HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/01/2024 - WorkshopI HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 1, 2024, which were
approved by the City Council on August 13, 2024.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 13th day of August 2024.
(SEAL)
Reb cca Huerta
City Secretary
Corpus Christi, Texas
City of Corpus Christi
Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277
(361) 826-3105
rebeccah@cctexas.com
City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
cctexas.com
Thursday, August 1, 2024
10:00 AM Council Chambers
FY 2025 Budget Workshop: Including Water and Wastewater
*This meeting will begin following the conclusion of the Special City Council Meeting.
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 12:35 p.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers
City Secretary Rebecca Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of the City
Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the meeting.
Charter Officers: Deputy City Manager Michael Rodriguez, City Attorney Miles Risley and
City Secretary Rebecca Huerta
Note: Council Member Barrera attended by video conference. City Manager Peter
Zanoni arrived at 12:40 p.m.
Present 9 - Paulette Guajardo, Roland Barrera, Gil Hernandez, Michael Hunter, Sylvia Campos, Dan
Suckley, Everett Roy, Mike Pusley, and Jim Klein
BRIEFINGS:
1. 24-1243 FY 2025 Budget Workshop: Water and Wastewater Proposed Operating and
Capital Budgets, and Proposed Utility Rates for FY 2025
Chief Operating Officer of Corpus Christi Water (CCW) Drew Molly presented
information on the following topics: FY 2024-2025 proposed budget table of contents;
Corpus Christi Water; mission statement; organizational structure; surface water sources;
Inner Harbor Seawater Desalination Treatment Plant; about Corpus Christi Water; FY
2024 achievements -wastewater; consent decree; FY 2025 proposed budget wastewater
fund: $113.5M; year -over -year costs; wastewater services; wastewater FY 2024 CIP
progress; FY 2025 wastewater proposed CIP: $182.7M; wastewater FY 2025 proposed
CIP; FY25 proposed water and wastewater rates; stakeholder engagement; FY 2024
achievements -water; FY 2025 proposed budget water fund: $175.5M; year -over -year
costs; water services; FY 2025 drought surcharge exemption fund; water FY 2024 CIP
progress; water FY 2024 CIP progress -delays; water FY 2025 proposed CIP: $517.2M;
water FY 2025 proposed CIP; water FY 2023 annual billed usage; estimated FY 2023
raw water allocation; and large volume customers.
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Principal Consultant of NewGen Strategies & Solutions Andy McCartney presented
information on the following topics: agenda; 2025 project team; current clients; approach
to FY 2025 rates; FY 2025 proposed rates -wastewater rate structure; FY 2025 proposed
wastewater rates; FY 2025 results for total wastewater system; FY 2025 proposed
rates -inside city limits -residential; FY 2025 proposed rates -inside city limit -commercial;
FY 2025 proposed rates -outside city limit -residential; FY 2025 proposed rates -outside
city limit -commercial; FY 2025 proposed rates -water rate structure; water system
functionalization; starting point last year for retail water-FY 2024 analysis; starting point
last year for retail water-FY24 COS vs. revenues from 2023 rates; FY 2025 results for
retail water system-FY 2025 analysis; FY 2025 results for retail water system -water -COS
vs. revenues; FY 2025 proposed water rates; FY 2025 proposed retail rates -inside city
limit minimum charge; FY 2025 proposed retail rates -outside city limit minimum charge;
FY 2025 proposed retail rates -inside and outside city limit volume charges; FY 2025
proposed rates -public agency (wholesale) treated water; FY 2025 proposed
rates -wholesale raw water only; FY 2025 proposed rates -municipal (wholesale) raw
water only; FY 2025 proposed rates -residential; FY 2025 proposed rates -commercial
(typical restaurant); FY 2025 proposed rates -irrigation; FY 2025 proposed rates -large
volume; and FY 2025 proposed rates -wholesale treated.
Council Members, City Manager Peter Zanoni, COO Molly, Mr. McCartney, Assistant
Director of Support Services for Utilities Reba George, and Assistant Director of
CCW-Finance & Administration Kamil Taras discussed the following topics: the size of
the water meters are based on the flow capacity of the meter; approximately 2,400
residents have one -inch meters; the amount of water loss tracked by CCW as water line
repairs are improved; for CCW to consider incentivizing more established industries to
decrease their water consumption; a concern about the percentage of operating budget
for water and wastewater that goes to debt service; the purpose of the tier levels is to
bring all water users to their cost of service; and a request for a cost analysis that shows
cost versus usage of water for both treated and raw water.
C. Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned this meeting at 2:56 p.m.
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