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recover fixed costs of operations incurred whether or not a <br />customer uses the service during the month, and this will be <br />reflected on the bill as a base facility charge. <br />Chairman Scurlock wished to know their typical basic usage <br />figure, and Mr. Wheeling stated that typically in the State of <br />Florida, it is 4-5,000 gallons. Chairman Scurlock noted that, <br />therefore, an average customer could expect to see a difference <br />of $6.90 going to $17.86. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if the $17.86 figure includes the <br />base facility charge, and this was confirmed. <br />Mr. Wheeling then reviewed the columns on a chart reflecting <br />GDU's sewer operations based on 1982 operating results. He noted <br />that the first column, which represents 1982 operating results in <br />thousands of dollars for the GDU/Vero sewer operation, shows <br />$50,000 in income and expenses of $176,000 for a net loss of <br />$126,000. The second column shows that the rates requested <br />tonight would give GDU $167,000 in income and $169,000 expense <br />for a net loss of $2,000. Mr. Wheeling pointed out that this is <br />based on 1982 expenses and emphasized that there are no profits <br />for reimbursement of interest expense included in these rates. <br />Commissioner Wodtke wished to know if their anticipation to <br />derive revenue of $167,000was based on the number of customers in <br />1982, and if so, how many customers there were in 1982. <br />Mr. Wheeling confirmed it was based on the 1982 customers, <br />at which time there were 893 connections; in 1985, there are 987 <br />connections. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if the average usage is still <br />5,000 gallons, and Mr. Wheeling advised that they have not <br />performed a billing analysis for 1985, but they have taken a look <br />and done some pro forma analysis on the effect of these proposed <br />rates and it shows, because of higher expenses and plant <br />additions, GDU,would lose money even at the higher rates. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if this would be true even after <br />considering the 1984 increase in impact fees, main extension <br />5 <br />6R 19 1986 Book 6 FBF 30 <br />L- <br />