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City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Agenda - Final
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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Council Chambers10:00 AMThursday, August 1, 2024
FY 2025 Budget Workshop: Including Water and Wastewater
*This meeting will begin following the conclusion of the Special City Council Meeting.
Public Notice: ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA ARE FOR COUNCIL'S INFORMATIONAL
PURPOSES ONLY. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
SOLICITED.
A.Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
B.City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers
24-1243 FY 2025 Budget Workshop: Water and Wastewater Proposed Operating
and Capital Budgets, and Proposed Utility Rates for FY 2025
Sponsors:Office of Management and Budget
C.Adjournment
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AGENDA MEMORANDUM
City Council Workshop of August 1, 2024
DATE: July 26, 2024
TO: Peter Zanoni, City Manager
FROM: Eddie Houlihan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget
EddieHo@cctexas.com
(361) 826-3792
STAFF PRESENTER(S):
Name Title/Position Department
1. Drew Molly Chief Operating Officer Corpus Christi Water
ISSUE:
This is the first of five City Council workshops to discuss the FY 2025 Proposed Operating and Capital
Budget. The topics for the first workshop include Water and Wastewater.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
A briefing on the FY 2025 Proposed Budget was presented to the Mayor and City Council on July 30,
2024. The FY 2025 Proposed Budget focuses on City Council and community priorities including public
safety, street reconstruction/maintenance, and maintaining equitable and competitive wages plus
affordable healthcare benefits for employees.
A series of five City Council budget workshops are scheduled to be held from August 1 to August 29. At
these sessions, City staff will review in detail the budget proposals with the Mayor and City Council.
Additionally, there will be seven public input sessions to be held from August 5 to August 21. The budget
is scheduled to be adopted on September 10, 2024, for the City’s fiscal year which begins on October 1.
The first budget workshop will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024, at approximately 11:00 am. At the
workshop, the City Council will be presented with the FY 2025 Proposed Budget for Water and
Wastewater, to include rate recommendations.
FY 2025 Budget Workshop: Including Water and Wastewater
Water and Wastewater:
The focus of Corpus Christi Water (CCW) is 24-hour daily utility operations to provide clean and dependable
water and wastewater services to customers. This entails reliable delivery of safe potable water and raw water
to customers in addition to the collection, treatment, and disposal of wastewater.
Rate changes are proposed for Water and Wastewater in FY 2025. The proposed rate changes achieve the
City’s goal of establishing a more equitable rate structure. A typical water residential customer using 6000-
gallons of water a month will see a monthly decrease of $1.77. The monthly increase for a typical residential
Wastewater customer with a 5000-gallon winter quarter average will be $4.68. The net impact of these two is
an increase of $2.91 per month.
The FY 2025 combined Proposed Operating and Capital Budget for the Water and Wastewater Departments
is $988.8 million and includes funding from the Water Fund, Wastewater Fund and Capital Improvement
Program. Below is a summary of the funding and position counts that would be authorized by the FY 202 5
proposed budget.
FUND FY 2024
PROPOSED BUDGET AUTHORIZED POSITIONS
Water Fund $175,478,101 330
Wastewater Fund 113,489,674 260
Capital Projects (includes street support) 699,858,216 -
Total $988,825,991 590
The FY 2025 budget reflects Corpus Christi Water’s (CCW) focus on maintaining its commitment to provide
the highest level of service while minimizing inflationary impacts. CCW has requested no new positions in the
proposed budget.
Water FY 2025 Proposed Capital Budget includes $293 million for the maintenance and expansion of our
water sources and supply which includes the first year of design-build funding for the new drought-resistant
Inner Harbor Desalination Plant, $116 million for significant improvements to the O.N. Stevens Water
Treatment Plant to increase treatment capacity and improve operational resiliency. Also included is $108
million in infrastructure and facility improvement programs that will continue to focus on pipe replacement and
upgrades to existing assets.
Wastewater FY 2025 Proposed Capital Budget includes $85 million for continued expansion and
improvements to the six wastewater treatment plants, $40 million for the repairs and improvements at over
100 lift stations and operation facilities and $58 million for collection system infrastructure.
LIST OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
PowerPoint - not attached
Water and Wastewater