Water Commission
Regular MeetingGreen Bay, WI · June 23, 2025
Minutes
MINUTES OF THE WATER COMMISSION
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025, 8:30 AM
In person at the Green Bay Water Utility.
631 S Adams St
Virtual attendance is also available via Zoom.
A. ZOOM MEETING INFORMATION.
1. Join Zoom Meeting Online:
https://zoom.us/j/98284055918?pwd=eHBxaWkvN1J2a3N0RERUWkRsNjVkUT09
Or call in by phone: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 982 8405 5918
Passcode: 385002
If you wish to speak at this public meeting or leave a comment, please fill out the online
Comment Form prior to the meeting. More detailed Zoom Instructions can be found online.
B. ROLL CALL.
1. Roll call for the Water Commisson Meeting for Monday, June 23, 2025.
On Monday, June 23, 2025, the Water Commission met in person and virtually via
Zoom. President Heugel called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Recording Secretary Beilke
called the roll. Six voting commission members: President John Heugel (In Person), Vice
President Jamie Wall (In Person), Secretary-Treasurer Tom Karman (In Person), Jacque
Boyle (Virtually via Zoom), Lynn Gerlach (In Person) and John Luczaj (In Person). Also
present: Alder Bill Morgan (In Person, non-voting), Council Representative to the Water
Commission, Attorney William Vande Castle (Virtually via Zoom), Ryan O'Donnell (Virtually
via Zoom) from Baker Tilly.
Staff present: Brian Powell, Doug Martin, Stephanie Rogers, Andrea Hay, Russ Hardwick,
Kristin Romanowicz, and Hailey Heath.
Others present: Katherine Ortega (Virtually via Zoom).
C. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
1. Approval of the Water Commisson Meeting Agenda for Monday, June 23, 2025.
Moved by Jamie Wall, seconded by Thomas Karman to approve the agenda. Voice vote being
had, the motion passed unanimously.
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
1. Approval of the Water Commission Meeting Minutes from May 12, 2025.
Moved by Lynn Gerlach, seconded by Thomas Karman to approve the minutes. Voice vote
being had, the motion passed unanimously.
E. REGULAR BUSINESS.
1. Approval of the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report; presentation by Baker Tilly.
Moved by Thomas Karman, seconded by Jacque Boyle to approve as presented. Voice vote
being had, the motion passed unanimously.
2. Approval of Final Payment in the amount of $27,340.00 to Crafts, Inc. for contract "GBWU
7th Street and Bond Street Well Building Reroofing."
Moved by Jamie Wall, seconded by John Luczaj to approve as presented. Voice vote being
had, the motion passed unanimously.
3. April and May 2025 Financial Reports.
Moved by Lynn Gerlach, seconded by Thomas Karman to approve as presented. Voice vote
being had, the motion passed unanimously.
F. INFORMATIONAL.
1. General Manager Update.
General Manager Brian Powell provided the commission with updates on the following
initiatives within our organization:
1. PFAS Settlement
2. Titletown Canned Water
3. City Hall Academy - May 15th
4. Monthly Newsletter to Customers
5. Workforce Report
a. Filter Plant Technician Starting June 23rd
b. Safety Coordinator - Held interviews June 17th
G. ADJOURNMENT.
1. Motion to adjourn the Water Commisson Meeting of Monday, June 23, 2025.
Moved by Jamie Wall, seconded by Thomas Karman to adjourn. Voice vote being had, the
motion passed unanimously.
Agenda
AGENDA OF THE WATER COMMISSION
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025, 8:30 AM
In person at the Green Bay Water Utility.
631 S Adams St
Virtual attendance is also available via Zoom.
A. Zoom Meeting Information.
1. Join Zoom Meeting Online:
https://zoom.us/j/98284055918?pwd=eHBxaWkvN1J2a3N0RERUWkRsNjVkUT09
Or call in by phone: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 982 8405 5918
Passcode: 385002
If you wish to speak at this public meeting or leave a comment, please fill out the online
Comment Form prior to the meeting. More detailed Zoom Instructions can be found online.
B. Roll Call.
1. Roll call for the Water Commisson Meeting for Monday, June 23, 2025.
C. Approval of the Agenda.
1. Approval of the Water Commisson Meeting Agenda for Monday, June 23, 2025.
D. Approval of Minutes.
1. Approval of the Water Commission Meeting Minutes from May 12, 2025.
E. Regular Business.
1. Approval of the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report; presentation by Baker Tilly.
2. Approval of Final Payment in the amount of $27,340.00 to Crafts, Inc. for contract "GBWU
7th Street and Bond Street Well Building Reroofing."
3. April and May 2025 Financial Reports.
Agenda of the Water Commission
June 23, 2025
Page 1
F. Informational.
1. General Manager Update.
G. Adjournment.
1. Motion to adjourn the Water Commisson Meeting of Monday, June 23, 2025.
1) ACCESSIBILITY: Any person wishing to attend who requires special accommodation because of a disability,
should contact the City Safety Manager at 920-448-3125 at least 48 hours before the scheduled meeting time so
that arrangements can be made.
2) QUORUM: Please take notice that a majority or quorum of the Common Council may attend this Water
Commission meeting and will constitute a meeting of the Common Council for purposes of discussion and
information gathering relative to this agenda.
3) REPRESENTATION: The party requesting the communication, or their representative, should be present at this
meeting.
Agenda of the Water Commission
June 23, 2025
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AGENDA OF THE WATER COMMISSION
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025, 8:30 AM
In person at the Green Bay Water Utility.
631 S Adams St
Virtual attendance is also available via Zoom.
A. Zoom Meeting Information.
1. Join Zoom Meeting Online:
https://zoom.us/j/98284055918?pwd=eHBxaWkvN1J2a3N0RERUWkRsNjVkUT09
Or call in by phone: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 982 8405 5918
Passcode: 385002
If you wish to speak at this public meeting or leave a comment, please fill out the online
Comment Form prior to the meeting. More detailed Zoom Instructions can be found online.
B. Roll Call.
1. Roll call for the Water Commisson Meeting for Monday, June 23, 2025.
C. Approval of the Agenda.
1. Approval of the Water Commisson Meeting Agenda for Monday, June 23, 2025.
D. Approval of Minutes.
1. Approval of the Water Commission Meeting Minutes from May 12, 2025.
E. Regular Business.
1. Approval of the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report; presentation by Baker Tilly.
2. Approval of Final Payment in the amount of $27,340.00 to Crafts, Inc. for contract "GBWU
7th Street and Bond Street Well Building Reroofing."
3. April and May 2025 Financial Reports.
Agenda of the Water Commission
June 23, 2025
Page 1
F. Informational.
1. General Manager Update.
G. Adjournment.
1. Motion to adjourn the Water Commisson Meeting of Monday, June 23, 2025.
1) ACCESSIBILITY: Any person wishing to attend who requires special accommodation because of a disability,
should contact the City Safety Manager at 920-448-3125 at least 48 hours before the scheduled meeting time so
that arrangements can be made.
2) QUORUM: Please take notice that a majority or quorum of the Common Council may attend this Water
Commission meeting and will constitute a meeting of the Common Council for purposes of discussion and
information gathering relative to this agenda.
3) REPRESENTATION: The party requesting the communication, or their representative, should be present at this
meeting.
Agenda of the Water Commission
June 23, 2025
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MINUTES OF THE WATER COMMISSION
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025, 8:30 AM
In person at the Green Bay Water Utility.
631 S Adams St
Virtual attendance is also available via Zoom.
A. ZOOM MEETING INFORMATION.
1. Join Zoom Meeting Online:
https://zoom.us/j/98284055918?pwd=eHBxaWkvN1J2a3N0RERUWkRsNjVkUT09
Or call in by phone: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 982 8405 5918
Passcode: 385002
If you wish to speak at this public meeting or leave a comment, please fill out the online
Comment Form prior to the meeting. More detailed Zoom Instructions can be found online.
B. ROLL CALL.
1. Roll call for the Water Commisson Meeting for Monday, May 12, 2025.
On Monday, May 12, 2025, the Water Commission met in person and virtually via
Zoom. President Heugel called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Recording Secretary Beilke
called the roll. Six voting commission members: President John Heugel (In Person), Vice
President Jamie Wall (Virtually via Zoom), Secretary-Treasurer Tom Karman (In Person), Al
Farvour (Virtually via Zoom), Lynn Gerlach (Virtually via Zoom) and John Luczaj (In
Person). Also present: Alder Bill Morgan (In Person, non-voting), Council Representative to
the Water Commission, and Attorney William Vande Castle (Virtually via Zoom).
Staff present: Brian Powell, Doug Martin, Stephanie Rogers, Andrea Hay (Virtually via
Zoom), Russ Hardwick, Kristin Romanowicz, and Hailey Heath.
C. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
1. Approval of the Water Commisson Meeting Agenda for Monday, May 12, 2025.
Moved by Thomas Karman, seconded by Allen Farvour to approve the agenda.Voice vote
being had, the motion passed unanimously.
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
1. Approval of the Water Commission Meeting Minutes from April 14, 2025
Moved by Lynn Gerlach, seconded by Thomas Karman to approve the minutes. Voice vote
being had, the motion passed unanimously.
E. REGULAR BUSINESS.
1. Approval of the Proposed Changes to Chapters 9, 13, and 19 of the Green Bay Water Utility
Employee Handbook.
Moved by Thomas Karman, seconded by Allen Farvour to approve as requested. Voice vote
being had, the motion passed unanimously.
2. Recommendation of Public Construction Bid for 36" Water Main Pipe Replacements.
Moved by Allen Farvour, seconded by John Luczaj to approve as requested. Voice vote being
had, the motion passed unanimously.
3. March 2025 Financial Report.
Moved by Thomas Karman, seconded by Jamie Wall to accept as presented. Voice vote being
had, the motion passed unanimously.
F. INFORMATIONAL.
1. General Manager Update
General Manager Brian Powell provided the commission with updates on the following
initiatives within our organization:
1. Large/Critical Customer Meetings
2. Private Side Lead Replacement Loan Through City of Green Bay
3. Update on the 2025 Capital Projects Actual Cost Versus Budget
4. Workforce Report
a. Filter Plant Technician Starting in Mid-June
b. Seng Yang, our Safety Coordinator's Last Day was May 9th
G. ADJOURNMENT.
1. Motion to adjourn the Water Commisson Meeting of Monday, May 12, 2025.
Moved by Jamie Wall, seconded by Allen Farvour to adjourn. Voice vote being had, the
motion passed unanimously.
Reporting and insights
from the 2024 audit:
Green Bay Water Utility
December 31. 2024
Executive summary
May 19, 2025
To board of Commissioners
Green Bay Water Utility
We have completed our audit of the financial statements of the Green Bay Water Utility (Utility) for the
year ended December 31, 2024, and have issued our report thereon dated May 19, 2025. This letter
presents communications required by our professional standards.
Your audit should provide you with confidence in your financial statements. The audit was performed
based on information obtained from meetings with management, data from your systems, knowledge of
the Utility’s operating environment and our risk assessment procedures. We strive to provide you clear,
concise communication throughout the audit process and of the final results of our audit.
Additionally, we have included information on key risk areas Utility should be aware of in your strategic
planning. We are available to discuss these risks as they relate to your organization’s financial stability
and future planning.
If you have questions at any point, please connect with us:
• Jodi Dobson, Partner: jodi.dobson@bakertilly.com or +1 (608) 240 2469
• Ryan O’Donnell, Senior Manager: ryan.odonnell@bakertilly.com or +1 (608) 240 2606
Sincerely,
Baker Tilly US, LLP
Jodi Dobson, Principal
Ryan O’Donnell, Director
THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE INFORMATION AND USE OF THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE, AND, IF APPROPRIATE,
MANAGEMENT, AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THESE SPECIFIED PARTIES.
BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP, LP AND BAKER TILLY US, LLP, TRADING AS BAKER TILLY, ARE MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK OF BAKER TILLY
INTERNATIONAL LTD., THE MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT LEGAL ENTITIES. BAKER TILLY US, LLP IS A LICENSED CPA FIRM THAT
PROVIDES ASSURANCE SERVICES TO ITS CLIENTS. BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP, LP AND ITS SUBSIDIARY ENTITIES PROVIDE TAX AND CONSULTING
SERVICES TO THEIR CLIENTS AND ARE NOT LICENSED CPA FIRMS.
Responsibilities
Our responsibilities
As your independent auditor, our responsibilities include:
• Planning and performing the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free from material misstatement. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance.
• Assessing the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. Included in that assessment is a consideration of the Utility’s internal control over financial
reporting.
• Performing appropriate procedures based upon our risk assessment.
• Evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant
accounting estimates made by management.
• Forming and expressing an opinion based on our audit about whether the financial statements
prepared by management, with the oversight of the Board of Commissioners:
• Are free from material misstatement
• Present fairly, in all material respects and in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America
• Our audit does not relieve management or the Board of Commissioners of their responsibilities.
