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Montpelier 2012 / Annual Report / 36 Water Fund It is the responsibility of the Department of Public Works – Water Division to maintain a consistent and adequate flow of water to the City from the City’s water source at Berlin Pond. A new state of the art Water Treatment Plant was completed in fiscal year 2001. User fees fund the Water Division. Water staff maintain hydrants for fire protection, construct water lines, maintain control valves and gates, flush hydrants annually, keep daily records on water quality and consumption, repair leaks and mains, operate the water treatment facility, oversee land management of the City’s property in Berlin and support all systems associated with providing potable water to our customers. There are more than 3,000 water meters in the City of Montpelier (includes some Town of Berlin users) and each meter is read quarterly. The Montpelier City Council, sitting as the Water & Sewer Commissioners, determines water rates. Water rates are reviewed annually in the spring. We welcome your input in establishing these rates. Water rates increased substantially in the fiscal year 2006. Rates increased 5% each year on July 1, 2007, July 1, 2008 and on July 1, 2009 (no increase in 2010). On July 1, 2011 the fixed charge was increased from $25 to $30 per quarter. The current quarterly rates are as follows: $7.51 per 1,000 for the first 50,000 gallons, $7.97 per 1,000 for the next 200,000 gallons, $12.93 per 1,000 for over 250,000 gallons and a fixed charge for all accounts for meter reading, billing and other administrative service costs of $30.00. Annual water usage decreased more than 9 percent over the last five years. This conservation of water use by the city residents and businesses is producing shortfalls in revenue for the Water Fund. The City Council’s Water and Sewer Rate Committee is in the process of studying the structure of the water to assure that annual revenues will cover annual costs. Over the last six years the Water Fund accumulated a deficit due to high fixed costs (debt) and a reduction in billable usage due to conservation. For the 2011 fiscal year, this deficit trend ended with an unrestricted deficit reduction of $44,000. The Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Information about the proposed Water Department Budget can be found online at: http:// www.montpelier-vt.org. For Budget questions, please contact the Finance Department at 223-9520. If you have a concern or question about your quarterly water bill, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 223-9500. SANDRA J. GALLUP, Finance Director Sewer Fund The primary responsibility of the Department of Public Works – Sewer Division is to collect and treat sanitary sewage from the City of Montpelier and part of the Town of Berlin. User fees fund the Sewer Division. The Sewer Division maintains sanitary sewer collection mains and pumping stations, installs new service connections and repairs clogged or broken sewer lines in Montpelier. This division is also responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Waste Water Treatment Plant, which has undergone major upgrades to become a regional treatment facility for septage and leachate treatment. The upgrades are in response to the required state and federal environmental standards which improve the quality of life in Montpelier and the State of Vermont. The Montpelier City Council, sitting as the Water & Sewer Commissioners, determines sewer rates. Sewer rates are reviewed annually in the spring. We welcome citizen comments in the rate review process. Sewer rates increased substantially in the fiscal year 2006. Rates increased 5% on July 1, 2007, 5% on July 1, 2008 and 5% on July 1, 2009. There were no increases in the rates on July 1, 2010 or July 1, 2011. Utility rates may be adjusted annually due to increases in maintenance, chemical, fuel, electricity costs and debt payment. New storm water management requirements also will add operating costs in the Sewer Fund. Quarterly sewer rates are as follows: $8.47 per 1,000 gallons of water used and a fixed charge for all accounts for meter reading, billing and other administrative service costs of $30.00. The City Council’s Water and Sewer Rate Committee will be meeting in 2012 to consider future rate structures and/or increases that may be necessary to cover operating and debt service costs. A sewer benefit charge of $.02 per $100 of property value is dedicated to the repayment of bonded indebtedness. A sewer separation benefit charge was reduced from the $.10 rate per $100 of property value to $.07 per $100 of property value on July 1, 2010 due to the city-wide reappraisal of the Grand List. This charge is used to help pay off debt associated with the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) separation project. The objective of this project is to divert storm water from going into sanitary sewer lines reducing a major source of potential pollution for our City’s waterways. These sewer benefit charges are expected to remain the same for FY13 which begins July 1, 2012. Information about the proposed FY13 Sewer Department Budget can be found online at: http://www.montpelier-vt.org. For Budget questions, please contact the Finance Department as 223-9520. If you have a concern or question about your quarterly sewer bill, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 223-9500. SANDRA J. GALLUP, Finance Director
