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SECTION N -- ENTERPRISE, SPECIAL REVENUE and INTERNAL SERVICES FUNDS
UTILITIES FUND
WATER/SEWER ENGINEERING BUREAU
PROGRAM MISSION: To preserve
the integrity of Arlington's water and sewer infrastructure.
The Water/Sewer Engineering Program
facilitates the continuing integrity of Arlington's water distribution and
sewer collection system infrastructure by maintaining up to date and accurate
records, reviewing all construction drawings that potentially affect the
systems and providing information to the public, County construction crews and
other government offices to help ensure that proposed work doesn't compromise the
condition or access to the County's infrastructure. As part of the maintenance and updating of records, this program
is tasked with completing the automation of tens of thousands of water/sewer
records and converting paper records to on-line records, so that the
information can be displayed in conjunction with Geograpic Information System
(GIS). The review of construction
drawings includes hydraulic modeling of the water and sewer systems. Plans are certified to be in compliance with
the Water Works and Sewer Works Regulations set forth by the Virginia
Department of Health. Additional review
and administrative duties of the program include reviewing building and utility
permits, computing hook-up and service connection fees, administering the fire
hydrant permit program and reviewing preliminary plats and easement plats. Staff in this program works closely with the
Water, Sewer and Streets Division in the planning and design of the water and
sewer system Capital Improvement Programs.
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Water/Sewer
Engineering Program
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FY 2004
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FY 2005
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FY 2006
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'05 to '06
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Personnel
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$537,326
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$688,316
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$709,949
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3%
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Non-Personnel
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308,798
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346,628
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346,628
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Total Expenditures
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$846,124
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$1,034,944
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$1,056,577
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2%
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Net Tax Support
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$846,124
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$1,034,944
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$1,056,577
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2%
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Authorized FTEs
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10.3
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11.3
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11.3
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Funded FTEs
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10.3
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11.3
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11.3
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
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Personnel costs include annual step increases ($21,633).
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY 2002
Actual
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FY 2003
Actual
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FY 2004
Actual
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FY 2005
Estimate
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FY 2006
Estimate
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FY 2006
Goal
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Percent of utility permits approved at first
submission
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N/A
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95%
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97%
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90%
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95%
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95%
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Number of fee refunds
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13
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11
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17
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10
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10
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10
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Percent of plan reviews completed within
established time frame
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N/A
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95%
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100%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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Customer
Measures
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Number of requests for Fire Flow Tests processed
and completed within established time frame
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N/A
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N/A
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93%
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90%
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90%
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90%
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Workload Measures
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Building plans reviewed
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4,457
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4,656
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4,807
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4,500
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4,500
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4,500
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Utility permits reviewed
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721
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389
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328
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500
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500
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500
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Hook-up fees
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$4.27M
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$4.7M
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$2.45M
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$4.0M
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$4.0M
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$4.0M
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Tracking of
customer measure began in FY 2004.
FUTURE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS:
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A study of
the hook-up fee is underway, which may make changes in the structure of how the
fee is collected, what it can fund, how much the fee should be, and how much
annual collections may be.
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Department of Environmental Services is working with the
Department of Technology Services to implement server hosting for the Utility
Fund's customer billing data.
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