We are also required to communicate significant matters related to our audit that are relevant to the
responsibilities of the Board of Commissioners, including:
• Internal control matters
• Qualitative aspects of the Utility’s accounting practice including policies, accounting estimates and
financial statement disclosures
• Significant unusual transactions
• Significant difficulties encountered
• Disagreements with management
• Circumstances that affect the form and content of the auditors’ report
• Audit consultations outside the engagement team
• Corrected and uncorrected misstatements
• Other audit findings or issues
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Audit status
Significant changes to the audit plan
There were no significant changes made to either our planned audit strategy or to the significant risks and
other areas of emphasis identified during the performance of our risk assessment procedures.
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Audit approach and results
Planned scope and timing
Audit focus
Based on our understanding of the Utility and environment in which you operate, we focused our audit on
the following key areas:
• Key transaction cycles
• Areas with significant estimates
• Implementation of new accounting standards (if applicable)
Our areas of audit focus were informed by, among other things, our assessment of materiality. Materiality
in the context of our audit was determined based on specific qualitative and quantitative factors combined
with our expectations about the Utility’s current year results.
Key areas of focus and significant findings
Significant risks of material misstatement
A significant risk is an identified and assessed risk of material misstatement that, in the auditor’s
professional judgment, requires special audit consideration. Within our audit, we focused on the following
areas below.
Significant risk areas Testing approach Conclusion
Management override of Incorporate unpredictability into Procedures identified provided
controls audit procedures, emphasize sufficient evidence for our audit
professional skepticism and opinion
utilize audit team with industry
expertise
Improper revenue recognition Confirmation or validation of Procedures identified provided
due to fraud certain revenues supplemented sufficient evidence for our audit
with detailed predictive analytics opinion
based on non-financial data and
substantive testing of related
receivables
Other areas of emphasis
We also focused on other areas that did not meet the definition of a significant risk, but were determined
to require specific awareness and a unique audit response.
Other areas of emphasis
Cash and investments Revenues and receivables General disbursements
Payroll Pension and OPEB Long-term debt
liabilities
Capital assets including Net position calculations Financial reporting and required
infrastructure disclosures
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Internal control matters
We considered the Utility’s internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing our audit
procedures for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the financial statements. We are not expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Utility’s internal control.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the preceding paragraph
and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or
significant deficiencies and, therefore, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist that were
not identified.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or
detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis.
A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be
prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. We did not identify any deficiencies in internal
control that we consider to be material weaknesses.
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Required communications
Qualitative aspect of accounting practices
• Accounting policies: Management is responsible for the selection and use of appropriate accounting
policies. In accordance with the terms of our engagement letter, we have advised management about
the appropriateness of accounting policies and their application. The significant accounting policies
used by Utility are described in Note 1 to the financial statements. No new accounting policies were
adopted and the application of existing accounting policies was not changed during 2024. We noted
no transactions entered into by the Utility during the year for which accounting policies are
controversial or for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus or diversity in
practice.
• Accounting estimates: Accounting estimates, including fair value estimates, are an integral part of the
financial statements prepared by management and are based on management's knowledge and
experience about past and current events and assumptions about future events. Certain accounting
estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to the financial statements, the
degree of subjectivity involved in their development and because of the possibility that future events
affecting them may differ significantly from those expected. The following estimates are of most
significance to the financial statements:
Management’s process to Baker Tilly’s conclusions
Estimate determine regarding reasonableness
Depreciation Evaluate estimated useful life Reasonable in relation to the
of the asset and original financial statements as a whole
acquisition value
Net pension liability Evaluation of information Reasonable in relation to the
(asset) and related provided by the Wisconsin financial statements as a whole
deferrals Retirement System
Unbilled Revenue Evaluation of usage and days Reasonable in relation to the
until next cycle in conjunction financial statements as a whole
with approved billing rates
There have been no significant changes made by management to either the processes used to
develop the particularly sensitive accounting estimates, or to the significant assumptions used to
develop the estimates noted above.
• Financial statement disclosures: The disclosures in the financial statements are neutral, consistent
and clear.
Significant unusual transactions
There have been no significant transactions that are outside the normal course of business for the Utility
or that otherwise appear to be unusual due to their timing, size or nature.
Significant difficulties encountered during the audit
We encountered no significant difficulties in dealing with management and completing our audit.
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Disagreements with management
Professional standards define a disagreement with management as a matter, whether or not resolved to
our satisfaction, concerning a financial accounting, reporting, or auditing matter that could be significant to
the financial statements or the auditors' report. We are pleased to report that no such disagreements
arose during the course of our audit.
Audit report
There have been no departures from the auditors’ standard report.
Uncorrected misstatements and corrected misstatements
Professional standards require us to accumulate all known and likely misstatements identified during the
audit, other than those that are trivial, and communicate them to the appropriate level of management.
There were no misstatements identified.
Other audit findings or issues
We encountered no other audit findings or issues that require communication at this time.
We generally discuss a variety of matters, including the application of accounting principles and auditing
standards, with management each year prior to retention as the Utility’s auditors. However, these
discussions occurred in the normal course of our professional relationship and our responses were not a
condition to our retention.
Other information in documents containing audited basic financial statements
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
The Utility’s audited financial statements will be included in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
(ACFR). Our responsibility for this information does not extend beyond the financial information identified
in the audit report, and we are not required to perform any procedures to corroborate such other
information. We have read the ACFR to determine whether a material inconsistency exists between the
other information and the financial statements. Nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe
that such information, or its manner of presentation, was materially inconsistent with the information, or
manner of its presentation, in the financial statements.
Official statements
The Utility’s audited financial statements are “general purpose” financial statements. General purpose
financial statements consist of the basic financial statements that can be used by a broad group of people
for a broad range of activities. Once we have issued our audit report, we have no further obligation to
update our report for events occurring subsequent to the date of our report. The Utility can use the
audited financial statements in other client prepare documents, such as official statements related to the
issuance of debt, without our acknowledgement. Unless we have been engaged to perform services in
connection with any subsequent transaction requiring the inclusion of our audit report, as well as to issue
an auditor’s acknowledgment letter, we have neither read the document nor performed subsequent event
procedures in order to determine whether or not our report remains appropriate.
Management’s consultations with other accountants
In some cases, management may decide to consult with other accountants about auditing and accounting
matters. Management informed us that, and to our knowledge, there were no consultations with other
accountants regarding auditing or accounting matters.
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Written communications between management and Baker Tilly
The attachments include copies of other material written communications, including a copy of the
management representation letter.
Compliance with laws and regulations
We did not identify any non-compliance with laws and regulations during our audit.
Fraud
We did not identify any known or suspected fraud during our audit.
Going concern
Pursuant to professional standards, we are required to communicate to you, when applicable, certain
matters relating to our evaluation of the Utility’s to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of
time but no less than 12 months from the date of the financial statements, including the effects on the
financial statements and the adequacy of the related disclosures, and the effects on the auditor's report.
No such matters or conditions have come to our attention during our engagement.
Independence
We are not aware of any relationships between Baker Tilly and the Utility that, in our professional
judgment, may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence.
Related parties
We did not have any significant findings or issues arise during the audit in connection with the Utility’s
related parties.
Other matters
We applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information (RSI) that supplements
the basic financial statements. Our procedures consisted of inquiries of management regarding the
methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s
responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our
audit of the basic financial statements. We did not audit the RSI and do not express an opinion or provide
any assurance on the RSI.
We were engaged to report on the supplementary information which accompanies the financial
statements but is not RSI. With respect to the supplementary information, we made certain inquiries of
management and evaluated the form, content, and methods of preparing the information to determine
that the information complies with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America or the modified cash basis of accounting, the method of preparing it has not changed from the
prior period, and the information is appropriate and complete in relation to our audit of the financial
statements. We compared and reconciled the supplementary information to the underlying accounting
records used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves.
We were not engaged to report on the other information, which accompanies the financial statements but
are not RSI. We did not audit or perform other procedures on this other information, and we do not
express an opinion or provide any assurance on it.
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Nonattest services
The following nonattest services were provided by Baker Tilly:
• Financial statement preparation
• IRA consulting services
None of these nonattest services constitute an audit under generally accepted auditing standards,
including Government Auditing Standards.
*Non-attest services are provided by Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP.
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Audit committee resources
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Management representation letter
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Client service team
Jodi Dobson, CPA
Principal
4807 Innovate Lane
Madison, WI 53718
United States
T +1 (608) 240 2469 | Madison
jodi.dobson@bakertilly.com
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Director
4807 Innovate Lane
Madison, WI 53718
United States
T +1 (608) 240 2606 | Madison
ryan.odonnell@bakertilly.com
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Accounting changes relevant to Green Bay
Water Utility
Future accounting standards update
GASB Potentially
Statement impacts
Number Description you Effective date
102 Certain Risk Disclosures 12/31/25
103 Financial Reporting Model Improvements 12/31/26
104 Disclosure of Certain Capital Assets 12/31/26
Further information on upcoming GASB pronouncements.
New guidance on disclosure of certain risks
The requirements in GASB Statement No. 102, Certain Risk Disclosures is meant to provide financial
statement users with information about certain risks when circumstances make a government vulnerable
to a heightened possibility of loss or harm. It requires governments to disclose essential information about
risks related to vulnerabilities due to certain concentrations or constraints.
(a) The Statement defines a concentration as a lack of diversity related to an aspect of a significant
inflow or outflow of resources—for example, a small number of companies that represent a
majority of employment in a government’s jurisdiction, or a government that relies on one
revenue source for most of its revenue.
(b) The Statement defines a constraint as a limitation imposed on a government by an external
party or by formal action of the government’s highest level of decision-making authority—such
as a voter-approved property tax cap or a state-imposed debt limit.
Concentrations and constraints may limit a government’s ability to acquire resources or control spending.
The Statement generally requires a government to disclose information about a concentration or
constraint if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The concentration or constraint is known to the government prior to issuing the financial
statements.
(b) The concentration or constraint makes the government vulnerable to the risk of a substantial
impact.
(c) An event or events associated with the concentration or constraint that could cause a substantial
impact have occurred, have begun to occur, or are more likely than not to begin to occur within
12 months of the date the financial statements are issued.
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The disclosures should include a description of the following:
• The concentration or constraint,
• Each event associated with the concentration or constraint that could cause a substantial impact
if the event has occurred or has begun to occur prior to the issuance of the financial statements,
and
• Actions taken by the government to mitigate the risk prior to the issuance of the financial
statements.
Changes to the financial reporting model
GASB Statement 103, Financial Reporting Model Improvements, builds on Statement 34 by providing key
targeted improvements to the financial reporting model. Its requirements are designed to:
• Enhance the effectiveness of governmental financial reports in providing information essential for
decision making and assessing a government’s accountability, and
• Address certain application issues.
The targeted improvements contained in Statement 103 establish or modify existing accounting and
financial reporting requirements related to:
• Management’s discussion and analysis - While the overall requirements do not substantially
change management’s discussion and analysis, the modifications are meant to improve the
analysis included in this section and provide details about the items that should be discussed as
currently known facts, decisions, or conditions expected to have a significant financial effect in the
subsequent period.
• Unusual or infrequent items (previously known as extraordinary and special items) - The new
Statement simplifies GASB literature by eliminating the separate presentation of extraordinary
and special items. Under the requirement of Statement 103, applicable items will either be
identified as unusual or infrequent, or both.
• Presentation of the proprietary fund statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in fund net
position - The changes are designed to improve consistency around the classification of items in
these statements by better defining what should be included in operating revenues and expenses
and nonoperating revenues and expenses including, for example, the addition of subsidies
received or provided as a new category of nonoperating revenues and expenses.
• Major component unit information, and Budgetary comparison information - Statement 103 is
designed to improve the consistency of the reporting of major component unit information and
budgetary comparison information by specifying required placement of that information.
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Two-way audit communications
As part of our audit of your financial statements, we are providing communications to you throughout the
audit process. Auditing requirements provide for two-way communication and are important in assisting
the auditor and you with more information relevant to the audit.
As this past audit is concluded, we use what we have learned to begin the planning process for next
year’s audit. It is important that you understand the following points about the scope and timing of our
next audit:
a. We address the significant risks of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, through
our detailed audit procedures.
b. We will obtain an understanding of the five components of internal control sufficient to assess the
risk of material misstatement of the financial statements whether due to error or fraud, and to
design the nature, timing and extent of further audit procedures. We will obtain a sufficient
understanding by performing risk assessment procedures to evaluate the design of controls
relevant to an audit of financial statements and to determine whether they have been
implemented. We will use such knowledge to:
• Identify types of potential misstatements.
• Consider factors that affect the risks of material misstatement.
