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CITY OF
ASHI_AND
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 7:00p.m.
Community Development Building, 51 Winburn Way, Ashland
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II. ROLL CALL::
III. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. Ashlend Fiber Network Organizational Change.
IV. ORDINANCES. RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS:
1. Reading by title only of "A Resolution Authorizing a Subsidy from the Electric Fund to
the Telecommunications Fund for Debt Service."
V. ADJOURNMENT:
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participate in this Ineeting, please contact the City Administrator's office at (541) 48'8-6002 (TTY
phone number 1-800-735-2900). Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to
make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104
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CITY OF
ASH:LAND
Memo
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
Mayor and City Council
Gino Grimaldi, City Administrator
May 9, 2005
AFN Reporting to the City Administrator
Purpose
This memorandum is in response to Councilor Amarotico's request to provide alternatives regarding the creation
of the Ashland Fiber Network (AFN) as a department reporting to the City Administrator.
Discussion
If AFN is created as a department reporting to the City Administrator it would require reducing the workload of
the City Administrator. This can be accomplished in two ways.
Alternative I
Create an Assistant City Administrator position. The Finance Director and Human Resources Director
would report to the Assistant City Administrator. This alternative also creates the possibility for the
creation of a Computer Services Department that would also report to the Assistant City Administrator.
Further analysis of the creation of an independent Computer Services Department is required in order to
determine its feasibility.
In addition to supervising Human Resources and the Finance Director, the Assistant City Administrator
would also be available to assist with special projects and administrative tasks that are not being
accomplished with the existing staffing levels in administration.
Selection of an Assistant City Administrator would be through an open recruitment process.
This alternative would differ from the proposed organizational structure by replacing the Controller in
Finance with an Account Representative. A clerical position would be added to support the Assistant
City Administrator. The net increase in personal services only would be approximately $145,000.
Additional costs relating to office equipment and materials and services have not been calculated at this
time.
ADMINISTRATION
20 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
www.ashland.or.us
Tel: 541-488-60022'
Fax: 541-488-5311
TTY: 800-735-2900
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Alternative II
Reclassify the exiisting Finance Director position to Administrative Services/Finance Director. The
Human Services Director would report to the Administrative Services/Finance Director.
This alternative eliminates the direct reporting relationship between the City Administrator and the
Human Resources Director. This alternative would differ from the proposed organizational structure by
replacing the Controller in Finance with an Account Representative. Replacing the Controller with an
Account Representative would save approximately $37,000.
Recommendation
None
ADMINISTRATION
20 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
www.ashland.or.us
Tel: 541-488-60022'
I=ax' 541-488-5311
TTY: 800-735-2900
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Council Communication
AFN Organizational Change
Meeting Date:
Department:
Contributing Depts:
Approval:
May 3, 2005
Finance
Electric
Gino Grimaldi
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Primary Staff Contact: Lee Tuneberg, 552-2003
Secondary Staff Contact: Dick Wander scheid,
552-2061 wandersd@ashland.or.us
Statement:
This report is in response to the request from Council made during the April 26, 2005, study
session in which staff presented a proposed change in staffing for AFN and Finance, :moving all
of Telecommunications and Computer Services into the Finance Department from Electric.
Background:
Included in the proposed FY 2005-06 budget is the transition of Telecommunications into the
Finance Department. This change moves 15 employees and a budget of $4,432,687 from the
Electric Department thus increasing the Finance Department operational budget from 21.65 FTE
to 36.65 FTE and from $2,585,893 to $7,018,580.
Key elements of this reorganization are to create two new positions, one to provide operational
support to the Finance Director and one to manage Telecommunications and Infonnation
Technology. The finance position is identified as a Controller and will manage day to day
activities for most of Finance operations, picking up the areas needing more attention than the
Finance Director has time to do, allowing him to focus directly on AFN and technology as
needed from an administrative purview.
Please note that the Finance Department had already requested an additional accounting position
be added to help deal with workload and to "free up" time for the director to work on high level
finance and management issues. The added position would be paid for by Central Service
charges recognizing the benefit all departments and funds receive in the way of finance and
budget support.
A technician position in AFN was traded for a management position recognizing that the new
manager would review all levels of operation, leveraging talents and skills where necessary and
identifying any gaps. that exist. The position eliminated was a vacant position created after the
consultant study whose work was being accomplished through other avenues. A merno speaking
to the impact of this change and potential options is attached.
