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Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2017-18 adopted budget for the Boronda County Sanitation District, Fund 156, Appropriation Unit RMA 045, increasing appropriations in the amount of $47,497, where Fund 156 unassigned fund balance is the financing source.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2017-18 adopted budget for the Boronda County Sanitation District, Fund 156, Appropriation Unit RMA 045, increasing appropriations in the amount of $47,497, where Fund 156 unassigned fund balance is the financing source.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Boronda County Sanitation District will incur costs greater than the amount budgeted FY 2017-18 budget. This is due to equipment replacement as well as sanitation system upgrades necessary to support increased sanitation flows from new farm labor housing developments.
In January 2018, Pump #2 failed at the Boronda Oaks lift station. The pump was approximately six (6) years old, about a year older than the average life expectancy of five (5) years. Each pump station requires two pumps to provide redundancy in the system. The cost of the replacement pump was $6,486.
Additional unanticipated costs are related to a 75-unit farm labor housing development located on Madison Lane. This project required engineering consulting service to review and provide a system analysis to determine if the existing system would be able to accommodate increased sewer flows from the development. The analysis concluded that the two pumps located at the Madison Lane lift station will require the upgrade of larger impellers to meet the demands of the increased flow rates. The engineering and equipment upgrade costs are estimated at $19,045. The developer will be required to reimburse the District for costs associated with this upgrade and, to date, have paid $12,045 to fund the cost of the analysis. Staff is in the process of prep...
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