• Design tests of controls, when applicable, and substantive procedures.
c. We will not express an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting or
compliance with laws, regulations and provisions of contracts or grant programs.
d. The concept of materiality recognizes that some matters, either individually or in the aggregate,
are important for fair presentation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles while other matters are not important. In performing the audit, we are
concerned with matters that, either individually or in the aggregate, could be material to the
financial statements. Our responsibility is to plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance that material misstatements, whether caused by errors or fraud, are detected.
Our audit will be performed in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States
of America.
We are very interested in your views regarding certain matters. Those matters are listed here:
a. We typically will communicate with your top level of management unless you tell us otherwise.
b. We understand that the governing board has the responsibility to oversee the strategic direction
of your organization, as well as the overall accountability of the entity. Management has the
responsibility for achieving the objectives of the entity.
c. We need to know your views about your organization’s objectives and strategies, and the related
business risks that may result in material misstatements.
d. We anticipate that the Utility will receive an unmodified opinion on its financial statements.
e. Which matters do you consider warrant particular attention during the audit, and are there any
areas where you request additional procedures to be undertaken?
f. Have you had any significant communications with regulators or grantor agencies?
g. Are there other matters that you believe are relevant to the audit of the financial statements?
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Also, is there anything that we need to know about the attitudes, awareness and actions of the governing
body concerning:
a. The entity’s internal control and its importance in the entity, including how those charged with
governance oversee the effectiveness of internal control?
b. The detection or the possibility of fraud?
We also need to know if you have taken actions in response to developments in financial reporting, laws,
accounting standards, governance practices, or other related matters, or in response to previous
communications with us.
With regard to the timing of our audit, here is some general information. If necessary, we may do
preliminary financial audit work during the months of October-December, and sometimes early in January.
Our final financial fieldwork is scheduled during March/April to best coincide with your readiness and
report deadlines. After fieldwork, we wrap up our financial audit procedures at our office and may issue
drafts of our report for your review. Final copies of our report and other communications are issued after
approval by your staff. This is typically 6-12 weeks after final fieldwork, but may vary depending on a
number of factors.
Keep in mind that while this communication may assist us with planning the scope and timing of the audit,
it does not change the auditor’s sole responsibility to determine the overall audit strategy and the audit
plan, including the nature, timing and extent of procedures necessary to obtain sufficient appropriate audit
evidence.
We realize that you may have questions on what this all means, or wish to provide other feedback. We
welcome the opportunity to hear from you.
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ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE
FINANCIAL REPORT
INCLUDING AUDITORS’ REPORT
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023
GREEN BAY WATER UTILITY
A Departmental Unit of the
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
GREEN BAY WATER UTILITY
A Departmental Unit of the
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023
Prepared by:
Stephanie R. Rogers, CPA, Business Manager
Colleen C. Callahan, Accountant
THE MISSION OF THE GREEN BAY WATER UTILITY IS
TO PROVIDE A RELIABLE, HIGH-QUALITY
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
WITH EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND VALUE.
WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 31, 2024
INTRODUCTORY SECTION
A Message from the Utility General Manager 1
Letter of Transmittal 2-5
Certificate of Achievement 6
Table of Organization 7
Principal Officials 8
FINANCIAL SECTION
Independent Auditors’ Report 9 - 11
Required Supplementary Information
Management’s Discussion and Analysis (Unaudited) 12 - 17
Financial Statements
Statement of Net Position 18 - 19
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position 20
Statement of Cash Flows 21
Notes to Basic Financial Statements 22 - 42
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Schedule of Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability (Asset) –
Wisconsin Retirement System 43
Schedule of Contributions - Wisconsin Retirement System 43
Notes to Required Supplementary Information 43
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Operating Revenues and Expenses 44
Schedule of Operating Expenses by Function and Object 45 - 46
Capital Assets 47
Accumulated Depreciation 48 - 49
Bond Interest and Redemption Requirements –
Waterworks Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2014 50
Waterworks Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2019 51
Waterworks Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2021 52
STATISTICAL SECTION
Statistical Section Narrative 53
Changes in Net Position – Last Ten Years 54
Operating Revenues by Source – Last Ten Years 55
Operating Expenses by Object – Last Ten Years 56
Nonoperating Revenues and Expenses – Last Ten Years 57
Capital Contributions by Source – Last Ten Years 58
Net Position by Component – Last Ten Years 59
Return on Rate Base – Last Ten Years 60
WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 31, 2024
Revenue Bond Coverage and Debt Ratios – Last Ten Years 61
Annual Water Pumpage 62
Monthly Water Pumpage 63
Water Produced and Consumed – Last Ten Years 64
Water Rates – Last Ten Years 65
Analysis of Operating Revenue 66
Usage Schedule of Current Twelve Largest Customers 67
Revenue Schedule of Twelve Largest Customers – Last Ten Years 68
Twelve Largest Consumers – Current Year and Nine Years Ago 69
Number of Customers by Type – Last Ten Years 70
Residential Customer Analysis 71
Demographic and Economic Statistics – Last Ten Years 72
Ten Largest Metropolitan Area Private Employers –
Current Year and Nine Years Ago 73
Classification of Meters 74
Wells, Reservoirs and Elevated Tanks 75
Utility Plant in Service at Year End – Last Ten Years 76
Supply Mains in Service 77
Distribution and Transmission Mains in Service 78
Water Services (Laterals) 79
Water Services (Laterals) – Last Ten Years 80
Operating and Capital Indicators – Last Ten Years 81
Water Main Leaks by Month 82
Water Rates in Effect on October 18, 1887 83
INTRODUCTORY SECTION
GREEN BAY WATER
631 S. Adams Street
Green Bay, WI 54301
(920) 448-3480
May 20, 2024
A Message from the General Manager
I am pleased to present Green Bay Water Utility's 2024 achievements, a year marked by our
dedication to innovation, reliability, and our team. Our team tirelessly ensures our community's access
to water throughout the year. We know our role goes beyond water provision - we deliver a vital life
necessity, contributing to safety, economic vitality, and touching daily lives in Green Bay. We sold
6.19 billion gallons of water and earned a little more than $26 million from water sales that directly
finance our operations.
In 2024, we conducted high-velocity flushing and satellite leak detection of our distribution system for
the sixth time, detecting and repairing twenty-one leaks. The Utility replaced or rehabilitated about 4.2
miles of water main infrastructure during the year.
Significant advancements were made in ensuring the safety and reliability of our water supply. 125
private galvanized services previously linked to lead were replaced with grant funding from the DNR.
We began a new partnership with the Village of Pulaski, which will source its wholesale drinking water
from us in 2026.
Our fiscal responsibility was affirmed by receiving the Government Finance Officers Association
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 30th year in a row for our 2023
annual financial statements. Alongside our operational focus, we maintained our commitment to
community engagement and access to water for all.
In terms of public safety, we ensured water availability at the required pressure and flow rate at every
fire hydrant, underscoring our dedication to this vital responsibility.
Indeed, 2024 was a successful year for Green Bay Water Utility. I extend heartfelt thanks to the Water
Commission, Mayor, Common Council, and all those whose contributions were invaluable to our
progress.
As we look ahead, we promise to continue delivering top-quality drinking water and unrivaled
customer service. We are more than a utility - we are a key component of the community we serve.
Very Sincerely,
Brian Powell, P.E.
General Manager
Green Bay Water
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GREEN BAY WATER
631 S. Adams Street
Green Bay, WI 54301
(920) 448-3480
Letter of Transmittal
June 3, 2025
To the Board of Waterworks Commissioners and Utility Customers:
FORMAL TRANSMITTAL OF THE ANNUAL included in the statistical section of this report. In
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT 1894, the group of Connecticut promoters who
established the original company sold out to local
The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of investors after having operated the system for
the Green Bay Water Utility for the year ended about eight years. The original private company
December 31, 2024, is hereby submitted. This began operations with three wells, 12 miles of
report was prepared by the Utility’s Business water mains, a pump house with reservoirs and a
Manager. Responsibility for both the accuracy of 12-inch river-crossing main to the west side of the
the presented data, and the completeness and Fox River to supply the community of Fort Howard.
fairness of the presentation, including all When the company sold eight years later to local
disclosures, rests with the Utility. To the best of my investors, it had grown to include 29 miles of
knowledge and belief, the enclosed data is mains.
accurate in all material respects and is reported in
a manner designed to present fairly the financial Early records were not required, but a 1909
position, results of operations, and cash flows of Railroad Commission report lists the locally owned
the Utility. All disclosures necessary to enable the system as having 43.1 miles of main and 4,002
reader to gain an understanding of the Utility’s customers, mostly residential. Industrial and
financial activities have been included. This letter commercial users at this early date generally had
of transmittal is designed to complement the their own wells.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD & A)
and should be read in conjunction with it. The In 1910, talk began about a municipal owned
Green Bay Water Utility’s MD & A can be found department, and a referendum overwhelmingly
immediately following the report of the carried, only to have the efforts die there. The price
independent auditors. of $500,000 was rejected by the City Council due
to the fact that the amount being considered at that
The Utility is a departmental unit of the City of time represented a “staggering” sum. World War I
Green Bay, Wisconsin, and its financial statements came and went, and the issue resurfaced in 1920.
are included in the City’s financial statements as A new referendum was passed, and the system
an enterprise fund referred to as the Water Utility. was purchased on November 12, 1920, by the City
of Green Bay for $975,000.
PROFILE OF THE WATER UTILITY
Since inception in 1886, Green Bay had boasted
The Green Bay Water Utility, along with its about its pure and abundant water, brought up
predecessor (a privately owned company), has from deep artesian wells. But growth in population
been in business for 138 years. The private and commercial and industrial activities began to
commercial venture was begun in 1886 by a show a strain on the supply. In 1930, the average
syndicate of New Englanders and operated under daily per capita consumption was between 40 and
franchises granted by both then-existing Green 50 gallons; by 1957, this had mushroomed to
Bay and Fort Howard communities. A listing of the nearly 200 gallons.
water rates in force as of October 18, 1887, is
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In addition, the water level, which in 1935 was a The city has a current estimated population of
mere 95 feet below ground surface, had dropped 106,962. Since 1960, through annexation and
to 350 feet. The natural reservoir of water could not consolidation, the City of Green Bay has grown
be replenished as fast as city needs were growing. physically from 15.5 square miles to a present area
covering approximately 46 square miles. The
By 1952, it was evident that some new source had City’s population density of approximately 2,325
to be found. Deep, pure, dark blue Lake Michigan people per square mile indicates there is ample
was nearby and an attractive source. After meeting land for future growth and development.
with some opposition, work on the $10 million
facility began in 1956. In August of 1957, The 2024 City of Green Bay Capital Improvement
construction was completed, and on August 10, Program (CIP) initiated the replacement or
1957, the “new” water streamed and bubbled to rehabilitation of about 4.2 miles of existing
customers. In November of 1964, the City of Green distribution water main infrastructure. The City’s
Bay annexed the Town of Preble, which had 3,516 Street Resurfacing Program accounted for 2.45
customers. By 1970, there were 23,000 miles of the water main that was replaced. The
customers, and to date, there are approximately City’s Street Reconstruction Program accounted
36,747. for 1.71 miles of the water main that was replaced.
The water is still being drawn from Lake Michigan, During 2023 & 2024, the Water Treatment Plant
27 miles to the east of Green Bay, just north of the started on the engineering for the installation of
City of Kewaunee. The maximum pumping new insertion mag meters into the transmission
capacity during that first year was approximately lines. This projected is expected to be completed
13 million gallons per day (MGD). Today, thanks in 2025.
to system upgrades, the maximum pumping and
treatment capacity has grown to approximately 42 In 2023, a $11,000,000 generator addition at the
MGD. lake station was started. Engineering of plans and
specifications was completed during 2024. This
The Utility’s retail service area currently is confined project is expected to be completed during 2025 -
to the City’s boundaries. Wholesale service to the 2026 due to the long lead times for some
Village of Ashwaubenon began in June 2006, to components.
the Town of Scott in October 2006, to the Village
of Hobart in May 2011 and to the Village of In 2024, a new phone system was installed. New
Wrightstown in June 2016. Construction and servers and security upgrades to enhance
maintenance of all Utility facilities and cybersecurity were also installed. Scada software
improvements are the responsibility of the Utility. upgrade was started in late 2024 and completed in
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin early 2025.
(PSCW) regulates the Utility’s operations pursuant
to Chapter 196 of the Wisconsin State Statutes. In 2024, the Operations section continued to use
Satellite Leak Detection to find 21 leaks which
INFORMATION USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE were repaired. The Water Utility saw a slight
WATER UTILITY’S FINANCIAL CONDITION decrease in the number of main breaks in 2024 as
in 2023. This was mainly due to the change in
The Utility’s retail service area, which is the City of weather throughout the year and our continued
Green Bay, is the third most populous city in maintenance of mains.
Wisconsin, and has continued to experience
substantial growth in population and tax base over Long-Term Financial Planning
the past decades.