Montpelier 2012 / Annual Report / 37 Parking Fund The Parking Division of the Montpelier Police Department consists of one full-time Community Service Officer and three part-time CSOs. The big news in parking for 2011 is the installation of three new solar powered parking permit vending machines located at Capital Plaza, 60 State Street, and Blanchard Court lots. These devices also allow the convenience of paying with credit/debit cards. The Montpelier Parking Division will continue to manage the parking needs of the City in a professional, efficient, and financially responsible manner. ANTHONY J. FACOS, Chief of Police Municipal Development Program Planning Department Mission: To serve the community by facilitating the creation and preservation of a healthy, safe, sustainable, and high quality living environment through the management of an effective, on-going planning and implementation process. This broad mission is carried out through several areas of responsibility: • To protect and enhance Montpelier’s natural and built environment; • To strengthen the local economy and tax base; • To meet housing needs of low and moderate income residents; • To engage the community in planning for growth and change; • To provide information and service to the public; and • To be accountable to our citizens. These goals are addressed by Montpelier’s Planning, Zoning, and Community Development programs. The planning functions, which include land use regulation, historic preservation, and floodplain management, are managed by the Director, the Planning and Zoning Administrator, Planning Assistant, and GIS specialist. The housing, loan, and economic development activities are carried out through our role as the Community Development Agency (CDA) for the City of Montpelier. Staff in the department who is dedicated to this role includes the Community Development Specialist and at least half of the Director of Planning and Community Development’s time and effort. The VISTA volunteers we have in the office are invaluable in terms of community engagement and providing information and service to the public. This department could not do all that it does without the thoughtful and hard work by its staff and the individuals who volunteer on commissions and committees, the support from local officials, and the participation of citizens and other people and departments within and outside of City Hall. Montpelier is especially fortunate to have so many highly motivated, skilled, and interested citizens willing to give of themselves, their time, and their energies to make so many things happen. PLAnnInG Planning Commission: We welcomed new members to the Planning Commission in 2011: The two youth positions are now filled by students at Montpelier High School – Emily Campbell and Reed Bingham. Eileen Simpson and Kim Cheney are also new appointments in 2011, taking the place of David Borgendale and Missa Aloisi. David Borgendale served on the Planning Commission for more than 15 years, and was most recently Chair of the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission; his contributions to planning in the city and the region will be missed. The full Planning Commission is as follows: Members Effective Expires Jesse Moorman, Chair 8/25/10 8/25/12 Jon Anderson, Vice Chair 10/12/11 10/12/13 Alan Goldman 8/25/10 8/25/12 Eileen Simpson 10/12/11 8/25/12 Kim Cheney 2/23/11 8/25/12 John Bloch 04/13/11 3/25/13 Tina Ruth 10/12/11 10/12/13 Emily Campbell, Youth Member 9/2011 8/2012 Reed Bingham, Youth Member 9/2011 8/2012 Zoning Revision: Since the Master Plan was adopted in 2010, our next major task is to revise the zoning so that it conforms to the new plan. This is required by state law, and makes the land use controls we have in place enforceable in court. The city has received two municipal planning grants from the State of Vermont that allow us to contract with staff from the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission to assist with the revision. In 2011, we held over 25 meetings around the community to get citizen input into the zoning for their neighborhood, and have now moved into the final drafting phase of the initiative. We have prepared revised zoning maps in anticipation of the new ordinance. The maps are built on the neighborhoods in the city, to prepare zoning that reflects a sense of place for areas with similar functions, uses, and built form. The maps and all of the draft ordinance work can be found on the city web site at: http://www.montpelier-vt.org/ page/462/Work-in-Progress-Draft-and-Sample-Zoning.html
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