Attached is a schedule showing impacts on the proposed reorganization on the Electric,
Telecommunications and Central Service funds. The estimated pay ranges for the two positions
were arrived at by gauging what may be required by the market and, to a lesser degree, how they
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fit within the city structure. FY 2005-06 includes these amounts with estimated benefit costs in
the 45% range. It is expected that the finance position would fall in the $70,000 - $75,000 range
whereas the AFN position is budgeted at the $80,000 - $85,000 level.
The most critical addition is a dedicated manager to AFN and technology to focus on the day-to-
day operations, building upon them to align city efforts with the long teffi1 success of this utility.
This change raises questions as to how locating AFN under Finance is beneficial and what is the
impact on Finance and other departments.
In recognition that AFN is not the nOffi1al municipal service and has a need to operate differently
and often times act pro actively in an expeditious manner, the new position will need to have
some license to function at a higher level than nlany other division managers. However, it must
be noted that every day in the City of Ashland there are division mangers making decisions
regarding water, se'wer, electric and emergency services that do not require direct input or
managerial authority by department heads or city administration.
The Finance Director operates from the perspective that it is his responsibility to keep current
with divisional operations, supporting the managers by providing the tools and resources
necessary to accomplish operational goals and to provide quality customer service. l\1anagers
operate within the guidelines established by the city and other levels of oversight authority and it
is up to them to identify gaps in resources, barriers encountered and alternatives to
accomplishing the established goals and in meeting targets. In turn, the Finance Director assists
the manager in obtaining what is necessary and in accomplishing what is needed, rerrlaining
cognizant of the ramjfications of paths taken and complying with legal requirements.
Examples of legal requirements are budget law, purchasing rules, federal state and local
reporting requirements, personnel standards & pay requirements, contractual obligatJlons~ dc.
From an operational stand point, the Telecommunications Manager will need to have the latitude
to adjust staff roles and responsibilities and daily operations as needed to meet work load,
operational goals and resource allocation to meet established targets. Adjusting targets and
methods of accomplishing goals must be flexible and remain under this manager's authority to
provide the flexibility necessary for this industry. . . within the legal requirements identified above
and the general guidelines established by top management and the elected body.
Many different names have been discussed for the top position in AFN. . .director, supervisor,
business manager, etc. The title is not as important as the skill set desired which must include
technology and industry experience and the ability direct, motivate and manage. The process for
identifying the most important talents and their priorities must be broad-based so that the
recruitment process is successful. Our goal should be to identify the right skills and pay to
generate sufficient interest to obtain a sufficient number of applicants to choose from. There is
considerable interest from elected officials, management, staff and the public that we are sure
getting input will be relatively easy whereas identifying a realistic skill set, prioritizing them and
associating the compensation will be more a difficult process that should be more internal.
Related City Policies
None applicable.
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Council Options:
Authorize staff to proceed with reorganization as proposed.
Direct staff to proceed with reorganization as amended by Council.
Direct staff to make no changes.
Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends that Council accept staffs proposal and authorize us to proceed.
Potential Motions:
Council accepts staff's recommendation (as amended by Council?).
Attachments:
Proposed Staff Change - cost comparison by fund
Vacant Telecommunications Technician Position
April 29, 2005 AFN Reorganization Memo
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Proposed Staff Change
Amounts include wages and benefits estimated at 450/0
Original Proposed
Position Total Percent Budaet Budaet
Telecommunication Fund
Wanderscheid 135,000 35% $ 47,250
Tuneberg - Central Service Charge 135,000 30% 40,500
Tuneberg - Direct 140,000 20% 28,000
IT Director - New 120,000 80% 96,000
Secretary 53,464 15% 8,020
Technician 54,577 100% 54,577
150,347 124,000
Proposed
Electric Fund Elect ~ Budaet
Wanderscheid 135,000 65% 87,750
Wanderscheid 135,000 100% 135,000
Secretary 53,464 85% 45,444
Secretary 53,464 100% 53,464
133,194 188,464
IProposed
Central Service Fund Impact CS ~ Budaet
Tuneberg 135,000 100% 135,000
Tuneberg 140,000 80% 112,000
IT Director - New 120,000 20% 24,000
Controller - New 108,000 100% 108,000
Account Representative! - New 70,723 100% 70,723
205,723 244,000
Central Service Charge Adjustment (40,500)
Total $ 448,764 $ 556,464
CITY OF
ASHLAND
Memo
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
REGARDING:
May 3, 2005
Mayor and City Council
Dick Wanderscheid
Vacant Telecommunication Technician Position
The proposed AFN budget for next year does not include funding for the Teleconlmunication
Technician position which was a new position that was added to this year's budget ( FY 04-
05). That slot was filled in mid September and was filled until February 5, 2005 w'hen the
departure of another employee, our Headend tech created the vacancy that currently is being
filled by having the Telecommunication Tech working out of class in this position. The vacant
slot was then filled by hiring out of the union hall on a temporary basis. This position was
created because of the Navigant study which determined that AFN was well below national
averages for employees per customers. It was envisioned as some one who cou1ld help out
with both marketing and technical issues on an as needed basis.