Annually, the Water Utility Commission adopts a
The city has become one of the State’s non-appropriated operating budget and a five-year
predominant manufacturing areas, with particular capital budget. Both budgets are used as short and
emphasis on non-durable goods industries. A long-term financial plans in conjunction with the
listing of the 12 largest water consumers is Utility’s ten-year master plan to anticipate the
included in the statistical section of this report. needs for the current and subsequent years. In
2024, the master plan update was completed.
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Monthly analysis of anticipated rate of return and the Utility’s financial statements, is an assertion
comparison of budget to actual operating income that there have been no significant exceptions as
and expense is performed to control costs and to the accounting principles reflected in the
avoid potential deficits. financial statements, the consistency of
application of accounting principles, and the
Our strategic plan was updated during 2024. The adequacy of information disclosures in the
updated plan covers 2025-2027. financial statements.
Policies Impacting Financial Statements Management’s Discussion and Analysis
The Water Utility Commission adopted an The Governmental Accounting Standards Board
investment policy in 2004. Accordingly, available adopted standards which require a management
cash is invested in certificates of deposit, money discussion and analysis to be part of the basic
market accounts, the State investment pool, annual audited financial statements. For
commercial paper, U.S. Treasury securities, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the
savings accounts and interest-bearing checking year ended December 31, 2024, please refer to
accounts. To reduce risk, the Utility’s portfolio is the financial section in this report.
diversified by security type with maximum
allowable allocation by instrument and is further AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
restricted by a minimum credit quality rating for
each instrument. Certificate of Achievement
Internal Control The Government Finance Officers Association of
the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a
In developing and altering the Utility's accounting Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in
system, consideration is given to the adequacy of Financial Reporting to the Utility for its Annual
internal accounting controls. Internal accounting Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year
controls are designed to provide reasonable, but ended December 31, 2023. The Certificate of
not absolute, assurance regarding the Achievement is a prestigious national award,
safeguarding of assets against loss from recognizing conformance with the highest
unauthorized use or disposition and the reliability standards for preparation of state and local
of financial records for preparing financial government financial reports. In order to be
statements and maintaining accountability for awarded a Certificate of Achievement, a
assets. The concept of reasonable assurance government unit must publish an easily readable
recognizes that the cost of a control should not and efficiently organized Annual Comprehensive
exceed the benefits likely to be derived and the Financial Report, whose contents conform to
evaluation of costs and benefits requires estimates program standards. Such annual comprehensive
and judgments by management. All internal control financial reports must satisfy both generally
evaluations occur within the above framework. I accepted accounting principles and applicable
believe that the Utility's internal accounting legal requirements. A certificate of Achievement is
controls adequately safeguard assets and provide valid for a period of one year only.
reasonable assurance of proper recording of
financial transactions. The Utility’s Certificate of Achievement for
Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year
Independent Audit ended December 31, 2023, was the thirtieth
consecutive GFOA Certificate of Achievement
The current outstanding bond issues require an received. We believe our current report continues
annual audit by independent certified public to conform to the Certificate of Achievement
accountants. The Utility has retained Baker Tilly program requirements, and we are submitting it to
Certified Public Accountants, to perform an audit the GFOA.
of the Utility’s financial records. The Independent
Auditors’ Report on Financial Statements is Acknowledgements
included in the financial section of this report. The
unmodified opinion expressed by the auditor on Preparation of this report on a timely basis could
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not have been accomplished without the efficient
and dedicated services of the entire office staff of
the Utility. Appreciation also is extended to all
Utility department managers, employees and the
Utility’s independent auditors who contributed to its
contents. Further appreciation is extended to the
Water Utility Commissioners for their interest and
support in planning and conducting the financial
operations of the Utility in a responsible and
progressive manner.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephanie R. Rogers
Stephanie R. Rogers, CPA
Business Manager
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Government Finance Officers Association
Certificate of
Achievement
for Excellence
in Financial
Reporting
Presented to
Green Bay Water Utility
Wisconsin
For its Annual Comprehensive
Financial Report
For the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2023
Executive Director/CEO
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
TABLE OF ORGANIZATION
Water Commission
(7)
General Manager
(1)
Communications Director Executive Assistant
(1) (1)
Safety Coordinator
(.5)
Education & Outreach Coordinator HR Generalist
(1) (.5)
Operations Manager Water Quality Manager Business Manager
(1) (1) (1)
Distribution Supply Metering &
Engineering Filter Plant
Manager Maintenance IT Director Accountant Cross Connection Office Supervisor
Supervisor Lab Technician
(1) Manager (1) (1) Supervisor (1)
(1) (1)
(1) (1)
Distribution Pumping Customer
Distribution Project Filter Plant Operator Metering & Cross
Supervisor Mechanic/ Notification
Crew Leader Specialist (3) Connection Technician
(1) Electrician Specialist
(3) (1) (5)
(3) (1)
Distribution Distribution
Engineering Services Filter Plant Billing
Maintenance Maintenance
Technician Relief Operator Technician
Warehouse/Shop Operator
(1) (1) (2)
(1) (3)
Distribution Distribution Filter Plant Billing & Records
Distribution Engineering Coordinator
Maintenance Technician
Technician Technician (1)
Person (2)
(1) (1)
(8)
Billing & Records
Distribution Specialist
Lead Locator GIS Specialist (1)
Maintenance
(1) (1)
Assistant
(1)
Billing Assistant
(3.7)
Locator
(1)
Metering & Cross
Connection
Equipment Control Specialist
Maintenance (1)
Coordinator
(1)
Equipment
Maintenance
Technician
(1)
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS
BOARD OF WATERWORKS COMMISSIONERS
Years of Term
Service Expires
President John Heugel 12 2027
Vice President Jamie Wall 5 2030
Secretary Thomas Karman 4 2026
Commissioner Allen Farvour 2 2025
Commissioner Jacque Boyle 4 2028
Commissioner Elizabeth Wheat 5 2029
Commissioner Lynn Gerlach 1 2031
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
Alderman Bill Morgan William J. Vande Castle
UTILITY MANAGEMENT STAFF
Years Years
in This Employed
Position by Utility
General Manager Brian Powell, P.E. 1 22
Business Manager Stephanie Rogers, CPA 7 7
Operations Manager Doug Martin, P.E. 1 1
Supply Maintenance Manager Jonathan Peters 2 6
Water Quality Manager Russell Hardwick 24 29
Distribution Maintenance Manager Vacant - -
Engineering Supervisor Kristin Romanowicz, P.E. 7 7
Communications Director Andrea Hay 6 6
Office Supervisor Kim Couillard 7 27
Metering and Cross Connection Supervisor Marc McGovern 2 26
Distribution Supervisor Brenda Bornfleth 7 31
IT Director Kevin Brunner 25 25
Accountant Colleen Callahan 1 1
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Baker Tilly US, LLP
BOND COUNCIL FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS
Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wisconsin Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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FINANCIAL SECTION
Independent Auditors' Report
To the Board of Commissioners of
Green Bay Water Utility
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of the Green Bay Water Utility (Utility), an enterprise fund of the City
of Green Bay, Wisconsin, as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related notes
to the financial statements, as listed in the table of contents.
In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Utility as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the changes in financial
position and cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors'
Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be
independent of the Utility and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical
requirements relating to our audits. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Emphasis of Matter
As discussed in Note 1, the financial statements present only the Utility and do not purport to, and do not,
present fairly the financial position of the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin as of December 31, 2024, and 2023,
and the changes in financial position or cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this
matter.
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; and for the design,
implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial
statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are members of the global network of Baker Tilly
International Ltd., the members of which are separate and independent legal entities. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed CPA firm that
provides assurance services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and consulting services
to their clients and are not licensed CPA firms.
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Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors' report that includes
our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore
is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material
misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher
than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,
misrepresentations or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a
substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a
reasonable user based on the financial statements.
In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, we:
Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such
procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Utility’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is
expressed.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall
presentation of the financial statements.
We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the
planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings and certain internal control-related matters that
we identified during the audit.
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the required
supplementary information, as listed in the table of contents be presented to supplement the financial
statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and, although not a part of the financial
statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who considers it to be an essential
part of financial reporting for placing the financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic or
historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of
inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for
consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the financial statements, and other knowledge we
obtained during our audit of the financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance
on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an
opinion or provide any assurance.
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Supplementary Information
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements as a whole. The
accompanying supplementary information as listed in the table of contents is presented for purposes of
additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements. Such information is the
responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and
other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional procedures, including
comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to
prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures
in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion,
the supplementary information is fairly stated in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements
as a whole.
Other Information
Management is responsible for the other information included in the annual comprehensive financial report.
The introductory section and the statistical section comprises the other information included in the annual
comprehensive financial report but does not include the financial statements and our auditors' report
thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information, and we do not
express an opinion or any form of assurance thereon.
In connection with our audits of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information
and consider whether a material inconsistency exists between the other information and the financial
statements, or the other information otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work
performed, we conclude that an uncorrected material misstatement of the other information exists, we are
required to describe it in our report.
Madison, Wisconsin
May 19, 2025
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
As management of Green Bay Water Utility, we offer readers of the financial statements this
narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities for the year ended December 31, 2024.
FUND STRUCTURE
The Water Utility is a business type activity. As such, it records its transactions based on the flow of
economic resources.
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS SUMMARY
Total operating and non-operating revenues (including capital contributions) were $28.44 million in
2024 and expenses were $22.77 million. The Utility’s net position increased by $5.67 million in 2024
to $137.9 million. The increase was mainly due to the increase in water rates and interest income.
The $11.1 million of unrestricted net position has been set aside to mitigate against the possibility of
future water rate increases. Restricted net position and net position invested in property, plant and
equipment were $7 million and $120 million, respectively.
COMPARISON TO PRIOR FISCAL YEARS
Water sales for 2024 were 6.20 billion gallons compared to 6.46 billion gallons in 2023 and 6.53
billion gallons in 2022. A 15% rate increase went into effect on 8/1/24. No major customers were
added or removed in 2024 or 2023.
Interest income increased again in 2024. The average yield for 2024 was 5.33% compared to
4.30% for 2023 and 2.35% for 2022. The average investment balance stayed consistent with $6.3
million in 2024 and $6.3 million in 2023. The average investment balance was $6.9 million in 2022.
Investments decreased in the from 2022 to 2023 due to the spend down of bond funds.
Utility operating expenses remained basically the same in 2024 compared to 2023. The Utility
added $7.8 million in capital assets in 2024. Primarily, these capital assets consisted of water
distribution mains, services, hydrants, meters and technology enhancements. Utility operating
expenses increased in 2023 compared to 2022 due to increased maintenance in the treatment,
pumping and distribution departments. The Utility added $6.3 million in capital assets in 2023.
Primarily, these capital assets consisted of water supply and distribution mains, services, hydrants,
and meters.
The bond interest expense decreased in 2024 compared to 2023 due to the interest costs
decreasing as principal decreases. The decrease in bond interest expense in 2023 compared to
2022 was due to the interest costs decreasing as principal decreases.
