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47 <br />and 2025-26 due to some larger development projects incurring such fees in those fiscal years. <br />(3)Excludes depreciation and amortization. With the exception of water purchases, Maintenance and Operation Costs consist mostly of labor-related costs, which <br />are assumed to increase 4% annually. <br />(4)2024 estimated actual water purchases were less than the 2024 budget estimate. The water purchase cost budgeted for 2025 is based on the high-end of the <br />rate increase forecast by SFPUC (13.1%) applied to the 2024 budgeted water cost. The SFPUC has since notified the City that the water cost rate increase will <br />only be 8.8% in 2025. Subsequent year water cost forecasts are based on the 2025 budgeted cost, adjusted upwards by the rate increases shown in Table 5 <br />above. Depending on water demand and actual water cost increases imposed by the SFPUC, actual water purchase costs may be less than (or greater than) <br />those shown in 2025 and beyond. <br />(5)Lower costs in 2024 reflect staffing vacancies and other one-time reductions. <br />8.A. - Page 61 of 255 <br />689