This job was not included in the proposed budget to help offset the costs of the new
AFN/Computer Services manager position. Because we have back filled the vacant job with
temporary help, AFN has had a full complement of staffing since mid September.. Loss of this
employee in the next budget year will result in less production from AFN staff and customer
service could be compromised. There is money budgeted for temporary staff to help with the
fall return of students.
More realistically however some of the behind the scene but very necessary task.s will probably
suffer more than customer service. This could have long term negative effects on system
reliability. Many tasks that have not been done from Network launch because of the build out
and rush to sign up customers can no longer be ignored. Tasks like FCC mandated
performance testing, continuous sweeping and balancing of the system, fiber management
and cable design simply must be done or system reliability and legal benchmarks will not be
met. Adding this new position to AFN's staff was critical to begin catching up on these areas.
New construction is also a critical area that suffers from lack of staffing.
Filling this vacancy does provide the ability to install AFN service in a much timelier manner
which is important for many new customers who don't like to wait extended periods of time for
their install. This is especially important in the fall with the return of SOU students. It also
provides backup and special as needed help on out of the ordinary projects and provides an
additional on call person for weekend duty rotation.
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
90 North Mountain Aveenue
Ashland, Oregon 97520
www.ashland.or.us
Tel: 541-488-6002
Fax: 541-488-5311
TTY: 800-735-2900
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The new AFN Manager will no doubt evaluate personnel needs and have to determine
appropriate staffing levels. Funding this position and leaving it vacant would allo\v the new
manager to select a person with appropriate skills and place them in this slot if that seems
warranted. If they don't see a need to fill the position it could remain vacant as a cost saving
measure. Having the vacant slot would also allow flexibility in any restructuring of duties that
the new manager might find beneficial. Handing the management of AFN to a new individual
without the appropriate staffing will greatly hamper the chance of implementing changes which
can help turn around the financial situation at AFN.
Options
1) Do not fund this position at this time. Allow the new manager to evaluate AFN' s needs and
allow their discretion to possibly redesign the position, develop different restructuring efforts,
evaluate out sourcing of critical tasks, or explore other more efficient ways for AFN to deliver
services.
2) Fund the position for FY-05-06 but leave it vacant until the new manager can evaluate the
job description and fill the vacancy
3) Fund and fill the current vacancy immediately.
While there is a need for AFN to have adequate resources to complete the various tasks at
hand and because an outright loss of this position without mitigating it in some other manner
could seriously impacts this ability, my recommendation would be to pursue option one at this
time. This would allo\v the new individual the utmost flexibility in shaping the AFf\.J staff and
tailor the vision of the best way to achieve success.
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ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
90 North Mountain Aveenue
Ashland, Oregon 97520
www.ashland.or.us
Tel: 541-488-6002
Fax: 541-488-5311
TTY: 800-735-2900
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CITY OF
ASHLAND
Memo
DATE:
April 29, 2005
TO:
City COLI ncil
FROM:
Gino Grimaldi, City Administrator
RE:
AFN Reorganization
Backaround
Over the past several months staff has been evaluating the organizational structure of the
Ashland Fiber Network (AFN) with a particular emphasis on its location in the overall city
structure. Lee Tuneberg, Dick Wanderscheid, and Tina Gray participated in the evaluation.