The net position of the Utility increased by $5.67 million in 2024. Overall, the net position of the
Utility increased by $4.81 million in 2023.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
Revenues and Expenses Year Ending Year Ending Increase %
Year-to-Year Comparison Dec. 31, 2024 Dec. 31, 2023 (Decrease) Change
Operating Revenues:
Operating revenue:
Residential $7,964,246 $7,571,542 $392,704 5.19%
Commercial 3,960,734 3,706,899 253,835 6.85%
Industrial 6,633,525 6,524,612 108,913 1.67%
Wholesale 3,834,326 3,784,436 49,890 1.32%
Public fire protection 1,465,637 1,386,083 79,554 5.74%
All other 2,632,060 2,584,411 47,649 1.84%
Total operating revenue 26,490,528 25,557,983 932,545 3.65%
Operating Expenses:
Operating expenses 19,213,786 19,138,729 75,057 0.39%
Operating Income 7,276,742 6,419,254 857,488 13.36%
Nonoperating Revenues and Expenses:
Interest income 1,053,356 1,012,478 40,878 4.04%
All other revenues 359,356 334,308 25,048 7.49%
Interest expense (1,270,377) (1,381,761) 111,384 -8.06%
Amortization 361,964 319,300 42,664 13.36%
Excess before contributions 7,781,041 6,703,579 1,077,462 16.07%
Capital Contributions 175,194 491,546 (316,352) -64.36%
Transfers out - tax equivalent (2,281,794) (2,385,127) 103,333 -4.33%
Change in net position 5,674,441 4,809,998 864,443 17.97%
Net position – beginning of year 132,212,739 127,402,741 4,809,998 3.78%
Net position – end of year $137,887,180 $132,212,739 $5,674,441 4.29%
Revenues and Expenses Year Ending Year Ending Increase %
Year-to-Year Comparison Dec. 31, 2023 Dec. 31, 2022 (Decrease) Change
Operating Revenues:
Operating revenue:
Residential $7,571,542 $7,377,404 $194,138 2.63%
Commercial 3,706,899 3,734,487 (27,588) -0.74%
Industrial 6,524,612 6,624,403 (99,791) -1.51%
Wholesale 3,784,436 3,904,051 (119,615) -3.06%
Public fire protection 1,386,083 1,377,884 8,199 0.60%
All other 2,584,411 2,432,607 151,804 6.24%
Total operating revenue 25,557,983 25,450,836 107,147 0.42%
Operating Expenses:
Operating expenses 19,138,729 17,501,204 1,637,525 9.36%
Operating Income 6,419,254 7,949,632 (1,530,378) -19.25%
Nonoperating Revenues and Expenses:
Interest income 1,012,478 27,875 984,603 3532.21%
All other revenues 334,308 315,806 18,502 5.86%
Interest expense (1,381,761) (1,484,542) 102,781 -6.92%
Amortization 319,300 281,104 38,196 13.59%
Excess before contributions 6,703,579 7,089,875 (386,296) -5.45%
Capital Contributions 491,546 279,528 212,018 75.85%
Transfers out - tax equivalent (2,385,127) (2,367,148) (17,979) 0.76%
Change in net position 4,809,998 5,002,255 (192,257) -3.84%
Net position – beginning of year 127,402,741 122,400,486 5,002,255 4.09%
Net position – end of year $132,212,739 $127,402,741 $4,809,998 3.78%
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
Summary of Net Position December 31, December 31, Increase
Year-to-Year Comparison 2024 2023 (Decrease)
Assets:
Cash and investments $17,140,630 $19,366,599 ($2,225,969)
Receivables 12,531,105 11,075,640 1,455,465
Other assets 4,657,951 2,199,867 2,458,084
Net property, plant and equipment 152,511,548 150,436,932 2,074,616
Total Assets 186,841,234 183,079,038 3,762,196
Deferred Outflows of Resources:
Deferred outflows 3,626,731 5,337,331 (1,710,600)
Liabilities:
Payables 11,168,352 10,835,263 333,089
Accrued interest 195,571 215,021 (19,450)
Accrued taxes 2,281,794 2,385,127 (103,333)
Other liabilities – current 620,910 533,486 87,424
Other liabilities – long-term 282,513 201,769 80,744
Net pension liability 389,100 1,390,540 (1,001,440)
Bonds payable – current 3,910,000 4,415,000 (505,000)
Bonds payable – long-term 28,971,404 33,319,960 (4,348,556)
Total Liabilities 47,819,644 53,296,166 (5,476,522)
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Deferred inflows 4,761,441 2,907,464 1,853,977
Net Position:
Net investment in capital assets 119,773,155 112,921,575 6,851,580
Restricted for debt retirement 6,962,589 7,487,563 (524,974)
Restricted for private service replacement 41,699 4,550 37,149
Unrestricted 11,109,737 11,799,051 (689,314)
Total Net Position $137,887,180 $132,212,739 $5,674,441
Summary of Net Position December 31, December 31, Increase
Year-to-Year Comparison 2023 2022 (Decrease)
Assets:
Cash and investments $19,366,599 $17,423,416 $1,943,183
Receivables 11,075,640 10,936,547 139,093
Other assets 2,199,867 4,543,144 (2,343,277)
Net property, plant and equipment 150,436,932 150,117,416 319,516
Total Assets 183,079,038 183,020,523 58,515
Deferred Outflows of Resources:
Deferred outflows 5,337,331 4,512,402 824,929
Liabilities:
Payables 10,835,263 9,214,892 1,620,371
Accrued interest 215,021 233,348 (18,327)
Accrued taxes 2,385,127 2,367,148 17,979
Other liabilities – current 533,486 542,199 (8,713)
Other liabilities – long-term 201,769 230,459 (28,690)
Net pension liability 1,390,540 - 1,390,540
Bonds payable – current 4,415,000 4,305,000 110,000
Bonds payable – long-term 33,319,960 38,173,516 (4,853,556)
Total Liabilities 53,296,166 55,066,562 (1,770,396)
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Deferred inflows related to pension 2,907,464 5,063,622 (2,156,158)
Net Position:
Net investment in capital assets 112,921,575 107,978,115 4,943,460
Restricted for debt retirement 7,487,563 7,188,510 299,053
Restricted for private service replacement 4,550 54,632 (50,082)
Restricted for net pension asset - 2,127,002 (2,127,002)
Unrestricted 11,799,051 10,054,482 1,744,569
Total Net Position $132,212,739 $127,402,741 $4,809,998
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
CAPITAL ASSETS CHANGES
The Utility’s total capital assets increased by $7.29 million in 2024 and $5.26 million in 2023. Of the
net 2024 increase, $6.67 million was for new water mains, services, hydrants, and meters. Of the
2023 increase, $5.02 million was for new water mains, services, hydrants, and meters. Total capital
assets in service before depreciation were $266.18 million and $258.89 million as of December 31,
2024, and 2023 respectively. Construction in progress cost was $825,626 as of December 31,
2024, and $198,941 as of December 31, 2023. All capital assets were funded by special
assessments, developer contributions, Department of Homeland Security grants, revenue bonds
and Utility funds. Additional information can be found in Note 2 in the basic financial statements.
Changes in Capital Assets December 31, December 31, Increase %
Year-to-Year Comparison 2024 2023 (Decrease) Change
Capital Investment
Land $524,689 $524,689 $0 0.0%
Buildings and improvements 30,165,993 29,971,368 194,625 0.6%
Improvements other than buildings 198,094,994 192,302,273 5,792,721 3.0%
Machinery and equipment 36,566,237 35,893,575 672,662 1.9%
Total in-service 265,351,913 258,691,905 6,660,008 2.6%
Construction in progress 825,626 198,941 626,685
Total Capital Assets $266,177,539 $258,890,846 $7,286,693 2.8%
Changes in Capital Assets December 31, December 31, Increase %
Year-to-Year Comparison 2023 2022 (Decrease) Change
Capital Investment
Land $524,689 $524,689 $0 0.0%
Buildings and improvements 29,971,368 29,955,261 16,107 0.1%
Improvements other than buildings 192,302,273 187,340,349 4,961,924 2.6%
Machinery and equipment 35,893,575 35,723,911 169,664 0.5%
Total in-service 258,691,905 253,544,210 5,147,695 2.0%
Construction in progress 198,941 90,374 108,567
Total Capital Assets $258,890,846 $253,634,584 $5,256,262 2.1%
DEBT ADMINISTRATION
All scheduled bond payments in 2024 and 2023 were made on time. Requirements of the revenue
bond ordinances have also been met, in full, as of December 31, 2024, and 2023. In November
2006, the Water Utility issued revenue bonds in the amount of $49,310,000. The proceeds of this
issue were used to refund a portion of the outstanding 2004 revenue bonds. In November 2014, the
Water Utility issued revenue bonds in the amount of $14,055,000. The proceeds of this issue were
used to refund the remaining outstanding portion of the 2004 revenue bonds. In October 2017,
revenue refunding bonds were issued in the amount of $15,730,000. The proceeds of this issue
were used to refund a portion of the 2006 and 2014 issues. In August 2019, revenue refunding
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
bonds were issued in the amount of $18,705,000 to refund the remaining outstanding portion of the
2006 revenue bonds. In March 2021, revenue bonds were issued in the amount of $7,080,000 for
the building project and for main maintenance. The revenue bond debt outstanding was $30.52
million and $34.93 million as of December 31, 2024, and 2023 respectively. In 2014, Moody’s
Investor Service improved the rating of the Utility’s revenue bonds from “Aa3” to “Aa2”. Additional
information can be found in Note 2 in the basic financial statements.
Changes in Outstanding Bonded Debt December 31, December 31, Increase %
Year-to-Year Comparison 2024 2023 (Decrease) Change
Debt Instrument
2014 Revenue bond $ 6,215,000 $ 7,090,000 $ (875,000)
2017 Revenue bond - 3,170,000 (3,170,000)
2019 Revenue bond 18,705,000 18,705,000 -
2021 Revenue bond 5,595,000 5,965,000 (370,000)
Total $30,515,000 $34,930,000 ($4,415,000) -12.6%
Changes in Outstanding Bonded Debt December 31, December 31, Increase %
Year-to-Year Comparison 2023 2022 (Decrease) Change
Debt Instrument
2014 Revenue bond $ 7,090,000 $ 7,940,000 $ (850,000)
2017 Revenue bond 3,170,000 6,265,000 (3,095,000)
2019 Revenue bond 18,705,000 18,705,000 -
2021 Revenue bond 5,965,000 6,325,000 (360,000)
Total $34,930,000 $39,235,000 ($4,305,000) -11.0%
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
The Utility is required to invest its funds in accordance with Section 66.0603 of the Wisconsin State
Statutes. These statutes authorize numerous types of depository and investment obligations for
municipal funds and including those utilized by the Utility. In addition, the Utility has adopted an
official investment policy which places additional limits on the amounts that can be invested in any
one issuer, the lengths of maturity and the eligible financial institutions based on their credit ratings.
The Utility’s cash and investment portfolio totaled $17.14million as of December 31, 2024, $19.37
million as of December 31, 2023, and $17.42 million as of December 31, 2022. It was earning a
weighted average of 5.33% as of December 31, 2024, 4.30% as of December 31, 2023, and 2.35%
as of December 31, 2022, based on original purchase price. These utility funds as of December 31,
2024, 2023 and 2022 were invested as follows:
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
Cash and Investment Type Dec. 31, 2024 Dec. 31, 2023 Dec. 31, 2022
Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool 0.68% 0.54% 0.61%
Negotiable certificates of deposit 0.00% 6.90% 2.71%
Municipal government bonds 4.08% 9.51% 16.64%
Corporate bonds 12.41% 9.07% 7.66%
U. S. Treasury 18.29% 10.42% 7.23%
Interest-bearing money market, checking &
savings accounts 64.54% 63.56% 65.15%
Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Annually, the Water Commission adopts a non-appropriated operating budget and a capital budget.
Both budgets are used as financial plans in conjunction with the Utility’s master plan to anticipate
the needs for the current and subsequent years. The Utility’s budget is integrated into the
accounting system. A monthly analysis of the anticipated rate of return and comparison of budget to
actual operating income and expense is performed to control costs and avoid potential deficits.
There are no restrictions, commitments, or other limitations that would significantly affect the
availability of fund resources for future use except those disclosed related to revenue bond
requirements.
