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Sedona Wastewater
Over 60% of the City area has access to the sewer system
Plant is located outside the
city limits. Map showing wastewater location, High
School is city limits.
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Drilling & Spraying Overlook
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ADEQ controls and monitors all wastewater systems in our state Visit AZ ADEQ Website
Wastewater debt = $22,620,000
69%
Total Outstanding City debt!
source Sedona City Budget
FY 2017-18
Monthly fees charged to
Residents $61.11 52.36% higher than
Cottonwood
Source-City
benchmark 2017 Budget to budget
2018 income Graph estimated
revenues by source. Source
FY2018 City of Sedona Budget Approved
Wastewater Spending Budget 2018 2017 Actuals
Wasterwater charges from departments
Departments Funded By Wastewater | ADOPTED BUDGETED EXPENDITURES/ EXPENSES | EXPENDITURE/ EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS APPROVED | ACTUAL EXPENSES* | BUDGETED EXPENSES |
FUND/DEPARTMENT | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 |
City Manager | 47950 | 731 | 48681 | |
Human Resources | 19440 | 107 | 19547 | |
Financial Services | 406520 | 376720 | 168850 | |
Information Technology | 87578 | 89075 | 75130 | |
City Attorney | 21090 | 21090 | 100000 | |
City Clerk | 12650 | 0 | 12650 | |
Public Works& Engineering | 267153 | 281933 | 344490 | |
Totals | 862381 | 838 | 849696 | 688470 |
Contingency | 10000 | 100000 | ||
Capital improvements | 3049750 | 35800 | 2474750 | 5077050 |
Debt Service | 5151325 | 5151325 | 40409735 | |
Wastewater Fund | 2941188 | -35800 | 2708165 | 3274866 |
Source: RESOLUTION NO. 2017- 12,OFFICIAL BUDGET FORMS CITY OF SEDONA,Fiscal Year 2018 |
Monitoring and Reporting Violations
Permit Limit Violations
Illegal Bypasses of Treatment Facilities
In 1999
the City Council formulated a
financial plan. Instead of
instituting property assessments the
Council moved to subsidize the WW
system with sales tax revenue.
Residents were promised a 47%
subsidy so they wouldn't have to
carry the cost burden of the sewer
system.
Source: Sedona.Biz,
September 11, 2009 City Finances Part 2: Sedona's
Wastewater Fund
Grant Hoag's Report 2013 - System
Rate City of Sedona
2013 Wastewater System Rate Study link
On January 15, 2014, the City
Council agreed to a 4
percent increase each July
1st, from 2014 through
2018, a retroactive 10% Cost of
Service Adjustment for 2014, and an
early reduction in the sales tax
subsidy pursuant to the Consultant's
financial plan.
SOURCE- Data
PDF, Direct link
for City Council Action Minutes,
January 15, 2014.
PUBLIC MEETING, December 5, 2016
Sedona Waste Water Master Plan
Update Public Meeting Link The City
is in the process of updating
the Wastewater Master Plan. It is
looking at locations that are on
septic systems to determine if those
areas can be connected to the sewer
collections system. The potential
monthly sewer rate increases for
current sewer users are itemized on
Pages 27 and 28. The increases may
or may not violate the City's
anti-discrimination Human Rights
Ordinance as sewer extensions into
new areas are not the financial
responsibility of the 60% of
residents currently on the system.
http://www.sedonaaz.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=30324
or
PDF link-
Sedona Wastewater
Master Plan Update.
