FY 2024/25 Water and Sewer Rate Process,
Results, and Public Outreach Plan
City Council/Camarillo Sanitary District Board
March 12, 2025
Agenda
2 • Review Timeline
• Review History
• Review Bill Impacts
• Public Engagement
Review Timeline
3 Utilities
Committee #1
11/26/24
Utilities
Committee #3
1/23/25
Timeline – Where We’ve Been
2024
Financial Plan
Update and
staff review
Fall 2024
Utilities
Committee #5
2/13/25
Utilities
Committee #2
12/18/24
Utilities
Committee #4
2/4/25
City Council
Meeting #1
2/26/25
TODAY
City Council
Meeting #2
3/12/25
2025
4 Next Steps…
March 28
Mail 218
Notices to
Customers
March 26
City Council
Meeting
Authorize 218
Notice
April 8
Informational
Open House #1
Camarillo Library
April 26
Informational
Open House #2
Council
Chambers,
City Hall
May 14
Public Hearing
May 28
Second
Reading of
Ordinance
July 1
Rates
Effective
5 March 12
City Council
Meeting
TODAY
Review History
6 Cost Factors
Water
7 • Rising operational costs
• Purchased water
• Electricity
• Chemicals
• Personnel
• Reduced water demand
• Capital costs
• Cash reserves
Cost Factors
CSD
8 • Large anticipated capital projects
• Generational investment in infrastructure
• Changes in inflationary assumptions
• Rising operational costs
Water Rates
Bill Impacts
9 The average household
will see an increase of
+$14.90 on
their monthly water bill.
Current Proposed
BILL
ACCOUNT
NUMBER
90934698087236
$61.95
BILL
ACCOUNT
NUMBER
90934698087236
$76.85
How will proposed rates impact my water bill?
($0.50 cents per day)
Customer Type & Tier Current 7/1/2025 7/1/2026 7/1/2027 7/1/2028 Tier 1 $2.66 $3.30 $3.90 $4.37 $4.55
Tier 2 $3.94 $4.89 $5.78 $6.48 $6.74
Proposed Four-Year Schedule for an
Average Customer
Meter Size Current 7/1/2025 7/1/2026 7/1/2027 7/1/2028 3/4" $26.19 $32.48 $38.33 $42.93 $44.65
11 Meter Service
Commodity Rates
Rate Impacts for Residential Customer
Typical single-family home with 12 HCF usage
12 Units Proposed
Rate
Total
Proposed
Fixed 1 $32.48 $32.48
Variable Tier 1 9 $3.30 $29.70
Variable Tier 2 3 $4.89 $14.67
$76.85
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Drought Surcharges
Adopted 2023
13 Drought
Surcharges
A temporary tool to recover lost revenues
during times of mandatory conservation.
Tier 2
10-15
HCF
Tier 3
16+
HCF
$3.30 $4.89 $6.63Proposed Water
Base Rate
Level 1 +$0.20 +$0.30 +$0.40
Tier 1
0-9
HCF
Level 2 +$0.33 +$0.48 +$0.65
Level 3 +$0.54 +$0.79 +$1.06
Level 4 +$0.81 +$1.20 +$1.62
Sewer
Bill Impacts
15 The average household
will see an increase of
+$11.89 on
their monthly water bill.
Current Proposed
BILL
ACCOUNT
NUMBER
90934698087236
$74.30
BILL
ACCOUNT
NUMBER
90934698087236
$86.19
How will proposed rates impact my sewer bill?
( $0.40 cents per day)
Proposed rates will be effective July 1, 2025
Proposed Monthly Sewer Service Rates
Residential
Residential Class Current 7/1/2025 7/1/2026 7/1/2027 7/1/2028 Single Family Residential (SFR) $74.30 $86.19 $99.99 $115.99 $134.55 17 Combined Bill Impact
Current Bill Proposed Bill
$61.95 $76.85
$74.30
$86.19
$136.25
$163.04
Water CSD 18
$26.79
Combined Bill Comparison
Camrosa
Water District
Somis
(Ventura
County
Waterworks
District No.
19)
City of
Camarillo
Current
City of Port
Hueneme
City of Oxnard City of
Thousand
Oaks
City of
Ventura
City of
Camarillo
Proposed
City of Simi
Valley
City of
Fillmore
Las Virgenes
Water District
Crestview
Mutual
CalAm
(Ventura
Service Area)
City of Santa
Paula
Pleasant
Valley Mutual
$0.00
$50.00
$100.00
$150.00
$200.00
$250.00
$300.00
$124.02 $129.33 $136.25 $142.05 $152.64 $156.58 $161.93 $163.04 $164.11 $166.17 $188.00 $190.71 $198.31
$220.46
$245.19
Monthly Bill comparisons for Neighboring Water Services (FY 2025-2026) Fixed Variable 19
Public Engagement
20 21
Supporting Transparent Public Outreach
Will rates be fair
and equitable for
all customers?
Will rates
continue to
increase
each year?
Can a customer
appeal or petition the
rate adjustments?
Multi-Touchpoint Engagement
22 + Informational Open
Houses (2)
+ Utility Committee
Meetings
+ City Council Meetings
& Hearing
+ In-the-Field Handouts
In-Person
+ Dedicated Webpage
and FAQs
+ Explainer Videos
(bilingual)
+CityScene Newsletter
+ City eNews
+ Social Media
+ Info Line/Email
Electronic
+ Save-the-Date
Postcard
+ Proposition 218 Public
Notices (bilingual)
+ Utility Bill Messages
Print
cityofcamarillo.org/utilityrates
+ News releases
+ Op-Eds
Media
Explainer Video
23 Information Sessions
Informational Sessions
• Two information sessions
•April 8 (Tuesday) – Camarillo
Library
•April 26 (Saturday) – Council
Chambers, City Hall
• Open Discussion and Q&A
24 Proposition 218 Notices (Bilingual)
25 • A 45-day mailed notice of proposed increases is required • Will ask Council to authorize this notice to customers at the next City Council meeting
Bill Calculator
Estimate Your Bill
26cityofcamarillo.org/utilityrates
A bill calculator will be available on the
City’s website. Customers can calculate the
anticipated impacts to their bill.
The impacts to
customer’s bill vary
based on the customer
type, meter size, and
water usage
Recommendation
27 Provide feedback and further direction to
staff.