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Sanitation director warns of $2 million shortfall and urges council review of fund transfers
Summary
Sanitation Director Bob Baird told council the sanitation enterprise fund has a roughly $2 million shortfall and urged the council to examine prior fund transfers and special-collection costs; council asked the city manager for a financial analysis.
Sanitation Director Bob Baird told council the sanitation enterprise fund had been operating at a deficit for a decade and said "somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million has disappeared because our revenues do not support our expenses." He said the city provides two free bulk collections a year but has seen abuses that increase costs for ratepayers.
Council members discussed the history of interfund transfers. Mr. Walker and others said prior councils moved an amount off each water bill to shore up the water department, which affected the sanitation fund's revenue stream. Council asked City Manager Jim Mavromatis to provide a cost-factor analysis, including recent inflows from special collections, ahead of further action.
No formal budget action was taken at the March 3 meeting; council requested staff follow up with detailed financial numbers and options for addressing the enterprise fund deficit.
