FY 2425 2526 Recommended Operating Budget

Wastewater Operations (continued)

• Supported activities intended to reduce sanitary sewer overflows, including, training utilities staff on our new Spill Emergency Response Plan (SERP), procurement of an off road vehicle that will allow staff to access hard to reach areas to maintain our sewer infrastructure in difficult to reach locations, and implemented the CityWorks software for assignment and documentation of maintenance activities. FY 2024 - 25 and 2025 - 26 Activity Goals • Support the Capital improvement Team in developing and implementing annual sewer line repair and replacement projects based on the infiltration and inflow repair recommendations, while continuing to update all repaired sewer line conditions into the City ’ s GIS system. • Increase maintenance activities through hydro cleaning 600,000 feet annually, conducting CCTV inspection of 300,000 feet annually, and completing requests for USA locates within 48 hours or less. • Continue to renew and replace known trouble spots and recommended wastewater lines citywide to comply with wastewater discharge permit requirements. • Complete the rehabilitation project for the manholes identified in the Infiltration and Inflow assessment report. Financial Comments The City is currently completing a 5 - year update to the City ’ s Wastewater Master Plan (Plan). This Plan identifies sewer infrastructure project needs. Immediately following the completion of the Plan, the City will review wastewater fees through a fee study, which will be reviewed by the Council and implemented in the Summer of 2024.

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