AFN is currently a part of the Electric Department and under the responsibility of the Electric
and Telecommunications Director. Until recently, a "shared" AFN sales position located at City
Hall was under the Direction of the Finance Director but is now part of the Electric Department.
Billing and collection are the responsibility of the Finance Department. Potential AFN
customers first contact the city to purchase city utilities by contacting the Finance Department.
The group of employees that provides support to the city's computer systems, networks,
personal computers, and phones is under the direction of Telecommunications Engineer. The
Telecommunications Engineer's time is split between AFN and computer services. This
position reports to the Electric and Telecommunications Director.
Discussion
The Electric Department and AFN represent significant responsibilities. Electric fund
expenditures are approximately $11 million with 21 employees. AFN is a business with
expenditures of $2.6 rnillion with 8 employees. The expertise to manage the city's electric
utility and AFN are different. Initially, during the construction phase of AFN, the experience
and knowledge needed to manage both were in better alignment. However, noVII' that the
construction of the AFN system, with exception of providing service to new developments, is
Administration
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Ashland, Oregon 97520
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complete, it is time to shift the emphasis of the management of AFN to maintaining the existing
infrastructure; keepin~~ current with the ever changing world of technology; increasing the
customer base for the current AFN products; and evaluating new AFN products that will
improve the Financial condition of AFN. There are also a number of challenges and
opportunities facing the Electric Department that will require the full time attention of the
Electric and Telecomrnunications Director. Those challenges and opportunities include the
evaluation and implen1entation of a SCADA system, implementing the new rate structure from
BPA, purchase of the Mountain Avenue substation, re-negotiation of BPA contract and
succession planning for key positions.
In short, AFN and the Electric Department require the attention of full time manauers.
Potential customers of AFN are people who are currently subscribers to the competing
providers of cable television and internet services. Recent marketing efforts have shown that it
is difficult to move customers from the competition to AFN. The best opportunity to bring a
new customer to AFN is when they come to the city to establish utility services. This activity
occurs in the Finance Department. Placing employees that have the greatest opportunity to
obtain additional customers in the same department, under the same leadership with the other
AFN employees increases the ability to obtain new customers and to provide consistently good
customer service.
AFN relies heavily on the Finance Department to prepare financial information used to make
short and long term revenue and expenditure projections. This reliance on the Finance
Department exceeds 'what is required by most city departments. This is due to the fact that
there is a lack of staff time available within AFN to evaluate and prepare financial information.
As information flows between the two departments it increases the probability that errors will
occu r.
Propose Oraanizational Structure
It is proposed that the Electric and Telecommunications Director dedicate 1000/0 of his time to
the management of the Electric Department.
The responsibility for the management of AFN be assigned to a newly created position. The
tentative title for this position is IT/Telecommunications Manager.
Administration
20 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
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The IT/TelecommuniGations Manager will report to the Finance Director.
The proposed organizational structure will require the elimination of the Telecommunication
Technician in AFN. This is being done in order to accommodate the increased cost associated
with having a full time manager of AFN. The Telecommunication Technician position is
currently vacant.
A Controller position vvill need to be added to the Finance Department in order to backfill for
the time that the Finance Director will need to spend on AFN and Computer Services issues.
The Controller position will also assist the Finance Department in completing critical tasks that
they are not able to complete at this time.
Financial Impact
It is anticipated that the financial impact to AFN will be almost neutral due to the savings from
an eliminated positions and recognizing corresponding changes in Central Service Charges.
The impact on the Central Service Fund is an increase of approximately $40,000 that will be
shared by all departments benefiting by added support from the Controller.
Future Issues
The impact of the elirnination of the Telecommunication Technician will need to be carefully
monitored. It is critical that the reliability of the AFN network be maintained and that customer
service requests are addressed promptly.
The knowledge, skills and abilities of the new manager position will need to be carefully
crafted. It is anticipated that there will be an emphasis on selecting a person with direct
experience managing a private or public system similar to the size and scope of AFN.
Alternatives Consid.~red but Reiected
All of the alternatives considered other than maintain the status quo, included dedicated 1000/0
of the time of the Electric and Telecommunications Director to the Electric Department and
creating the AFN/Conlputer Services Manager.
