Utility Advisory Committee
Regular MeetingOlympia, WA · August 22, 2019
Minutes
City Hall
Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98501
Utility Advisory Committee Contact: Eric Christensen
360.570.3741
Thursday, August 22, 2019 5:40 PM Maintenance Center, 1401
Eastside St SE
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Buffo called the meeting to order.
1.A ROLL CALL
Present: 7 - Committee member Dennis Bloom, Committee member Arland
Schneider, Committee member Cullen Stephenson, Committee
member Eleanor (Pat) Vernon, Committee member Roger Wilson,
Committee member Dever Haffner-Ratliffe and Chair Mike Buffo
Absent: 2 - Committee member Steve Fossum and Vice Chair Luke Bowerman
1.B. STAFF PRESENT
Eric Christensen, Water Resources Director
Gary Franks, Waste ReSources Director
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was approved.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
19-0762 Approval of June 6, 2019 UAC Meeting Minutes
The minutes were approved.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM UAC AND STAFF
Mr. Christensen provided updates on the following items:
· The cities of Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater are drafting a new interlocal
agreement for the re-development of the brewery water rights. Olympia plays a
limited role in the re-development of the Olympia Brewery property.
· Noted the clean up efforts by State Ecology regarding the February 25 oil spill into
Deschutes River and Capital Lake.
· LOTT treatment plan tour available to UAC members.
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· Bid result for the two recent water main projects came in under the engineer’s
estimates.
Mr. Franks provided the following updates:
· Announced a promotion in Waste ReSources of a Maintenance Worker 1 to a
Maintenance Worker 2.
· Several City of Olympia garbage collectors participated in the Solid Waste
Association of North American (SWANA) Road-E-O competition. The staff
showed their skills with written exams and a driving completion with several
different garbage trucks. The City of Olympia staff did very well and placed either
1st, 2nd and 3rd place in their division and overall.
6. BUSINESS ITEMS
19-0737 2020 Preliminary Utility Rates and Operating Budgets
Mr. Franks and Mr. Christensen provided the briefing. Staff discussed budget trends and
challenges facing each utility.
For the September meeting, Committee members requested that staff compile the
following utility information:
· Revenues vs. expenses
· Capital cashflow
· Long term and short term cashflow
· Capital budgets - five year overview
The UAC thanked staff for the briefing.
The information was provided.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Buffo adjourned the meeting.
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Agenda
Meeting Agenda City Hall
601 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98501
Utility Advisory Committee
Contact: Eric Christensen
360.570.3741
Thursday, August 22, 2019 5:40 PM Maintenance Center, 1401
Eastside St SE
PLEASE NOTE: Actual beginning and start times for a specific agenda item may
vary. The times listed below are estimates only.
1. CALL TO ORDER (5:40 pm)
1.A ROLL CALL (5:40 - 5:41 pm)
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (5:41 - 5:42 pm)
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (5:42 - 5:45 pm)
19-0762 Approval of June 6, 2019 UAC Meeting Minutes
Attachments: Draft_UAC_Meeting_Minutes_06-06-19.pdf
4. PUBLIC COMMENT (5:45 - 5:50 PM)
Note: Time varies depending on the number of public in attendance/speaking.
During this portion of the meeting, citizens may address the Advisory Committee regarding items related
to City business, including items on the Agenda. In order for the Committee to maintain impartiality and
the appearance of fairness in upcoming matters and to comply with Public Disclosure Law for political
campaigns, speakers will not be permitted to make public comments before the Committee in these two
areas: (1) on agenda items for which the Committee either held a Public Hearing in the last 45 days, or
will hold a Public Hearing within 45 days, or (2) where the speaker promotes or opposes a candidate for
public office or a ballot measure.
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM UAC AND STAFF (5:50 - 6:00 pm)
6. BUSINESS ITEMS
19-0737 2020 Preliminary Utility Rates and Operating Budgets
Attachments: 2020_DW_Budget_Overview.pdf
2020_SSW_Budget_Overview.pdf
2020_Waste ReSources_Budget_Overview.pdf
2020_WW_Budget_Overview.pdf
Eric Christensen and Gary Franks, Public Works Department (6:00 - 7:30 pm)
9. ADJOURNMENT
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