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• Upgrade personal computer software $ 500 1111 (Cost to be share by General, Water, & Sewer Funds) • Operations Water meters $4,000 Leak detector $1,500 Drill press $1,100 (Costo e s are y General, Water&-Sewer Funds) Lab equipment $1,000 Skid loader update $ 400 (Cost to be share by General, Water, & Sewer Funds) Drill rig motor $2,000 Frost bucket for backhoe $2,500 • Power converter $1 ,400 During 1994 maintenance costs are expected to be $1,000 more than 1993 expenses. Maintenance expense may vary considerably from year to year pursuant to the City's Long Term Water & Sewer Systems Maintenance and Capital Improvements Plan adopted in 1983. The Plan advocates a proactive vs reactive approach to system maintenance in the belief that preventive maintenance is the least expensive option over the long term. The maintenance activity for 1994 is a well inspection and preventive maintenance of its pumping equipment. Debt Service costs of $239,878 have been budgeted for 1994 and represent annual debt service on a $1.5 million bond issue for system improvements. During the Fall of 1989 and early Winter of 1990, the consulting engineering firm of Short Elliott Hendrickson performed a study of the City's utility system which evaluated system capacity, future needs and construction/improvement costs associated with the projected needs. This Engineering Study concluded that to provide for the future needs of users of the water system through the year 2000 the City should: 1) upgrade its water treatment plants, 2) redevelop a well and install a generator at the ground reservoir to provide a back-up system of filling the water tower in the event of a power failure. An annual appropriation for Debt Service will be a part of Water 4111 Utility Budgets until the bonds are retired in 2013.