2025 Citizen Water and Wastewater Rate Committee

~ BUCKEYE, AZ City of Buckeye 2025 Citizen Water and Wastewater Rate Committee October 9, 2025 MINUTES City Hall East at The Landing White Tanks Conference Room 945 N. 215th Avenue Suite 137 Buckeye, AZ 85326 6 p.m. 1. Call to Order/Roll Call Chair Subjack called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members Present: Chair Subjack, Member James, Member Morris, Member Holguin, Member Hammond, Member Gonzalez, Member Holguin Members Virtual: Vice Chair Whitehead Alternates Present: Member McMurray Absent: Staff Present: Water Resources Director Terry Lowe, Water Resources Deputy Director Eddie Solis, Water Resources Admin. & Project Manager Jaymie Parker, Administrative Assistant II Lianna Lewis, Administrative Assistant I Macey Haddorff, 2. Approval of Minutes from the September 25, 2025 “2025 Citizen Water and Wastewater Rate Committee” Meeting A motion was made by Member Hammond and seconded by Member Gonzalez to approve the minutes as presented. Approval 6-0. Motion carried. 3. New Business 3.A Buckeye Water and Wastewater Rate Recommendations Staff Liaison: Terry Lowe, Water Resources Director Mr. Lowe delivered the Buckeye Water and Wastewater Rate Recommendations presentation. The presentation included a recap of the previous meetings; a review of city of Buckeye water and wastewater bills compared to other providers; the department’s increase in expenses since 2016; the assets acquired since 2016; the overall value of the department’s assets over time; the FY27- FY31 Capital Improvement Project forecasts; FY27-FY31 forecast of assets to come on board; FY27-FY31 forecast for personnel; FY27-FY31 forecast of increases in asset values and the industry standard 2% asset management investment; three scenarios for investing in asset management; staff’s recommendation of a 5-year rate cycle; the proposed rate structure; and then the staff’s proposed rate amounts. Finally, Mr. Lowe summarized the department’s total rate recommendations for all water and wastewater customer categories. General discussion was held regarding the Committee’s overall impressions of the process and rate options. 3.B 2025 Citizen Water and Wastewater Committee Rate Recommendation A motion was made by Member Whitehead and seconded by Member Gonzalez to approve the Gradualism Water and Wastewater Rate Recommendation, as presented, to Buckeye City Council. Approval 7-0. Motion carried. 4. Comments from the Public – None. 5. Adjournment There being no further business to discuss, Chair Subjack adjourned the meeting at 7:06 p.m. James P, Subjack James P. Subjack, Committee Chair ATTEST: I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the 2025 Citizens Water and Wastewater Rate Committee meeting held October 9, 2025. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. Jaymie A. Parker Jaymie A. Parker, Committee Secretary *
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