2021 Budget in Brief

WATER & SEWER FUNDS BUDGET

TThe mission of the Public Works Department is to ensure the integrity and safety of the Village’s infrastructure, such as facilities, parks, pool, forestry, roads, bridges, sidewalks, water distribution, sanitary sewer, storm water collection systems, vehicles and equipment, and transportation; utilizing safe and well maintained equipment; executing in a cost effective manner, and preserving natural resources for present and future generations. The Village Board formally adopted a fund balance reserve policy for the Water & Sewer Fund that established two types of reserves for the water, sewer and storm water system: an Operating and Maintenance (“O&M”) Reserve and a Repair, Renewal, and Rehabilitation (“3R”) Reserve. An operating and maintenance reserve is important to provide funds for unplanned minor repairs or fluctuations in the budget. This type of reserve is also valuable during unusually wet or dry years, which could result in fluctuating revenues from year to year due to unanticipated consumption levels. As these reserves are accumulated,

they can be used in future years to offset, decrease or defer rate increases.

The Village has established a ninety (90) day operating and maintenance reserve target balance (one fourth of current annual O&M expenses.) Annual budgets will be adopted in a manner that will replenish reserve balances to appropriate levels after any drawdown. The Repair, Replacement and Rehabilitation (“3R”) reserve was established to provide funds to pay for unexpected major repairs and planned replacement or rehabilitation of equipment or other major capital assets. This reserve can be used to pay for capital costs in order to avoid or minimize the amount that would otherwise be recovered through user fees and possibly result in a significant rate increase. The “3R” reserve is calculated by using a percentage based upon the useful life of each asset class applied to the original cost of each asset class. The “3R” reserve is offset by the actual amount of investment in each asset class during the fiscal year.

SEWER

ADMINISTRATION

EXPENDITURES

FINANCE*

$22,389,700

49%

STORMWATER

$10,564,606

23%

WATER

WATER

$8,108,540

18% 7%

FINANCE

ADMINISTRATION

$3,561,253

SEWER

$1,111,640

3%

2021 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $45,735,739

100%

STORMWATER

*This includes the purhcase of water ($11M) and pays the waste hauling contract of ($6.44M)

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