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Previous Discussion Updates
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Item 2 - RUA Budget
• What was the $6,000 for Fines, Forfeits and Penalties based on? Who are we going to charging these fines to?
o This amount is revenue from interest charged by San Bernardino County, but payable to RUA.
§ This amount is for late property tax payments for RWS customers who did not pay their sewer bills timely to RWS and had the amount they owed placed on the “Tax Roll.”
§ Once on the “Tax Roll,” they also failed to pay the tax bill timely and were charged interest.
§ The amount is a conservative estimate based on historical amounts collected.
• Why was this not budgeted in the past?
o We are not able to answer why this wasn’t budgeted for in the past; however, we elected to include it this year as part of our efforts to increase transparency and accuracy.
• What, other than late fees, are there?
o Customers may also be charged a “NSF” or Insufficient Funds charge if the check written for payment does not clear the bank.
• What is “Use of Money” income?
o The “Use of Money” income is made up of two revenue sources:
§ Rental Income, mostly cell phone companies for towers
§ Investment income or Interest
• Why a decrease of income on the wastewater side? What are we basing this on?
o When estimating the Fiscal Year 2019/2020 budget, we reviewed the actual income received during Fiscal Year 2018/2019 and projected the amount for the new budget.
Item 3 - Frisbie Park Sewer Lift Station
Correction/Additional Information
The question was asked about why the Engineering Estimate is included in the Request for Bids (RFB) package
Staff posed the question to Public Works Engineering staff who responded with the following:
The engineers estimate range is published to provide the General Contractor information on the magnitude of the project. This is due to the following reasons:
• General Contractors have maximum bonding capabilities. The engineer’s estimate allows the General Contractor to know if they can obtain a bond for the bid and/or project.
• Some General Contractors have minimum project size for bidding.
• Publishing and engineers estimate range provides for transparency.
UPDATE: At the July Utilities Commission, staff named Kirtley Construction was the apparent lowest responsible bidder but due to the bid closing time and the deadline to publish the agenda, staff had not completed the reference and license checks or finished reviewing bid documents.
Reviews of the Contractor’s license, references and bid documents have been completed and nothing has disqualified the firm from competition. Kirtley Construction will be recommended for a Construction Contract award by Council. This is currently scheduled for the 9/10/2019 meeting.