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Ashland, Oregon 97520
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Several alternatives that were rejected involved variations on how to absorb the iimpact of
moving AFN under the Finance Director. The variable for these alternatives revolved around
the number of staff to add to the Finance Department.
Moving AFN under the City Administrator was evaluated but rejected due to the increased
workload it created by adding an additional position reporting to the City Administrator.
Separating Computer Services from AFN and creating a separate Computer Services
Department was also rejected due to the overlapping responsibilities between AFN and
Computer Services. The two could be split bit it would result in increased costs for both AFN
and Computer Services.
A more comprehensive reorganization involving the creation of an Administrative Service
Department was rejected to the relatively high cost of the alternative.
Implementation Tim.eline
Full implementation of the proposed organizational structure cannot take place until the 2005-
06 budget is approved. However, staff will be proceeding with the recruitment of the
AFN/Computer Services Manager as soon as possible so that the position can be filled shortly
after July 1 st. The interim transition of AFN to the Finance department will begin immediately
and will require moving ahead with steps to backfill the Finance Director to enable this
transition.
CC: Dick Wanderscheid
Lee Tuneberg
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Administration
20 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
Tel: 541-488-6002
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Council C~ommunication
Meeting Date:
Department:
Contributing Depts:
Approval:
Resolution Authorizing a Subsidy From the Electric Fund to the
Telecommunications Fund For Debt Service
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Primary Staff Contact: Lee Tuneberg, 552-2003
tuneberl@ashland.or.us
Secondary Staff Contact: Dick Wanderscheid,
552-2061 wandersd@ashland.or.us
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Gino Grimaldi <;
Statement:
The first debt service payment from the August 2004 refinancing of AFN is due to be paid in
July and staff is anticipating a cash shortfall of nearly $200,000 at June 30, 2005. Staff projects
that revenue shortfalls and cost increases have resulted in the need for other monies to be
generated for this debt service and a potential ongoing need into the future. This first payment
must be initiated in the first few days of July to ensure a timely receipt of it to avoid late fees.
Staff is requesting that the shortfall be covered via a subsidy from the Electric Fund.
Background:
From inception, AF1~ has relied on borrowing to meet financial obligation on both construction
and operational levels. This culminated in a debt load of approximately $14,000,000 by end of
FY 2003-04 and annual payments over $1,000,000 and growing. In August 2004 staff was
successful in refinancing all internal and external debt based upon then current projections from
an independent study of operational costs, revenues and proposed initiatives that were sufficient
to generate ample revenue to pay AFN's way.
The projected numbers have turned out to be "soft" meaning that the number of customers and
the revenues generated through the initiatives have not been realized, causing a cash shortfall to
meet obligations. Conservative estimates indicate that this condition will probably continue for
years.
In prior years, cash shortfalls were resolved by internal borrowing each year. The anlount grew
annually, initially representing inadequate funding for construction, then operational losses and a
shift of external debt to internal debt. The total debt grew and was projected to increase and
remain high so refinancing became a viable option. Refinancing did several things:
1. Simplified the debt into one source and one payment schedule.
2. Restored needed cash balances in the funds that had made the internalloan(s).
3. Simplified the budget by eliminating the annual process of borrowing and the: doubling
impact it had on the total budget amount.
4. Better aligned AFN's type of debt with the operations and resultant losses.
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5. Gave AFN an opportunity to make progress on operational revenues as compared to
expenses before this first payment was required.
Operational revenues are close to covering operational expenses, excluding debt service
(principle and interest) and depreciation (a non-cash item) but sufficient cash ",ill be needed to
pay for debt service. The proposed budget anticipates cash shortfalls but the arnount needed
each year will vary based upon a host of things including customer growth and revenue stability,
staffing costs and increases in benefits, broadband and programming costs, annual operational
capital costs and the need for updating technology.
The city will need to decide how cash shortfalls are to be covered, whether returning to internal
borrowing or providing some type of subsidy each year or as a policy over the length of time that
AFN revenues do not cover all of AFN expenses including debt service.
Staff looks to the Electric Fund to guarantee the Telecommunications Fund debt and operations
in that AFN was launched from that fund, has close ties in its operations and all financings have
identified electric revenues as "first in line" to guarantee the public that debt paymenJs will be
made. The recent financing did give the city latitude to use any other un-restricted revenues to
pay debt but it: seems to make most sense for the needed cash to come from this related industry.
