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AC–2015ATM
<br />PPROPRIATIONOMMITTEE
<br />Water and Wastewater Enterprise Funds
<br />A breakdown of the funding request for this portion of the article is shown in the following tables.
<br />FY2014FY2015FY2016%
<br />Water Enterprise Fund
<br />ActualAppropriatedRequestedChange
<br />Compensation$626,677$674,611$695,6793.12%
<br />Expenses$395,016$389,400$389,4000.00%
<br />Debt Service$1,258,627$1,379,622$1,415,5082.60%
<br />MWRA Assessment$5,555,065$6,037,972$6,695,14410.88%
<br />Total Requested in Article 5$7,835,385$8,481,605$9,195,7318.42%
<br />Indirect Expenses$665,848$789,725$898,61413.85%
<br />$8,501,233$9,270,880$10,094,3458.88%
<br />Total Water Enterprise Budget
<br />FY2014FY2015FY2016%
<br />Wastewater Enterprise Fund
<br />ActualAppropriatedRequestedChange
<br />Compensation$174,223$302,360$296,917-1.80%
<br />Expenses$336,397$345,650$345,6500.00%
<br />Debt Service$1,112,818$1,220,843$940,679-22.95%
<br />MWRA Assessment$7,014,300$7,183,375$7,041,716-1.98%
<br />Total Requested in Article 5$8,637,738$9,052,588$8,624,962-4.72%
<br />Indirect Expenses$450,116$465,030$478,3542.87%
<br />$9,087,854$9,517,618$9,103,316-4.35%
<br />Total Wastewater Enterprise Budget
<br />Note that this table differs from that contained in the warrant in three respects: (1) the MWRA assess-
<br />ments for water and wastewater reflect the MWRA’s preliminary assessments issued in February (see
<br />table below) rather than placeholders assumed in the warrant, which assumed a 10% increase over the
<br />prior year’s assessments; (2) the debt service amounts have been changed to reflect those contained in the
<br />Brown Book; and (3) indirect expenses that will be charged to the enterprise funds, although appropriated
<br />separately under Article 4, have been included for completeness.
<br />MWRA Assessments. The largest expense components of both the Water and Wastewater Enterprise Fund
<br />budgets are the assessments charged by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), which
<br />now represent 70-75% of the total budget for each fund. The Town will be assessed a share of the
<br />MWRA’s total FY2016 water and sewer budgets based on the Town’s proportionate water and sewer us-
<br />age in the prior calendar year (CY2014), compared with other towns in the MWRA community. Based on
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<br />the MWRA’s preliminary assessments, the MWRA rate increases for FY2016 will be as follows
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<br /> Final MWRA assessments issued in June, typically a bit smaller than the preliminary assessments, are used to set
<br />water and sewer rates during the Town’s annual rate-setting process in the fall. Appropriations for MWRA expenses
<br />may be adjusted to reflect the final assessments if a special town meeting is held in the fall.
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