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Council seeks more data before approving interfund loan for water line repairs
Summary
Council continued follow-up on an interfund loan to fund water line repairs; city staff said sewer fund cash is invested in LGIP and the city accountant recommended loan repayments include interest so the sewer fund is made whole; council asked staff to report the current LGIP rate and estimated interest loss.
City Manager Eric Underwood reminded the council that at the October work session they had concluded an interfund loan would likely be the best path to finance needed water line repairs in certain neighborhoods and reported the council did not want to pay interest to the sewer fund at that time. Underwood stated that the sewer fund's balance is invested in LGIP and is roughly 30% of the city's LGIP holdings.
The city's accountant, identified in the transcript only as Lisa, recommended that any interfund loan include repayment of principal plus interest so the sewer fund would not lose out on the interest it otherwise would have earned while the water fund borrowed those monies. Councilors asked Underwood to report back with the current LGIP interest rate and an estimate of how much interest the sewer fund would forgo over the proposed loan period.
No formal loan agreement or repayment terms were adopted at the Nov. 3 session; staff were directed to return with rate and loss estimates to inform a future decision.