The City's Financial Services
Department states on its web page
"As result of the financial plan,
the City Council approved a 4
percent increase per year for the
next six years, beginning July 1,
2014, NOT TRUE. To be accurate, the
City Council approved a retroactive
10% cost of Service Adjustment for
2014 plus a 4
percent annual increase for the next
four years (FY 2015- FY 2018)
SOURCE- Data
PDF, Direct link
FY 2017-18 Proposed Budget (518
pages) The City Manager's Office
Memorandum by Cherie Wright RE:
Wastewater Enterprise Fund
Analysis, dated April 20,
2017, is embedded in the Proposed
Budget. Is this proper disclosure? The pie charts on Page 6 of
29 (actually Page 29) of the subject
Memo reveal who is paying the costs
of WW operations. Estimated
Population: Visitors 55.4%;
Residents 44.6% Contributions
to WW Operations: Visitors
24.6%; Residents 75.2% (60% of the
44.6% resident population pays
75.2%) FY 17-18 Proposed
Budget The "2014 Fee Study
Recommended Rate
Increases" chart on Page 4 (actually
Page 27) of the proposed budget is incorrect. Instead
of a 4% rate increase for 2018-19
and 2019-20 and a 3% rate increase
for 2020-21 through 2022- 23, NO
rate increase was recommended
beyond 2017-18 by Consultant Grant
Hoag or adopted by the City Council.
0% IS CORRECT for
ALL years. SOURCE- Data, PDF city
link: www.sedonaaz.gov/home/showdocument?id=31154
FY 2017-18 Proposed Budget pdf
FY
2016-17 Proposed Budget(405
pages) The City Manager's Office
Memorandum by Karen Daines (Osburn)
and Cherie Wright, dated April 21,
2016, RE: Wastewater Enterprise Fund
Analysis- Reductions in Sale Tax
Subsidy, is EMBEDDED in the
Proposed Budget. Is this proper
disclosure? Page 1 (actually page
10) states "40%
of the wastewater operating revenue
is coming from the General Fund. In
Addition, since fiscal year 1989,
the General Fund has subsidized the
Wastewater Fund with over $104
million of City sales taxes." NOT
TRUE. 1999 was the beginning of the
sales tax subsidies. Amount since
1999 is ???) Source: Sedona Biz,
September 11, 2009,
City Finances
Part 2: Sedona's Wastewater Fund On Page
13, Reduction in Sales Tax
Subsidy, is the UNTRUE
rate information again: "The 2013
rate study adopted by Council
included an annual 4 percent
increase to all the City's sewer
rates through FY20 with a 3 percent
increase in FY21 through FY23."
Pages 11-12 analyze Wastewater
SAVINGS. $1.86 million in
unanticipated sales taxes; $1.57
million in interest savings from
bond refinances; and $4 million less
in expected capital expenditures
look to be saved during the period
FY 14 - FY 20. Given the savings,
the Council reduced the sales tax
subsidy from 30% to 25% one year
early, opting to not suspend the 4%
rate increase for FY17
FY 2016-17 Proposed Budget Link
FY
2015-16 Proposed Budget (471
Pages) Interim City Manager Karen
Daines (now Osburn) states on Page
1-10 (actually Page 12): "On May 27,
2014, the City Council adopted a new
wastewater rate structure which tied
the rates to the cost of providing
service and included a four percent
(4%) increase each July
1, from 2014 through
2018."
http://www.sedonaaz.gov/
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-05, Wastewater
Rate Increase 2014. Passed
and adopted on May 27, 2014. The
adopted 4 percent annual interest rate
increase from fiscal year 2014-15
through 2017-18 is set forth in
attached EXHIBIT A, WASTEWATER FEE
SCHEDULE 2014-2018. Sales tax
subsidies during the period are
immediately reduced. The retroactive
10 percent Cost of Service increase
is not included. www.sedonaaz.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=23274
City of Cottonwood Current
rates
PDF here
As of March 2016 Rates are $32.00 per
month.
INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY STUDY of the Phoenix Water Services Department-City of Phoenix Report
Treatment Facility address
7500 W. State Route 89A
Sedona, AZ 86336
***Even though the
Treatment Plant uses Sedona & 86336 as an address it
is technically outside the City Limits of Sedona.
Phone: (928) 204-2234
Billing Wastewater Utility Billing website link
Information Page Water water Drilling- Coming Soon
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