Capital
Debt Service
Total
2016
Line - Item
% Change
(15 /16) ^
Wastewater
Riverside Park Water Reclamation
NLT membrane pilot system parallel testing
Facility
Ovivo drum screening system pilot

NLT GC/CM selection, MWH/Sladen/B&E
RPWRF parking lot LID project
Silo digester project
Wastewater Maintenance
Reline 60 sanitary sewer for Martin Luther King
Jr. Way
Complete annual re-lining program (CIPP)
Removed and collected over 800 tons of catch
basin debris
Wastewater
2016 Capital - Next Level of Treatment
Pall
GE
The NLT Project Pilot is ongoing, comparing the

Pall and GE technologies in side-by-side
operation.
Wastewater
2016 Capital Digester No. 3
On schedule for
completion in August
of 2016
Wastewater
2016 Capital CIPP
Cured in Place Pipe

Project for the new
Martin Luther King Jr.
Way
Wastewater
Capital CSO 6 Northwest Blvd
Wastewater
Capital CSO 33-2 East Sprague
Wastewater
Capital - CSO 21st Avenue & Ray
Street
Wastewater
Capital - CSO Underhill
Basement Backups
Basement backups inconvenience customers and can be an

indication of sewer problems.
The goal is to experience zero per year and Quarter 2 of 2015 has
had zero backups.
Number of CSO Events
Limiting the number of combined sewer overflow events helps to

ensure the cleanliness and vitality of the Spokane River.
The goal is an average of fewer than one event per outfall location
( 20 total) per year over a 20-year period beginning in 2018.
Wastewater Treatment
We are consistent with the number of samples taken and

processed at the RPWRF in order to protect the Spokane River and
Aquifer.
The goal of 0 excursions was met in the 2nd quarter of 2015. An

Fully Meet NPDES Stormwater Permit
Requirements
Coordinate Positive Mission Accomplishments
with the Water Department
Continue to remove outfalls to the River

Water & Hydroelectric Services
Dan Kegley, Director
Services
Provide safe, reliable & affordable drinking
water
Provide ample fire protection
Provide opportunity for growth while managing
our resources through stewardship
Water & Hydroelectric

Services
2015
Adopted
2016
Program
13,578,922
13,956,018
13,876,219
2.1%
Supplies & Services
7,216,796
6,509,815
6,509,815
-10.9%
Interfund
5,965,922
5,701,966
5,732,931
-4.1%
8,515,415
9,190,504
9,190,504
7.3%
500,000
500,000
500,000
0%
35,777,055
35,858,303
35,809,469
0.1%
2,893,900
2,862,200
2,862,200
-1.1%
975,000
975,000
975,000
39,645,955
39,695,503
39,646,669
Wages & Benefits
Other
Operating Expenses
Capital
Debt Service
Total
2016
Line - Item
% Change
(15 /16) ^
0%

Lincoln Heights Tank Relining
55 gpm leak eliminated saving 28 million
gallons annually
Garden Park Booster Station

Upgrade
Now able to meet demand in the High System
Five Mile Booster Station Upgrades

Consistent & reliable service to Five Mile
Customers
Partnership with Parks Department

Water main installation
1.3 miles of transmission main
3.7 miles of distribution main replacement
SCADA System Upgrades

Increased operational and reporting
capabilities
Inventory Control Through

CityWorks
$1.45 million inventory off by less than
$2,200
2016 Capital Program Highlight

Chlorine Injection Station
Provide a
means to
deliver water
in a safe and
reliable
manner that
meets water
quality
standards
2016 Capital Program Highlights

Plains and SIA Pressure System Connection
Defers the
need for
additional
storage tanks
in both
pressure
systems and
allows for
service without
large
Main Breaks
The Water Research Foundation reports the annual national average

is approximately one break for every four miles of pipe. That
translates to 275 main breaks annually for a system our size. In order
to address our distribution system loss, or water that is lost to leaking
pipes we set our goal of fewer than 25 main breaks per quarter.
Water Quality Concerns
Customer Confidence is important to any water system. We strive to

make sure our customer receive safe potable drinking water of high
quality.
Should we receive a complaint our water quality experts investigate
Off Peak Power Use
During the winter months when water system demand is low, the
Upriver operators maximize the use of Upriver generation during offpeak hours so that more power is sold to Avista during peak hours.
The goal is to use greater than 50% of Upriver generation during offpeak times during times of low water system demand
Coliform Monitoring
A robust coliform bacteria monitoring program is essential in

delivering safe reliable water of high quality.
We routinely take more samples that the Department of Health
requires to insure our monitoring program is representative of the
distribution system

Water loss
Sustainability
Support targeted growth
Conservation & growth
Emerging technologies
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Utilities Division

October 29, 2015

Budget Summary, Personnel Impacts, Rate Review, 6-year Capital

Solid Waste Collection Scott Windsor

Division Expense Budget

Wages & Benefits

Supplies & Services

Intergovtl Prof Srvs

2016 Personnel Impact

Solid Waste Disposal

Education Coor. (Full-Time)

Inventory Control Specialist

Cash Acct. Clerk I

Assist Plant Operator

Project Coordinator (Taylor)

Principal Engineer (Hendron)

Department Head (Arnold)

Solid Waste Collections

Net Change +2.5

2015 Average Monthly Utility Bill

2016 Average Monthly Utility Bill

Increase in average monthly bill for 2016 is $3.32.

Usage to qualify for 11 units of water or 11 units of water or

Multi-Family Residential Customers

Utilities Division represents