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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14, State Water Board Invoice ACTION State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve California State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve California May 3, 2017 ITEM #14 Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice systems in the State of California, and is funded by an annual feemanage the permitting and regulatory compliance of public water The Drinking Water Program (DWP) is assigned by the SWRCB to •California Health and Safety Code (HSC)State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), as required by the Each of these systems are operated under an individual permit by the •SystemHirschdale-Truckee•Main System-Truckee•the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as “Public Water Systems”The District operates two public drinking water systems defined by •BACKGROUND / HISTORY Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice NEW INFORMATION New regulation establishes HSC section 116565•incurs administering the SDWA.”revision was necessary to “reimburse the State Board for costs it The SWRCB Initial Statement of Reason indicated that a fee schedule •fees for public water systemsapproved regulation for the revision of the California HSC schedule of On April 10, 2017, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) •Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice NEW INFORMATION appropriations on an annual basisSWRCB authorized to adjust fee schedule based upon budget •connection feeescalating” tiered per service -Tiered portion of the annual fee is a “de•“Fee for service” replaced by combined flat fee and tiered fee•Changes to the public water system annual fee schedule:•Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice NEW INFORMATION$35,302Flat Fee + Tiered Fee6/30/17–7/1/16 $13,738Fee for Services6/30/16-7/1/15 Total Annual FeeFee StructureFee Period The current invoiced fee is due by the District on July 11, 2017•fee scheduleThe table below provides an illustration of the impact of the revised •annual fee required to be paid by the DistrictThe SWRCB revised fee schedule has significantly increased the •Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice FISCAL IMPACT Fund for the 2017 SWRCB Water System FeeSufficient funds exist in the Board approved FY17 Water General •in the Board approved FY17 Water Operations Budgetregulation and revised fee schedule by the SWRCB were not included The additional expenses incurred due to the recently adopted •Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice RECOMMENDATION System, for the total invoiced amount of $35,302Hirschdale-Main System and the Truckee-associated with the TruckeeResources Control Board for the annual Water System Fees Authorize the General Manager to remit payment to the State Water •Consideration to Approve State Water Board’s InvoiceConsideration to Approve State Water Board’s Invoice