GLWA, Capital Planning Committee

Great Lakes Water Authority

Utilities

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023
10:00 a.m. EST

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Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Live reporting by Amber Umscheid

Directors announced they would publish the draft Great Lakes Water Authority FY 2025-29 Capital Improvement Plan on Dec. 13, and voted to send it to the full board for approval in January.

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08:51 AM Dec 12, 2023 CST

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Today's Capital Planning meeting agenda 👇

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The Zoom link to join us today and more information can be found on Great Lakes Water Authority's website.. glwater.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.…

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Meeting called to order at 10:01am. Director Brown and Director Zech are present. Director Miller is excused from today's meeting.

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We are at public comment, Director Brown states "we are not required to but we are offering public comment". No hands raised for today's comments.

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Agenda is approved. Minutes from Oct 17th approved. No old business. Moving right along to new business.

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Jody Caldwell and Dima El-Gamal are presenting the second draft of the Capital Improvement Plan.

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This draft #2 will be published tomorrow. Overall positive feedback was received on draft #1, no major comments received during public comment periods.

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The numbers are dynamic and continue to move as this moves forward. Water 5-year total is $1,071,788 and Wastewater 5-year total is $982,525. The overall 10-year total is $4 billion.

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This has been moved to the full board.

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Moving to the Finance Chapter of the Capital Improvement Plan presented by Nickie Bateson. "Balancing the budget between debt commitments and new commitments is always a challenge."

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In funding sources, they are continuing to pursue grants to help ease the burdens. GLWA is fortunate to have strong vendor relations.

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They look at the project status analysis when evaluating the project execution. 90% of costs in the spend category analysis is on construction.

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The finance section of the CIP has been approved and will be published along with the full CIP tomorrow, December 13th.

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With no other updates or comments this meeting is adjourned. The next Capital Planning Committee Meeting will be held Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 10am.

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Note-taking by Paige Rollins

Directors announced they would publish the draft Great Lakes Water Authority FY 2025-29 Capital Improvement Plan on Dec. 13, and voted to send it to the full board for approval in January.

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The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water and sewer authority that services nearly 40 percent of the water customers in Michigan. Currently GLWA provides wholesale water and waste water services to 127 municipalities in eight Southeastern Michigan counties, which is equivalent to approximately 3.9 million customers.