Contacting the Water Utility’s Financial Management
This financial report is designed to provide Green Bay Water Utility’s customers, investors,
creditors, and other interested parties with a general overview of the Water Utility’s finances and to
demonstrate the Water Utility’s accountability of the money it receives. If you have any questions
regarding this report or need additional financial information, please contact the Water Utility’s
Business Manager.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Statement of Net Position
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Totals
2024 2023
ASSETS
Current assets
Unrestricted current assets
Cash and investments $ 10,018,303 $ 11,716,535
Receivables - customer accounts 12,489,406 11,071,090
Inventories 751,267 750,291
Prepaid items 48,039 31,356
Lease receivable - current 63,938 -
Total unrestricted current assets 23,370,953 23,569,272
Restricted current assets
Bond Redemption Fund
Cash and investments 847,633 952,580
Accrued interest 2,321 3,090
Total bond redemption fund 849,954 955,670
Private service replacement fund
Receivables - Grants 41,699 4,550
Total private service replacement fund 41,699 4,550
Total restricted current assets 891,653 960,220
Total current assets 24,262,606 24,529,492
Noncurrent assets
Restricted assets
Debt reserve fund
Cash and investments 6,274,694 6,697,484
Accrued interest 33,212 49,430
Total Restricted assets 6,307,906 6,746,914
Other assets
Construction grant to wholesale customers 348,150 379,800
Non-utility plant (net of amortization) 854,446 985,900
Lease receivable 2,556,578 -
Total other assets 3,759,174 1,365,700
Capital assets
Land 524,689 524,689
Building and improvements 30,165,993 29,971,368
Improvements other than buildings 198,094,994 192,302,273
Machinery and equipment 36,566,237 35,893,575
Construction in progress 825,626 198,941
Total capital assets 266,177,539 258,890,846
Less accumulated depreciation 113,665,991 108,453,914
Net capital assets 152,511,548 150,436,932
Total non current assets 162,578,628 158,549,546
TOTAL ASSETS 186,841,234 183,079,038
DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES
Unamortized loss on advance refunding 143,011 219,603
Pension related amounts 3,483,720 5,117,728
Total deferred outflows of resources 3,626,731 5,337,331
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Statement of Net Position
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Totals
2024 2023
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 1,272,532 $ 1,646,096
Sewer and storm water collections payable 9,895,820 9,189,167
Accrued payroll 307,993 244,266
Accrued compensated absences 312,917 289,220
Accrued taxes 2,281,794 2,385,127
Payable from restricted assets
Current portion of long-term debt 3,910,000 4,415,000
Accrued interest 195,271 215,021
Total current liabilities 18,176,327 18,383,897
Long-term obligations, less current portion
Revenue bonds, net of premiums/discounts 28,971,404 33,319,960
Compensated absences 282,513 201,769
Net pension liability 389,100 1,390,540
Total long-term liabilities 29,643,017 34,912,269
TOTAL LIABILITIES 47,819,344 53,296,166
DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES
Deferred Inflows - Leases 2,620,516 -
Pension related amounts 2,140,925 2,907,464
Total deferred inflows of resources 4,761,441 2,907,464
NET POSITION
Net investment in capital assets 119,773,155 112,921,575
Restricted for debt retirement 6,962,589 7,487,563
Restricted for private service replacement 41,699 4,550
Unrestricted 11,109,737 11,799,051
TOTAL NET POSITION $ 137,887,180 $ 132,212,739
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position
For the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
Totals
2024 2023
OPERATING REVENUES
Charges for services $ 24,547,861 $ 23,611,061
Other 1,942,667 1,946,922
Total operating revenues 26,490,528 25,557,983
OPERATING EXPENSES
Operation and maintenance 13,065,653 13,304,977
Depreciation 6,148,133 5,833,752
Total operating expenses 19,213,786 19,138,729
Operating income 7,276,742 6,419,254
NONOPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Interest income 1,053,356 1,012,478
Miscellaneous income 359,356 334,308
Interest and fiscal charges (1,270,377) (1,381,761)
Amortization of debt premium net of discounts 438,556 438,556
Amortization of loss on advance refundings (76,592) (119,256)
Privite service grant revenues 545,393 716,692
Privite service replacement expenses (545,393) (716,692)
Total nonoperating revenues (expenses) 504,299 284,325
Income before contributions and transfers 7,781,041 6,703,579
Capital contributions 175,194 491,546
Transfers out - tax equivalent (2,281,794) (2,385,127)
Change in net position 5,674,441 4,809,998
Net position - January 1 132,212,739 127,402,741
Net position - December 31 $ 137,887,180 $ 132,212,739
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
Totals
2024 2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Cash received from customers $ 25,426,838 $ 25,784,083
Cash paid for employee wages and benefits (6,201,409) (5,535,498)
Cash paid to suppliers (6,226,287) (5,360,099)
Net cash provided by operating activities 12,999,142 14,888,486
CASH FLOWS FROM NONCAPITAL FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Paid to city for tax equivalent (2,379,046) (2,367,317)
Net cash flows provided (used) by noncapital financing activities (2,379,046) (2,367,317)
CASH FLOWS FROM CAPITAL AND RELATED
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of capital assets (8,315,853) (6,009,633)
Sale of capital assets 38,975 63,222
Capital contributions received 66,367 72,247
Principal paid on long-term debt (4,415,000) (4,305,000)
Interest and issuance costs paid on long-term debt (1,290,127) (1,400,088)
Net cash flows provided (used) by capital and related
financing activities (13,915,638) (11,579,252)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from the maturity on investments 2,432,124 1,656,289
Purchase of investments (1,932,215) (2,079,006)
Interest received 995,739 1,001,266
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities 1,495,648 578,549
Change in cash and cash equivalents (1,799,894) 1,520,466
Cash and cash equivalents - January 1 12,979,716 11,459,250
Cash and cash equivalents - December 31 $ 11,179,822 $ 12,979,716
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING INCOME
TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Operating income $ 7,276,742 $ 6,419,254
Adjustments to reconcile operating income (loss) to net
cash provided (used) by operating activities
Depreciation 5,882,905 5,579,116
Depreciation charged to sewer utility 265,228 254,636
Depreciation allocated to other accounts 162,957 212,442
Amortization of non-utility plant 131,454 131,453
Miscellaneous other income 359,356 334,308
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivables (4,043,562) (108,208)
Inventories (976) 51,211
Prepaid items (16,683) 13,938
Accounts payable (373,564) 880,456
Accrued liabilities 868,740 702,681
Deferred inflow of resources 2,620,516 -
Pension related deferrals and liabilities (133,971) 417,199
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 12,999,142 $ 14,888,486
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to the statement of net position
Cash and investments in current assets $ 10,018,303 $ 11,716,535
Cash and investments in current restricted assets 847,633 952,580
Cash and investments in noncurrent restricted assets 6,274,694 6,697,484
Total cash and investments 17,140,630 19,366,599
Less: noncash equivalents in debt reserve fund (5,960,808) (6,386,883)
Total cash and cash equivalents $ 11,179,822 $ 12,979,716
Noncash capital and related financing activities
(Increase)/decrease in fair value of investments held at year end $ (73,835) $ (130,376)
Capital assets contributed by customers/developers 108,821 419,299
Amortization of premiums, discounts and loss on refundings, net 361,964 319,300
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements of the Green Bay Water Utility, City of Green Bay, Wisconsin (the “Utility”), have
been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP) as applied to government units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board
(GASB) is the accepted standard-setting body for establishing governmental accounting and financial
reporting principles. The significant accounting principles and policies utilized by the Utility are described
below:
A. REPORTING ENTITY
The Utility and the Board of Waterworks Commissioners (the Commission) were created by City of Green
Bay (the City) ordinance. The Commission provides nonpartisan management to the Utility pursuant to
Chapter 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes. The Commissioners are appointed to seven-year, non-concurrent
terms. The Utility encompasses all water supply and transmission operations within the City. The Utility is
a department of the City. In compliance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Statement No. 61, the Utility is presented as an enterprise fund in the City's Annual Comprehensive
Financial Report (annual report), which is available from the City's Finance Department at 100 North
Jefferson Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin or https://greenbaywi.gov/Archive.aspx?AMID=37
B. MEASUREMENT FOCUS AND BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The Utility accounts for its operations as an enterprise fund. Enterprise funds are used to account for
government operations that are financed and operated in a manner similar to private business with the
intent that the costs (expenses, including depreciation) of providing services to the general public be
financed primarily through user charges.
The Utility financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the
accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a
liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.
Enterprise funds distinguish operating revenues and expenses from nonoperating items. Operating
revenues and expenses generally result from providing services and producing and delivering goods in
connection with an Enterprise fund's principal ongoing operations. The principal operating revenues of the
Utility are charges to customers for services. Operating expenses include the costs of services,
administrative expenses, and depreciation on capital assets. All revenues and expenses not meeting this
definition are reported as nonoperating revenues and expenses.
The Utility is regulated by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) pursuant to Chapter 196
of the Wisconsin Statutes. The PSCW prescribes accounting policies under a uniform system of accounts
for municipal water utilities and approves their rates. These accounting practices are in substantial
agreement with generally accepted accounting principles as applicable to governmental enterprise funds
except for the recording of additional accumulated depreciation on contributed plant received prior to
calendar year 2003, recognition of pension and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) expense, and
classification of the tax equivalent on the Statement of Changes in Net Position. These PSCW-prescribed
accounting practices are not implemented for reporting purposes in this financial report.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
C. ASSETS, LIABILITIES, DEFERRED OUTFLOWS/INFLOWS OF RESOURCES, AND NET
POSITION
Cash and Investments
Cash and investments are combined in the financial statements. Cash deposits consist of demand and
time deposits with financial institutions and are carried at cost. Investments are stated at fair value. Fair
value is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date. For purposes of the statement of cash flows, all cash deposits and
highly liquid investments (including restricted assets) with a maturity of three months or less from date of
acquisition are considered to be cash equivalents.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at gross amounts with uncollectible amounts recognized under the
direct write-off method. No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been provided since the Utility has
the right under Wisconsin Statute 66.069 to place delinquent water bills on the tax roll for collection.
Inventories
Inventories are recorded at cost, which approximates market, using the weighted average method.
Inventories consist of expendable supplies held for consumption. The cost is recorded as an expense at
the time individual inventory items are consumed rather than when purchased.
Prepaid Items
Payments made to vendors that will benefit periods beyond the end of the current fiscal year are recorded
as prepaid items and are accounted for on the consumption method.
Restricted Assets
Certain proceeds from waterworks revenue bonds and Utility funds set aside for their repayment are
classified as restricted on the statement of net position because their use is limited by applicable bond
covenants. In addition, certain assets are restricted by external grantors for specific purposes.
Restricted assets have also been reported in connection with the net pension asset balance since this
balance must be used to fund employee benefits.
Construction Grant to Wholesale Customers
The construction grant consists of contributions made for the contract to provide wholesale water service
to the Village of Wrightstown, with the balance (net of amortization) of $348,150 and $379,800 as of
December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Non-Utility Plant (net of Amortization)
Nonutility property consists of costs to contract and contribute a Booster Station and Reservoir to the
Village of Ashwaubenon, with a balance (net of amortization) of $854,446 and $985,899 as of December
31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Capital Assets
Capital assets are defined by the Utility as assets with an initial, individual cost of $500 or higher and an
estimated useful life in excess of a year. Such assets are recorded at historical cost or estimated
historical cost if purchased or constructed. Donated capital assets are recorded at estimated acquisition
value at the date of donation.
The costs of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially
extend asset lives are not capitalized.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Estimated lives and depreciation rates are established by the PSCW. The estimated useful lives are as
follows:
Assets Years
Buildings 31-35
Improvements other than buildings 18-77
Machinery and equipment 3-30
Sewer and Storm Water Collections
The Utility performs the billing and collection functions for the City of Green Bay Sanitary Sewer Fund and
the City of Green Bay Storm Water Utility. After collection, these funds are remitted to the City. The Utility
charges the City for these services at cost plus a return on investment.
Compensated Absences
It is the Utility's policy to permit employees to accumulate earned but unused vacation and sick leave
benefits in accordance with employee handbook policies. All vacation and sick leave is accrued when
incurred. A majority of the compensated absences are recorded as a current liability for these amounts
are expected to be used within one year.
Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources
In addition to assets, the statement of net position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred
outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred outflows of resources,
represents a consumption of net assets that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as
an outflow of resources (expense) until then. The Utility has two items that qualify for reporting in this
category. The first is the unamortized loss on refunding resulting from the difference in the carrying value
of refunded debt and its reacquisition price. This amount is deferred and amortized over the shorter of the
life of the refunded or refunding debt. The second item is related to the Utility's proportionate share of the
Wisconsin Retirement System pension plan and is deferred and amortized over the expected remaining
service lives of the pension plan participants.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of net position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred
inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred inflows of resources, represents
an acquisition of net assets that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an inflow of
resources (revenue) until that time. The Utility has two items that qualifies for reporting in this category.
The first item is related to the Utility's proportionate share of the Wisconsin Retirement System pension
plan and is deferred and amortized over the expected remaining service lives of the pension plan
participants. The second item relates to capital asset leases deferred and amortized over their expected
remaining terms.
Long-term Obligations
Long-term debt and other long-term obligations are reported as Utility liabilities. Bond premiums and
discounts are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds. Bonds payable are reported net of the
applicable bond premium or discount. Bond issuance costs are expensed as incurred.
Leases
The Utility is a lessor because it leases capital assets to other entities. As a lessor, the Utility
reports a lease receivable and corresponding deferred inflow of resources in the financial
statements. The Utility report and depreciate the capital assets being leased as capital assets.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Pensions
For purposes of measuring the net pension liability (asset), deferred outflows of resources and deferred
inflows of resources related to pensions, and pension expense, information about the fiduciary net
position of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) and additions to/deductions from WRS' fiduciary net
position have been determined on the same basis as they are reported by WRS. For this purpose, benefit
payments (including refunds of employee contributions) are recognized when due and payable in
accordance with the benefit terms. Investments are reported at fair value.
Net Position
Net Position is classified in three components:
Net investment in capital assets. Amount of capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation, and
capital related deferred outflows of resources less outstanding balances of any bonds, mortgages,
notes, or other borrowings that are attributable to the acquisition, construction, or improvement of
those assets and any capital related deferred inflows of resources.
Restricted net position. Amount of net position that is subject to restrictions that are imposed by
1) external groups, such as creditors, grantors, contributors or laws or regulations of other
governments or 2) law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.
Unrestricted net position. Net position that is neither classified as restricted nor as net
investment in capital assets.
When both restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use, it is the Utility's policy to use
restricted resources first, then unrestricted resources as they are needed.
D. USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
E. RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain amounts in the prior year financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the
presentation in the current year financial statements with no change in previously reported net position or
changes in net position.
