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sales. 1.3.4 From compiled customer use information, advise the City on whether its existing customer classes and rate blocks are adequate or whether new customer class distinctions or rate blocks may be warranted. Consultant will also use this information as a historical basis for projecting water use by class and use block that is a key factor in calculating projected revenue. 1.3.5 Once this customer and utility production data is compiled and assessed, hold a workshop with City staff to review the trends in customer use patterns and discuss potential implications on the customer class definitions and rate designs. 1.4 TASK 4 - EXISTING FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE UTILITIES The Consultant will: 1.4.1 Using the analysis of recent customer data, review the adequacy of the City's existing customer classes and rate structures from a design perspective as well as review the last two years of audited financial information and the current year's budget and expenditures to date. 1.4.2 Upon completion of the review specified in 1.4.1 above, discuss this information with the City's representative and identify any prospective changes in utility programs or capital expenditures that may have near-term consequences in the current or pending fiscal year. The Consultant's assessment of the existing fmancial condition of the utilities will address both current conditions, as well as how the near-term future may affect the need for rate-setting action. 1.4.3 Address the financial viability of the combined water and wastewater utility fund as well as the self-supporting aspects of each utility. 1.5 TASK 5 - DEVELOP FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL PLANNING MODEL The Consultant will: 1.5.1 Work closely with the City to determine the current customer class and rate design needs, as well as issues that may need to be considered in the future, such as building in the model the capability to assess alternative customer classes, revised use block definitions. 1.5.2 Interview City staff about the current and pending informational needs to assure that the more comprehensive model design has long-lasting value to the City and identify early-on whether the model developed will be kept and operated within the City, with regard as to City staff that may need training, what skills do they have, how will information for the model be transferred back and forth from the utilities to the finance department. Subsequent to these staff interviews, Consultant will develop a comprehensive model design utilizing its Integrated Planning Model (lPFM) approach and meet with the City on a periodic basis to report the status of efforts, and seek any new direction, HDRRate Design.wpd 3