Metropolitan Water Reclamation District FY2004 Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

December 10, 2003

The Civic Federation commended the MWRD for its FY2004 budget of $848.3 million because the District reduced its property tax levy by $2.7 million from the tentative FY2004 budget proposal, it drew down its Corporate Fund balance from a high of $77.7 million in FY2001 to an estimated $41 million in FY2004 and personnel has been reduced by over 240 positions, or 10.2%, in the last ten years.