NOTE 2: DETAILED NOTES ON ALL FUNDS
A. CASH AND INVESTMENTS
The Utility maintains various restricted and unrestricted cash and investment accounts. Invested cash
consists of deposits and investments that are restricted by Wisconsin Statutes to the following:
Time deposits; repurchase agreements; securities issued by federal, state and local governmental
entities; statutorily authorized commercial paper and corporate securities; and the Wisconsin Local
Government Investment Pool.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
The carrying amount of the Utility's cash and investments totaled $17,140,631 on December 31, 2024
and $19,366,599 on December 31, 2023 as summarized below:
2024 2023
Petty cash and cash on hand $ 1,700 $ 1,700
Deposits with financial institutions 11,061,192 12,867,023
Investments
Negotiable certificate of deposit - 476,507
Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool 116,930 110,993
U.S. Treasury 3,135,437 2,124,227
State and municipal bonds 698,685 1,938,543
Agency securities 2,126,686 1,847,607
$ 17,140,630 $ 19,366,599
Reconciliation to the financial statements:
2024 2023
Unrestricted current assets
Cash and investments $ 10,018,303 $ 11,716,535
Restricted current assets
Cash and investments 847,633 952,580
Restricted noncurrent assets
Cash and investments 6,274,694 6,697,484
$ 17,140,630 $ 19,366,599
Fair Value Measurements
The Utility categorizes its fair value measurements within the fair value hierarchy established by generally
accepted accounting principles. The hierarchy is based on the valuation inputs used to measure the fair
value of the asset. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets; Level 2 inputs
are significant observable inputs; Level 3 inputs are significant unobservable inputs. The Utility has the
following fair value measurements as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
State and local government securities, U.S. Treasuries, corporate bonds and federal agency
securities are valued using significant observable inputs (Level 2 inputs) of quoted prices for
similar assets in active markets.
Negotiable certificates of deposit are valued using significant observable inputs (Level 2
inputs) of quoted prices for similar assets in active markets.
Deposits and investments of the Utility are subject to various risks. Presented below is a discussion of the
Utility's deposits and investments and the related risks.
Custodial Credit Risk
Custodial credit risk for deposits is the risk that, in the event of the failure of a depository financial
institution, a government will not be able to recover its deposits or will not be able to recover collateral
securities that are in the possession of an outside party. The custodial credit risk for investments is the
risk that, in the event of the failure of the counterparty (e.g., broker-dealer) to a transaction, a government
will not be able to recover the value of its investment or collateral securities that are in the possession of
another party. Wisconsin statutes require repurchase agreements to be fully collateralized by bonds or
securities issued or guaranteed by the federal government or its instrumentalities. The Utility does not
have an additional custodial credit policy.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Deposits with financial institutions within the State of Wisconsin are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the amount of $250,000 for the combined amount of all time and savings
deposits and $250,000 for interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand deposits per official
custodian per insured depository institution. Deposits with financial institutions located outside the State
of Wisconsin are insured by the FDIC in the amount of $250,000 for the combined amount of all deposit
accounts per official custodian per depository institution. Deposits with credit unions are insured by the
National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) in the amount of $250,000 per credit union
member. Also, the State of Wisconsin has a State Guarantee Fund, which provides a maximum of
$1,000,000 per public depository above the amount provided by an agency of the U.S. Government.
However, due to the relatively small size of the State Guarantee Fund in relation to the Fund's total
coverage, total recovery of insured losses may not be available. This coverage has been considered in
determining custodial credit risk.
As of December 31, 2024, $9,561,193 and as of December 31, 2023, $12,979,423 of the Utility's deposits
with financial institutions were in excess of federal and state depository insurance limits. All amounts were
collateralized with securities held by the pledging financial institution or its trust department or agent but
not in the Utility's name.
Credit Risk
Generally, credit risk is the risk that an issuer of an investment will not fulfill its obligation to the holder of
the investment. This is measured by the assignment of a rating by a nationally recognized statistical
rating organization. Wisconsin statutes limit investment in securities to the top two ratings assigned by
nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. Presented below is the actual rating as of the year-
end for each investment type.
Exempt
From
Disclosure
Investment Type Amount Aa1 Aa2 AAA AA + to A+ A to AA- Note Rated
December 31, 2024
State and municipal
bonds $ 698,685 $ 186,229 $ 167,011 $ 345,445 $ - $ - $ -
Agency securities 2,126,686 - - 2,126,686 - - -
U.S. Treasury 3,135,437 - - 3,135,437 - - -
Wisconsin Local
Government
Investment Pool 116,930 - - - - - 116,930
Total $ 6,077,738 $ 186,229 $ 167,011 $ 5,607,568 $ - $ - $ 116,930
December 31, 2023
State and municipal
bonds $ 1,938,543 $ - $ 674,129 $ 519,630 $ 350,000 $ 394,384 $ -
Agency securities 1,847,607 - - 1,847,607 - - -
U.S. Treasury 2,124,227 - - 2,124,227 - - -
Negotiable certificates
of deposit 476,507 - - - 476,507 - -
Wisconsin Local
Government
Investment Pool 110,993 - - - - - 110,993
Total $ 6,497,876 $ - $ 674,129 $ 4,491,463 $ 826,907 $ 394,384 $ 110,993
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Concentration of Credit Risk
The investment policy of the Utility limits the amount that can be invested in any one issuer as presented
below. This policy does not apply to investments held in the Debt Reserve Fund, which are invested in
accordance with terms of the 2021 debt financing transaction.
Investment Type Limit
U.S. treasury note (per issue) $ 5,000,000
U.S. agency (per issue) 5,000,000
Commercial paper & notes (per issue) 1,000,000
WI Local Government Investment Pool 10,000,000
Investments in any one issuer (other than U.S. treasury securities, mutual funds and external investment
pools) that represent 5% or more of the total Utility investment are as follows:
December 31, December 31,
Issuer Investment Type 2024 2023
Vermont Housing State municipal bond $ - $ 364,139
Milwaukee Housing Local municipal bond - 320,502
Chaska Economic Development Local municipal bond - 394,384
FHLB Agency Security 698,087 441,991
FHMLC Agency Security 492,188 246,025
FNMA Agency security 494,060 235,092
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in market interest rates may adversely affect the fair value of an
investment. Generally, the longer the maturity of an investment, the greater the sensitivity of its fair value
to changes in market interest rates.
One of the ways that the Utility manages its exposure to interest rate risk is by timing cash flows from
maturities so that a portion of the portfolio is maturing or coming close to maturity evenly over time as
necessary to provide the cash flow and liquidity needed for operations. By laddering its portfolio to match
scheduled disbursements and by maintaining a prudent balance in an interest-bearing checking account
for unexpected draws, the Utility ensures sufficient liquidity to meet its cash flow needs. The Utility's
investment policy requires that the portfolio weighted average maturity shall remain below twelve months.
This policy does not apply to investments held in the Debt Reserve Fund, which are invested in
accordance with terms of the 2021 debt financing transaction. The Utility does not have a formal
investment policy relating to specific investment-related risk.
Information about the sensitivity of the fair values of the Utility's investments to market interest rate
fluctuations is provided by the following table that shows the distribution of the Utility's investments by
maturity:
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
12 Months 13 to 24 25 to 60
Investment Type Amount or Less Months Months
December 31, 2024
Debt Reserve Fund Investments
State and municipal bonds $ 698,685 $ 276,978 $ - $ 421,707
Agency securities 2,126,686 1,129,856 249,483 747,347
U.S. Treasury 3,135,438 743,895 682,433 1,709,110
Total debt reserve fund 5,960,809 2,150,729 931,916 2,878,164
Investment other than Debt Reserve
Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool 116,930 116,930 - -
Total investments $ 6,077,739 $ 2,267,659 $ 931,916 $ 2,787,164
December 31, 2023
Debt Reserve Fund Investments
State and municipal bonds $ 1,938,543 $ - $ 1,437,033 $ 501,509
Agency securities 1,847,607 - 1,102,357 745,250
U.S. Treasury 2,124,227 248,945 732,473 1,142,810
Negotiable certificates of deposit 476,507 - - 476,507
Total debt reserve fund 6,386,883 248,945 3,271,863 2,866,076
Investments other than Debt Reserve
Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool 110,993 110,993 - -
Total investment $ 6,497,876 $ 359,938 $ 3,271,863 $ 2,866,076
Investments with Fair Values Highly Sensitive to Interest Rate Fluctuations
On December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Utility held no investments that are highly sensitive to interest rate
fluctuations (to a greater degree than already indicated in the information provided above).
Investments in Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool
The Utility has investments in the Wisconsin Local Government Investment pool of $116,930 and
$110,993 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 respectively. The Wisconsin Local Government Investment
Pool (LGIP) is part of the State Investment Fund (SIF), and is managed by the State of Wisconsin
Investment Board. The SIF is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but operates
under the statutory authority of Wisconsin Chapter 25. The SIF reports the fair value of its underlying
assets annually. Participants in the LGIP have the right to withdraw their funds in total on one day's
notice. At December 31, 2024 and 2023 the fair value of the Utility's share of the LGIP's assets was
substantially equal to the carrying value. Generally, credit risk is the risk that an issuer of an investment
will not fulfill its obligation to the holder of the investment. This is measured by the assignment of a rating
by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Wisconsin statutes limit investments in securities
to the top two ratings assigned by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The Utility does
not have an additional credit risk policy. The Utility's investment in the Wisconsin Local Government
Investment Pool is not rated.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
The Utility does not have a formal investment policy that limits investment maturities as a means of
managing its exposure to fair value losses arising from increasing interest rates. The investments held by
the Wisconsin Local Government Investment Pool mature in 12 months or less.
B. RESTRICTED ASSETS
The restricted assets consist of cash and investments held in the debt reserve and bond redemption
funds along with accrued interest as required by revenue bond ordinances and the private service
replacement fund as required by the grant agreement and the net pension asset maintained by the
Wisconsin Retirement System.
The debt reserve fund requires a balance equal to the minimum reserve amount as defined in the 2021,
2019 and 2006 series revenue bond documents. This minimum amount was $6,109,175 and $6,109,175
as of December 31, 2024 and 2023. The debt reserve fund account had cash and investments available
of $6,274,694 and $6,697,484 at December 31, 2024 and 2023 respectively, which were in compliance
with the bond ordinance.
The bond redemption fund accumulates monies to be used to make principal and interest payments as
they mature. Transfers are made to this fund on a monthly basis. The bond redemption fund balances at
December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $847,633 and $952,580 respectively. The bond redemption fund was
also in compliance with bond ordinances. The excess restricted assets over current liabilities payable
from restricted assets is shown as restricted for debt retirement and restricted for private service
replacement in the net position section on the statement of net position.
The private service replacement fund assets are required by a grant to be used for the replacement of
lead or galvanized service lines. The excess restricted assets over current liabilities payable from
restricted assets is shown as restricted for private service replacement in the net position section on the
statement of net position.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
C. CAPITAL ASSETS
Capital asset activity for the year ended December 31, was as follows:
Beginning Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Balance
December 31, 2024
Capital assets, net being
depreciated:
Land $ 524,689 $ - $ - $ 524,689
Construction in progress 198,941 677,575 50,890 825,626
Total capital assets,
net being
depreciated 723,630 677,575 50,890 1,350,315
Capital assets, being
depreciated:
Buildings and
improvements 29,971,368 194,625 - 30,165,993
Machinery and equipment 35,893,575 1,036,427 363,765 36,566,237
Improvements other than
buildings 192,302,273 6,566,943 774,222 198,094,994
Subtotal 258,167,216 7,797,995 1,137,987 264,827,224
Less accumulated
depreciation for:
Buildings and
improvements 20,147,431 938,086 - 21,085,517
Machinery and equipment 29,018,045 1,687,505 363,766 30,341,784
Improvements other than
buildings 59,288,438 3,724,473 774,221 62,238,690
Subtotal 108,453,914 6,350,064 1,137,987 113,665,991
Total capital assets,
being depreciated,
net 149,713,302 1,447,931 - 151,161,233
Total capital assets,
net $ 150,436,932 $ 2,125,506 $ 50,890 $ 152,511,548
Reconciliation of 2024 increases in accumulated depreciation:
Depreciation expense on schedule of operating expenses $ 6,148,133
Depreciation allocated to other accounts 162,956
Total depreciation expense 6,311,089
Salvage value received on capital assets retired 38,975
Total additions in accumulated depreciation $ 6,350,064
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Beginning Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Balance
December 31, 2023
Capital assets, net being
depreciated:
Land $ 524,689 $ - $ - $ 524,689
Construction in progress 90,374 153,660 45,093 198,941
Total capital assets,
net being
depreciated 615,063 153,660 45,093 723,630
Capital assets, being
depreciated:
Buildings and
improvements 29,955,261 16,948 841 29,971,368
Machinery and equipment 35,723,911 682,971 513,307 35,893,575
Improvements other than
buildings 187,340,349 5,585,603 623,679 192,302,273
Subtotal 253,019,521 6,285,522 1,137,827 258,167,216
Less accumulated
depreciation for:
Buildings and
improvements 19,213,557 934,715 841 20,147,431
Machinery and equipment 27,993,120 1,538,232 513,307 29,018,045
Improvements other than
buildings 56,310,491 3,636,469 658,522 59,288,438
Subtotal 103,517,168 6,109,416 1,172,670 108,453,914
Total capital assets,
being depreciated,
net 149,502,353 176,106 (34,843) 149,713,302
Total capital assets,
net $ 150,117,416 $ 329,766 $ 10,250 $ 150,436,932
Reconciliation of 2023 increases in accumulated depreciation:
Depreciation expense on schedule of operating expenses $ 5,833,752
Depreciation allocated to other accounts 212,442
Total depreciation expense 6,046,194
Salvage value received on capital assets retired 63,222
Total additions in accumulated depreciation $ 6,109,416
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
D. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS
The following is a summary of changes in long-term obligations of the Utility for the year ended
December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Beginning Ending Due Within
Balance Issued Retired Balance One Year
December 31, 2024
Revenue bonds $ 34,930,000 $ - $ 4,415,000 $ 30,515,000 $ 3,910,000
Debt premium, net of
discounts 2,804,960 - 438,556 2,366,404 -
Compensated absences 490,989 393,661 289,220 595,430 312,917
Long-term obligations $ 38,225,949 $ 393,661 $ 5,142,776 $ 33,476,834 $ 4,222,917
December 31, 2023
Revenue bonds $ 39,235,000 $ - $ 4,305,000 $ 34,930,000 $ 4,415,000
Debt premium, net of
discounts 3,243,516 - 438,556 2,804,960 -
Compensated absences 533,569 301,788 344,367 490,989 289,220
Long-term obligations $ 43,012,085 $ 301,788 $ 5,087,923 $ 38,225,949 $ 4,704,220
Advance Refunding
During 2006, the Water Utility advance refunded a portion of the revenue bond issue from 2004. The
Water Utility issued $49,310,000 of revenue bonds, which were used to provide resources to purchase
U.S. Government and Local Government Series securities that were placed in an irrevocable trust for the
purpose of generating resources for all future debt service payments of the refunded debt. As a result, the
refunded bonds were considered to be defeased and the liability was removed from the enterprise fund.
