Agmt 2013 East Bay Municipal Utility District EBMUD

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CALCULATION DEFINITION Share of Meter Reading Total annual District Meter Reading expenses are Total annual District Meter Reading expenses are defined as Salaries and Annual District Meter Reading defined as Salaries and Employee Benefits, Services expenses Employee Benefits, Services and of and Supplies, and Fixed Assets directly charged to $2,000,000 is Supplies,and Fixed Assets(minor) Read Meters during the Year. In addition to the direct directly charged to-Read Meters during the Year. In charges,an overhead amount is charged based on addition to the direct charges, an overhead amount is Total Meter Reading Salary and Employee Benefit charged based on Total Meter Reading Salary and dollars. Employee Benefit dollars. divided by the Annual number of District bills rendered to customers Annual number of District bills used to collect of 2,200,000 to equal the Cost per Bill of$.9091. revenues for the District. The Cost per Bill is multiplied by "Agency's" participatory share of each billing, entities The portion of each bill relating to the Agency refers 1 of 3 on each bill,or 33.33 percent.The Cost per Bill to the number of entities who use meter reading data in for the agency charge is $.303. This amount is the calculation of charges that appear on each bill. District Water,District Wastewater, and Agency may all base charges on flow data derived from meter readings. Agencies that share the benefit of billing with only District Water have a participatory share of multiplied by billing of 1 of 2 entities or 50 percent. the annual number of"Agency" bills requiring flow The Annual number of Agency bills issued requiring data from meter readings of 3,000 to equal "Agency's" flow data from meter readings issued by the District. share of Meter Reading Costs of$909. The Agency's share of the fixed asset or CIS replacement can be amortized over a specific period based on the total amount: 1) $50,000 or below can be paid without interest in 12 monthly installments beginning January 1, 2014; 2) greater than $50,000 to $200,000 with 2.5 percent interest in 48 monthly installments beginning January 1, 2014 ; or 3) over$200,000 will be paid with 2.5 percent interest in 114 monthly installments beginning January 1, 2014 and as described in paragraph 3.1.a. In summary, by adding together the share of Collection expense of$9,000, the share of Customer Service expense of$13,635 and the share of Meter Reading expense of$909,the actual annual Billing and Collection share for "Agency" will be $23,544 .This figure represents the "Agency's" shared cost of the District's billing and collection operation. Actual cost varies by the nature of events during a year, and it may not necessarily reflect the above algorithm. This figure is paid in addition to the total amortized monthly payments towards the Agency's share of the fixed asset or CIS replacement described in paragraph 3.1.a. 11