The vendor is required to provide rate, financial, and management consultants to perform a comprehensive rates, fees and charges study as well as other financial and management evaluations and/or services for county utility services.
- The consultant shall provide assistance in budgeting and forecasting, ratemaking, management accounting assistance, financing activities assistance, organizational and other financial analysis of the enterprise funds and municipal services.
- Review and redesign the potable water, wastewater and reuse rates, solid waste disposal and collection fees, storm water fees, and fees in support of the municipal services as considered necessary based on cost of services and recovery principals.
- Compile statistics and prepare projections of the enterprise funds and other municipal programs in support of the tasks provided, including number of customers served or requiring the services provided by the county, usage and generation rates, service utilization statistics, and other information necessary to provide planning and rate evaluation services.
- Design rates and fees for service from the enterprise funds and for the municipal services to fund the identified revenue requirements or needs of the programs being evaluated.
- Review and design appropriate fees for other miscellaneous services as provided by the enterprise funds or in support of the municipal services as considered necessary.
- Investigate and develop potential wholesale water, wastewater and reclaimed water rates associated with the provision of such type of service.
- Perform financial sensitivity analyses on enterprise fund operations taking into account such factors as capital program implementation, regulatory changes; and other such issues that may cause a need to review financial operations
- Review operations of the enterprise funds and of the municipal services to determine if additional services, charges and revenue enhancements are appropriate.
- Provide assistance in strategic planning activities for enterprise funds and municipal services.
- Provide assistance in the development of accounting, financial and business policies as well as providing opinions on such issues.
- Provide assistance to the county in support or determination of service affordability programs.
- Provide information and technology and customer data base services in support of implementation and/or enhancement of enterprise fund and municipal services billing and customer accounting programs.
- Provide management consulting services which could include but are not limited to evaluations, analyses, and production of operational, customer, human resources, management, and risk related processes, procedures, application, and methodology employed or considered by the county.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: April 7, 2025