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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For the Council Meeting of December 2, 1997 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL: LEN WOOD, INTERIM CITY MANAGER A U) FROM: THOMAS K. CLARKE, UTILITY DIRECTOR�*A--�' SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF CITY ENGINEER COSTS FOR WATER, WASTEWATER ARID NPDES STORMWATER DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 1997 BACKGROUND: GTS Associates was approved by Council as the City Engineer. Prior to 1993, the cost for all of the services provided by the City Engineer was paid from the Public Works' Professional Services account, which was funded by the GeneralFund. In order to cut costs in the General Fund, the City Manager approved separate purchase orders for the Enterprise and RDA Funds for services provided to those funds by the City Engineer. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The services provided by the City Engineer to Water and Wastewater are directly related to the development occurring within the City, and to the capital improvement projects. The City Engineer is required to sign all Water and Wastewater plans, whether they are for private development or capital improvements. The City Engineer does not provide Water and Wastewater with consulting engineering services to develop and design capital improvement plans and specifications,: These services are provided through request for proposals. Recently, the NPDES Stormwater Program required some review/analysis by the City Engineer on the San Timoteo Assessments, and it is not anticipated that this type of service will significantly increase cost in Stormwater over the next year. Last fiscal year, Water and Wastewater incurred nearly $10,000 in each Fund for a total of $20,000 in City Engineer costs. However, this fiscal year, staff is required to obtain Council's approval for services provided by the City Engineer to Water, Wastewater and NPDES Stormwater which exceed the $15,000 combined total amount. With the steady increase in development, it is anticipated that this fiscal year, the City Engineer costs for Water and Wastewater will be $40,000, and NPDES Stormwater should not exceed $2,000.