Appropriating Moneys Defraying the Expenses Municipal Water Works 1975

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Department of Water Works City of South Bend INTER ®®FF1Cj AojEAIA® Data -__October 22, 1975 TO: Members of the Common Council FROM: Paul E. Krueper - Bureau Manager SUBJECT: Additional Budget Appropriations Gentlemen: The requests for additional money for the accounts 280221 and 28 -0255 are explained as follows: 1. The 1975 budget for electric power was made up on the basis of the consumption from 9/30/73 to 9/30/74 plus 10%. As you will recall the budget was submitted early in the fourth quarter of 1974. Later, after the budget was submitted, the fuel adjustment was greatly increased, so from the beginning of the year we were paying higher electric bills than anticipated. This was followed by two rate increases in 1975, which totaled 27 z%. Because of the increases the budgeted amount was depleted as of Sept. 30, 1975. At that time we had used 103% of the amount approved. It is expected that $50,000.00 will take us through the end of the year. 2. The approval of account 28 -0255 for Laboratory Fees is requested as this amount is paid to the Bureau of Wastewater. It was not budgeted in 1974 or 1975 although it was paid. It was an internal payment between departments and was charged to Chemicals ( Account 641 ) under the Public Service Commissions Accounting System. Because of the two accounting systems and the two sets of account numbers we must use, someone got confused and our 1974 print -outs got completely mixed up. Because of this the payments made in 1974 were not discovered. However, this year the print outs are up to date and correct, so the payments being made show up under the city chemical account ( # 371 ). This shows an overexpend- iture as the amount budgeted did not include this. The amount budgeted was based on actual chemical purchases as made from various chemical suppliers. This account will appear on the 1976 budget. Sincerely yours, aul E. Krueper, Bureau Manager