ORDER-2019-92 : Sewer Enterprise Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2020 in the amount of$8,199,171.51 (Eight Million, One Hundred Ninety-Nine thousand and One Hundred Seventy-One and Fifty One Cents).

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▶ 1:25:59 Speaker 5: Quota 2019-92, Sewer Enterprise Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2020 in the amount of $8,199,171.51.

▶ 1:26:11 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: This comes to us without recommendation from the Appropriations Committee. Alderman Lipper-Garabedian.

▶ 1:26:17 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: Yes, in light of the conversation and questions we just had with respect to the earlier order, I would now move for passage.

▶ 1:26:23 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: We have a motion for passage of order 2019-92 made by Alderman Lipper-Garabedian, seconded by Alderman Mortimer on discussion. Alderman Forbes.

▶ 1:26:31 Scott M. Forbes: Thank you. Although this will be my last budget that I vote for on water and sewer, if you just give me a minute of latitude, I'd greatly appreciate it. Serving on the Water and Sewer Committee, I know that we've come a long way from the last five years that I've been a part of this board. However, I'm always still concerned over the fact that in a sewer budget of $8.1 million a water budget of almost five and a half million dollars that the salaries for direct costs which also impacts indirect costs come from projections it's one of those things where it is not an exact science I understand that we are trying to do the best we can in terms of allocating the correct amount however I do think that it would be mindful of everybody to have a more robust discussion on how we come to these percentages and allocations I know there's a city election coming up in November maybe that's going to be one of of those topics. But with a new administration coming into play, I think we need to be more mindful on how we allocate when it comes to almost $15 million of our operating budget. That being said, too, I hope that in future investment for water and sewer that we try to do more than what the allocations are for our MWRA allocations. If we stay on course with our communities and we do just as much as them, the pie shrinks, but our percentage stays the same and our mwra percentage stays the same as well so if we can try to have a discussion to do more than our neighbors and to be more productive then we can see immediate costs benefit us in terms of water and sewer when it comes to our quarterly sewer bills thank you

▶ 1:28:03 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: thank you any further discussion on the motion to recommend uh we have a roll call vote alderman

▶ 1:28:07 Speaker 1: Buttreff. Yes. Alderman Boisselle. Yes. Alderman Forbes. Yes. Alderman Lipper-Garabedian. Yes. Alderman McMaster. Yes. Alderman Medeiros. Yes. Alderman Mortimer. Yes. Alderman Tramontozzi. Yes. Alderman Wright. Yes. Alderman Zwirko. Yes. Alderman Lemmerman. Yes. The order passes.