Utility Advisory Committee
Regular MeetingOlympia, WA · September 1, 2022
Minutes
City Hall
Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98501
Utility Advisory Committee Contact: Eric Christensen
360.570.3741
Thursday, September 1, 2022 5:30 PM Virtually
Register to attend:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y0lT9bfYTxWRgDWUgTABfQ
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Bloom called the meeting to order.
1.A ROLL CALL
Present: 7 - Chair Dennis Bloom, Vice Chair Kristin Lamson, Committee member
Dani Clark, Committee member Donald Krug, Committee member
Arland Schneider, Committee member Eleanor (Pat) Vernon and
Committee member Roger Wilson
1.B. STAFF PRESENT
Water Resources Director/Staff Liaison Eric Christensen
Waste ReSources Director Gary Franks
Engineering and Planning Supervisor Susan Clark
Interim Drinking Water Director Mike Vessey
Program Assistant Lindsay Marquez
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was approved.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
22-0797 Approval of August 4, 2022 UAC Meeting Minutes
The minutes were amended to show Rich Hoey was one of the staff in attendance.
The minutes were approved as amended.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT - None
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM UAC AND STAFF (6:00 - 6:15 pm)
Mr. Christensen provided the following updates:
Currently no hybrid option for advisory committee meetings, but that may change. The
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biggest issue is uniform access for the public.
Updates on grants and loans to be applied for by Public Works for numerous utility
projects.
Council proclaimed September as Puget Sound Starts Here month during the August 23
meeting.
Staff is requesting a recommendation letter for Council adoption of the draft Drainage
Design and Control Manual (DDECM). Chair Bloom and Vice Chair Lamson will review
and approve/sign the letter.
Staff asked the UAC for ideas/topics for the Five Things utility publication. No topics
were suggested during the meeting.
6. BUSINESS ITEMS
22-0798 2023 Preliminary Utility Rates and Operating Budgets
Mr. Christensen and Mr. Franks provided the briefing. The UAC requested staff bring
information to the October meeting on what is being deferred from the Drinking Water
Capital Facilities Plan.
The 2023 preliminary utility rate increases proposed by staff:
Drinking Water 6.60%
Wastewater 9.82%
Storm & Surface Water 11.80%
Waste ReSources 4.99%
LOTT 3.0%
Staff will brief the UAC on the operating budget and rates at the October UAC meeting.
The information was provided.
22-0799 Utilities - Quarterly Financial Updates
Staff provided a briefing on current finances for the City's utilities of Waste ReSources,
Drinking Water, Storm and Surface Water and Wastewater. The UAC requested from
staff year-to-year information on utility revenues, expenditures and available resources to
the next meeting. The UAC thanked staff for the briefing.
The information was provided.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Bloom adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m.
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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, September 1, 2022 5:30 PM Virtually
Register to attend:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y0lT9bfYTxWRgDWUgTABfQ
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 (5:30 – 5:35 pm)
Tribal Acknowledgment
We would like to acknowledge the indigenous people who have stewarded this land since time
immemorial and who still inhabit the area today, the Steh-Chass Band of Indigenous people of the
Squaxin Island Tribe.
1.A ROLL CALL
1.B. STAFF PRESENT
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (5:35 - 5:40 pm)
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (5:40 - 5:45 pm)
22-0797 Approval of August 4, 2022 UAC Meeting Minutes
Attachments: DRAFT_Meeting_Minutes_UAC_08-04-22.pdf
4. PUBLIC COMMENT (5:45 – 6:00 PM)
Note: Fifteen-minute time limit varies depending on the number of public in
attendance/speaking. Individual comments are limited to two (2) minutes or less.
During this portion of the meeting, community members may address the Advisory Committee. 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 (6:00 - 6:15 pm)
6. BUSINESS ITEMS
22-0798 2023 Preliminary Utility Rates and Operating Budgets
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Attachments: 2023 GFCs_CDCs_summary 081022.pdf
LOTT Budget Summary.pdf
Gary Franks, Mike Vessey and Eric Christensen, Public Works Department (6:15 - 7:15 pm)
22-0799 Utilities - Quarterly Financial Updates
Gary Franks, Mike Vessey and Eric Christensen, Public Works Department (7:15 - 7:30 pm)
7. ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING
Next UAC Meeting:
Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 5:30 pm
Accommodations
The City of Olympia is committed to the non-discriminatory treatment of all persons in employment and
the delivery of services and resources. If you require accommodation for your attendance at the City
Advisory Committee meeting, please contact the Advisory Committee staff liaison (contact number in the
upper right corner of the agenda) at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. For hearing impaired,
please contact us by dialing the Washington State Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1.800.833.6384.
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