City of Morgan Hill Adopted Budget FY 2016-17 and FY 2017-18

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Water Operations (continued)

 Improve the Cross Connection Control Program to ensure compliance with State requirements. The work includes upgrading business systems to better track backflow devices and required testing and increased inspections as needed  Continue expanded leak monitoring in high water pressure zones  Develop water meter installation program with timeline to fully deploy Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System. The work includes installing new equipment on approximately 7,500 water services as well as upgrading business systems to support real time data access by customer service staff and water customers  Continue to engage the community in a water rate conversation to determine and develop a sustainable and equitable response to the continued drought conditions

COUNCIL GOALS Enhancing Public Safety 

Provide safe, clean drinking water

 Maintaining public health and safety in providing water to fight fires and protect property  Maintain reliable and dependable water systems

Maintain Fiscal Responsibility  Balance environmental and financial sustainability while meeting long term State conservation mandate  Meet water revenue bond covenants and the water enterprise funds (operations, rate stabilization, and capital improvement funds) reserve policy

Planning Our Community  Updating the Utilities Master Plans (Water, Sewer, Stormwater)  Developing 5-year Urban Water Management Plan

Developing Our Community  Constructing a multitude of water capital improvement projects

Participating In Regional Initiatives  Participating in Task Force on Water Efficient New Development

FINANCIAL COMMENTS In FY 15-16, the City Council went through an extensive utility rate study to ensure both public safety and public health for the Morgan Hill community are maintained. As a result of the rate study, the Council approved a five year annual rates increase plan to ensure that the integrity and reliability of the essential community assets can be maintained, aging and inefficient infrastructure replaced, provide proper reserve levels in accordance with Council policy and legally required debt coverage, and that sufficient annual operating revenue would be generated to pay all annual operating expenses.

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