Related City Policies
There are no d.irect policies related to subsidies, especially for technology. Hov~rever, there are
examples of operational transfers between funds that are not paid back. A transfer is different
from a subsidy except when it relates to an activity that does not generate sufficient revenues to
cover costs. City cemetery operations is an example of this.
Enterprises are expected to pay their own way, charging the amount needed for Ashland's
operations and capital costs to ensure the viability of those necessary services. Rates set for
those enterprises are not readily comparable or do they directly correlate to what is charged by
other cities or in a competitive basis with another service provider.
AFN represents a combination of technology needed by many businesses in the community and
an added service provided on several levels to the general public. This makes its cash needs
unique when compared to the other utilities operated by the city.
The city's financial management policies include knowing the cost of the services provided and
charging appropriately, accounting for services on a fund basis; maintaining fund integrity and
cash balances to protect the credit rating of the city. Each year the city reviews the above and
other fiscal policies through the budget and audit process. The city consciously adjusts financial
practices to accomplish its overall financial goals and a subsidy can be one elen1ent assisting in
compliance with viability. Additionally, covenants within all financing documents guarantee
that the city will ensure that debt service requirements will be met, including AFN's.
Council Options:
Council adopt the attached resolution, approving the concept and process of a subsidy, or
subsidies, fronl the Electric Fund to the Telecommunications Fund to provide cash by July, 2005
and January, 2006 for debt service as is needed.
Council amend the resolution changing the source of cash, amount or timing of a subsidy to the
Telecommunications Fund.
Council defer action awaiting more infonnation.
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Any Council action impacting the budget will need to be brought back to them in the fonn of a
resolution for transfer of appropriations or supplemental budget in order for money to be
transferred in any fashion.
Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends that Council adopt a policy that AFN cash shortfalls for debt service and other
items specified by Council be resolved via a subsidy from the Electric Fund to the
Telecommunications Fund in the amount(s) needed until such time as revenues are sufficient
enough to not require such support.
Potential Motions:
Council movesJo adopt the policy of funding AFN cash shortfalls with subsidies frorn the
Electric Fund.
OR
No motion, Council prefers to defer this policy decision until a later time.
Attachments:
Resolution authorizing a subsidy
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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SUBSIDY FROM THE ELECTRIC FUND TO
THIE TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND FOR DEBT SERVICE
Recitals:
A. The City of Ashland has constructed and operates a telecommunications utility known
as Ashland Fiber Network (AFN), and
B. AFN operattons and debt service and other activities are accounted for iin the city budget
within the enterprise fund known as the Telecommunications Fund, and
C. AFN construction, assets and operations developed out of the Electric Fund and all
previous financing has identified the Electric Fund and electric rates as the resources to
assure debt service payments, and
D. The cost of construction and operational losses from FY 1999 to date have resulted in a
debt amount of $15.5 million dollars with annual payments exceeding $'1,000,000, and
E. The debt was obtained though selling revenue bonds backed by the full faith and credit
of the city" pledging its financial resources to assure debt service payments will be made
in a timely fashion, and
F. Current operations of AFN have not generated enough revenue to provide adequate
cash balances to meet the annual debt service requirements, and
G. Additional cash is needed from another fund to meet current debt service requirements
including approximately $802,0000 in interest July 15, 2005 and an interest payment of
approximately $432,000 on January 15, 2006.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. .The Finance Director is hereby authorized to transfer sufficient funds in FY
2004-05 and FY 2005-06 to meet debt service and other requirements as is established by
separate resolution of the Council. Each transfer will be supported with justification and
brought to Council for approval prior to implementation.
SECTION 2. .Any transfer will be considered a subsidy to the Telecommunications Fund
from the Electric Fund, wHI be done only as needed and authorized by Council.
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SECTION 3. Anticipated subsidy amounts and transfers will be budgeted as is necessary
for compliance with Oregon Budget Law.
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SECTION 4. This rHsolution takes effect upon signing by the Mayor.
This resolution was read by title only in accordance with Ashland Municipal Code
~2.04.090 duly PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of May, 2005.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
_ SIGNED and APPROVED this 3rd day of May, 2005:
John W. Morrison, Mayor
Reviewed as to form:
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