#04 - PW Operational Assessment Recommendation

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8 CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MN Table 3: Selected Department Statistics and Authorized FTEs, 2013 – 2023 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Sewer Pipe (mi.) 4 4 4 8 8 29 29 32 33 36 40 Sewer Customers 29 45 96 321 712 1,253 1,436 1,612 1,937 2,206 2,504 Water Pipe (mi.) 39 40 43 50 50 58 58 73 75 82 90 Water Customers 1,051 1,073 1,234 1,538 1,727 2,317 2,423 2,522 2,863 3,196 3,466 Acres of Parks 420 420 420 420 420 427 427 427 517 517 526 Paved Road (mi.) 63 65 65 103 103 112 112 92 95 97 97 Population 8,069 8,069 8,069 8,069 9,625 10,521 11,105 11,105 12,655 13,514 13,514 Total PW Employees 5 6 5 6 9 10 11 10 10 11 11 Figure 2 shows the water customer accounts served per Department employee. In other words, the denominator is the total number of FTEs within the Department, which are predominantly Operators and is a good proxy for the capacity to operate and maintain infrastructure. In Figure 2 the number of accounts per FTE has consistently grown after 2019, reflecting that no new operator positions had been added since 2019. The general trend across the timespan in the figure is for increasing numbers of accounts served per employee over time. Between 2017 and 2023, the number of accounts served per employee has grown by 64%. Figure 2: Water Customer Accounts per PW FTE Figure 3 presents the number of sewer customer accounts per total Public Works FTEs. Again, the sewer utility had very few customers in the initial years of the graph and has seen rapid growth, so the years of 2012 to 2016 should be evaluated in context. Notably, no other service area has grown faster than the sewer utility for the Department. 210 179 247 256 192 232 220 252 286 291 315 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Ac c o u n t s p e r F T E Water Customer Accounts per PW FTE