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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE MARCH 2013 ATM
<br /> Wastewater Enterprise Fund FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 %
<br /> Actual Appropriated Requested Change
<br /> Personal Services $201,519 $276,183 $292,711 6.0%
<br /> Expenses $335,323 $333,200 $337,100 1.2%
<br /> Debt Service $1,106,551 $956,855 $1,131,673 18.3%
<br /> MWRA Assessment $6,802,875 $6,954,177 $7,039,266 1.2%
<br /> Total Requested in Article 5 $8,356,268 $8,520,415 $8,800,750 3.3%
<br /> Indirect Expenses $646,217 $623,444 $456,603 -26.8%
<br /> Total Wastewater Enterprise Budget $9,002,485 $9,143,859 $9,257,353 1.2%
<br /> Recreation Enterprise Fund FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 %
<br /> Actual Appropriated Requested Change
<br /> Personal Services $594,026 $645,044 $677,799 5.1%
<br /> Expenses $932,667 $1,018,584 $1,008,041 -1.0%
<br /> Debt Service $131,500 $130,600 $100,000 -23.4%
<br /> Total Requested in Article 5 $1,658,193 $1,794,228 $1,785,840 -0.5%
<br /> Indirect Expenses $213,600 $223,600 $228,600 2.2%
<br /> Total Recreation Enterprise Fund $1,871,793 $2,017,828 $2,014,440 -0.2%
<br /> Note that this table differs from that contained in the Warrant in two respects: the MWRA assessments for
<br /> water and wastewater reflect the MWRA's preliminary assessments issued in February rather than place-
<br /> holders assumed in the Warrant; and indirect expenses that will be charged to the enterprise funds, alt-
<br /> hough appropriated separately under Article 4,have been included for completeness.
<br /> Water and Wastewater Funds
<br /> MWRA Assessments. The largest expense component of both the Water and Wastewater Enterprise Fund
<br /> budgets is the assessment charged by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). The Town
<br /> will be assessed a share of the MWRA's total FY2014 water and sewer budgets based on the Town's pro-
<br /> portionate water and sewer usage in the prior calendar year (CY2012), compared with other towns in the
<br /> MWRA community. Preliminary assessment figures are published in February of each year and final as-
<br /> sessments are made in June. The appropriations for MWRA expenses in the motion for this article will be
<br /> adjusted from the "placeholder" figures in the Warrant to reflect the MWRA's February 2013 preliminary
<br /> assessment estimates, as shown in the following table:
<br /> MWRAAssessments
<br /> Fund FY2013 Final FY2014 Warrant FY2014 Prelim. % Change vs.
<br /> Assmt. Placeholder Assmt. FY2013
<br /> Water $5,145,927 $5,668,686 $5,565,492 8.2%
<br /> Wastewater $6,954,177 $7,735,633 $7,039,266 1.2%
<br /> Fc 1 $12,100,1041 $13,404,319 $12,604,7581 4.2%
<br /> The final MWRA assessments issued in June, which are typically somewhat lower than the preliminary
<br /> assessments, will be used to set water and sewer rates during the Town's FY2014 rate-setting process in
<br /> the fall. If a special town meeting is held in the fall, the appropriation for MWRA costs may be adjusted
<br /> upwards or downwards as a"housekeeping"matter.
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