The outstanding revenue bonds defeased at the time of refunding was $45,555,000 and has maturities
from 2019 through 2029. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the outstanding balances of the bonds
defeased was $21,430,000 and $24,425,000, respectively.
During 2017, the Water Utility advance refunded a portion of the revenue bond issue from 2006. The
Water Utility issued $15,730,000 of revenue bonds, which were used to provide resources to purchase
U.S. Government and Local Government Series securities that were placed in an irrevocable trust for the
purpose of generating resources for all future debt service payments of the refunded debt. As a result, the
refunded bonds were considered to be defeased and the liability was removed from the enterprise fund.
The outstanding revenue bonds defeased at the time of refunding was $14,530,000 and have maturities
from 2020 through 2024. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the outstanding balances of the bonds
defeased was $0 and $3,200,000, respectively.
Current Refunding
During 2019, the Utility currently refunded the remainder of the revenue bond issue from 2006. The Utility
issued $18,705,000 of revenue bonds to call the refunded debt. This current refunding was undertaken to
reduce total debt service payments over the next ten years by $2,897,023 and to obtain an economic gain
(difference between the present value of the debt service payments of the refunded and refunding bonds)
of $2,387,120.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Revenue Bonds
Revenue bonds outstanding in 2024 and 2023 totaled $30,515,000 and $34,930,000, respectively and
were comprised of the following issues:
Date of Final Interest Original Balance Balance
Issue Maturity Rate Indebtedness 12/31/24 12/31/23
Revenue Bonds 10/14/14 11/1/29 3.00-3.50 % $ 14,055,000 $ 6,215,000 $ 7,090,000
Revenue Bonds 10/17/17 11/1/24 1.47-2.56 % 15,730,000 - 3,170,000
Revenue Bonds 8/5/19 11/1/29 4.00-5.00 % 18,705,000 18,705,000 18,705,000
Revenue Bonds 3/23/21 11/1/40 2.00-4.00 % 7,080,000 5,595,000 5,965,000
Total outstanding general obligation debt $ 30,515,000 $ 34,930,000
Annual principal and interest maturities of the outstanding revenue bonds are detailed below:
Year Ended
December 31, 2024 Principal Interest Total
2025 $ 3,910,000 $ 1,001,725 $ 4,911,725
2026 4,085,000 823,975 4,908,975
2027 4,270,000 632,975 4,902,975
2028 4,460,000 459,575 4,919,575
2029 10,230,000 71,200 10,301,200
2030-2034 1,615,000 285,800 1,900,800
2035-2039 1,605,000 131,500 1,736,500
2040 340,000 6,800 346,800
$ 30,515,000 $ 3,413,550 $ 33,928,550
All Utility revenues net of specified operating expenses are pledged as security of the above revenue
bonds until the bonds are defeased. Principal and interest paid for 2024 and 2023 were $5,705,127 and
$5,705,088, respectively. Total customer net revenues as defined for the same periods were $14,837,587
and $13,326,915. Annual principal and interest payments are expected to require 39% of net revenues on
average.
E. PENSION PLAN
Plan Description
The WRS is a cost-sharing, multiple-employer, defined benefit pension plan. WRS benefits and other plan
provisions are established by Chapter 40 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Benefit terms may only be modified
by the legislature. The retirement system is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust
Funds (ETF). The system provides coverage to all eligible State of Wisconsin, local government and other
public employees. All employees, initially employed by a participating WRS employer on or after July 1,
2011, and expected to work at least 1200 hours a year and expected to be employed for at least one year
from employee's date of hire are eligible to participate in the WRS.
ETF issues a standalone Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, which can be found at
https://etf.wi.gov/about-etf/reports-and-studies/financial-reports-and-statements
Additionally, ETF issued a stand alone Wisconsin Retirement System Financial Report, which can be
found using the link above.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Vesting
For employees beginning participation on or after January 1, 1990 and no longer actively employed on or
after April 24, 1998, creditable service in each of five years is required for eligibility for a retirement
annuity. Participants employed prior to 1990 and on or after April 24, 1998, and prior to July 1, 2011, are
immediately vested. Participants who initially became WRS eligible on or after July 1, 2011, must have
five years of creditable service to be vested.
Benefits Provided
Employees who retire at or after age 65 (54 for protective occupation employees, 62 for elected officials
and executive service retirement participants, if hired on or before 12/31/2016) are entitled to retirement
benefit based on a formula factor, their average earnings and creditable service.
Final average earnings is the average of the participant's three highest annual earnings period. Creditable
service includes current service and prior service for which a participant received earnings and made
contributions as required. Creditable service also includes creditable military service. The retirement
benefit will be calculated as a money purchase benefit based on the employee's contributions plus
matching employer's contributions, with interest, if that benefit is higher than the formula benefit.
Vested participants may retire at age 55 (50 for protective occupations) and receive an actuarially
reduced benefit. Participants terminating covered employment prior to before becoming eligible for a
retirement benefit may withdraw their contributions and forfeit all rights to any subsequent benefits.
The WRS also provides death and disability benefits for employees.
Post-Retirement Adjustments
The Employee Trust Funds Board may periodically adjust annuity payments from the retirement system
based on annual investment performance in accordance with s. 40.27, Wis. Stat. An increase (or
decrease) in annuity payments may result when investment gains (losses), together with other actuarial
experience factors, create a surplus (shortfall) in the reserves, as determined by the system's consulting
actuary. Annuity increases are not based on cost of living or other similar factors. For Core annuities,
decreases may be applied only to previously granted increases. By law, Core annuities cannot be
reduced to an amount below the original, guaranteed amount (the “floor”) set at retirement. The Core and
Variable annuity adjustments granted during recent years are as follows:
Year Core Fund Adjustment % Variable Fund Adjustment %
2014 4.70 25.00
2015 2.90 2.00
2016 0.50 (5,00)
2017 2.00 4.00
2018 2.40 17.00
2019 0.00 (10.00)
2020 1.70 21.00
2021 5.10 13.00
2022 7.40 15.00
2023 1.60 (21.00)
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Contributions
Required contributions are determined by an annual actuarial valuation in accordance with Chapter 40 of
the Wisconsin Statutes. The employee required contribution is one-half of the actuarially determined
contribution rate for General category employees, including Teachers, Executives and Elected Officials.
Starting on January 1, 2016, the Executives and Elected Officials category was merged into the General
Employee category. Required contributions for protective employees are the same rate as general
employees. Employers are required to contribute the remainder of the actuarially determined contribution
rate. The employer may not pay the employee required contribution unless provided for by an existing
collective bargaining agreement.
WRS recognized $348,191 and $317,816 in contributions from the Utility for the current and prior
reporting periods, respectively.
Contribution rates for the reporting period are:
2024 2023
Employee Category Employee Employer Employee Employer
General (Executives & Elected Officials) 6.80 % 6.80 % 6.50 % 6.50 %
Protective with Social Security 6.80 13.20 6.50 12.00
Protective without Social Security 6.80 18.10 6.50 16.40
Pension Asset, Pension Expense, and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of
Resources Related to Pensions
At December 31, 2024, the Utility reported a liability (asset) of $389,100 for its proportionate share of the
net pension liability (asset). The net pension liability (asset) was measured as of December 31, 2023, and
the total pension liability (asset) used to calculate the net pension liability (asset) was determined by an
actuarial valuation as of December 31, 2022 rolled forward to December 31, 2023. No material changes
in assumptions or benefit terms occurred between the actuarial valuation date and the measurement
date. The Utility's proportion of the net pension liability (asset) was based on the Utility's share of
contributions to the pension plan relative to the contributions of all participating employers. At
December 31, 2023, the Utility's proportion was 0.02617015%, which was a decrease of 0.00219628%
from its proportion measured as of December 31, 2022.
At December 31, 2023, the Utility reported a liability (asset) of $1,390,540 for its proportionate share of
the net pension liability (asset). The net pension liability (asset) was measured as of December 31, 2022,
and the total pension liability (asset) used to calculate the net pension liability (asset) was determined by
an actuarial valuation as of December 31, 2021 rolled forward to December 31, 2022. No material
changes in assumptions or benefit terms occurred between the actuarial valuation date and the
measurement date. The Utility's proportion of the net pension asset was based on the Utility's share of
contributions to the pension plan relative to the contributions of all participating employers. At
December 31, 2022, the Utility's proportion was 0.02836643%, which was a decrease of 0.00197723%
from its proportion measured as of December 31, 2021.
For the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Utility recognized pension expense of $214,220
and $417,199, respectively.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
At December 31, 2024, the Utility reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pensions from the following sources:
Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources
Differences between expected and actual experience $ 1,745,448 $ 2,127,832
Net differences between projected and actual earnings on pension
plan investments 185,129 -
Changes in assumptions 1,183,107 -
Changes in proportion and differences between employer
contributions and proportionate share of contributions 1,203 13,093
Employer contributions subsequent to the measurement date 368,833 -
Total $ 3,483,720 $ 2,140,925
At December 31, 2023, the Utility reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pensions from the following sources:
Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources
Differences between expected and actual experience $ 2,344,741 $ 2,898,334
Net differences between projected and actual earnings on pension
plan investments 2,139,703 -
Changes in assumptions 283,221 -
Changes in proportion and differences between employer
contributions and proportionate share of contributions 1,872 9,130
Employer contributions subsequent to the measurement date 348,191 -
Total $ 5,117,728 $ 2,907,464
The $368,833 reported as deferred outflows related to pension resulting from the Utility's contributions
subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the net pension liability in the
year ended December 31, 2024. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources and deferred
inflows of resources related to pension will be recognized in pension expense as follows:
Net Deferred
Outflow of
Resources
Year ending December 31:
2025 $ 198,056
2026 208,064
2027 821,932
2028 (254,090)
Total $ 973,962
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Actuarial Assumptions
The total pension liability in the actuarial valuation used in the current and prior period were determined
using the following actuarial assumptions, applied to all periods included in the measurement:
2024 2023
Actuarial valuation date: December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Measurement date of net pension
liability (asset): December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Actuarial cost method: Entry Age Normal Entry Age Normal
Asset valuation method: Fair Value Fair Value
Long-term expected rate of return: 6.8% 6.8%
Discount rate: 6.8% 6.8%
Salary increases:
Inflation 3.0% 3.0%
Seniority/Merit 0.1% - 5.6% 0.1% - 5.6%
2020 WRS Experience 2020 WRS Experience
Mortality Mortality Table Mortality Table
Post-retirement adjustments* 1.7% 1.7%
*No post-retirement adjustment is guaranteed. Actual adjustments are based on recognized
investment return, actuarial experience and other factors. The percentages listed above are the
assumed annual adjustment based on the investment return assumption and the post-retirement
discount rate.
Actuarial assumptions are based upon an experience study published in 2021 that covered a three-year
period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. The total pension liability for December 31, 2023 is
based upon a roll-forward of the liability calculated from the December 31, 2022 actuarial valuation. The
total pension liability for December 31, 2022 is based upon a roll-forward of the liability calculated from
the December 31, 2021 actuarial valuation.
Long-Term Expected Return on Plan Assets
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building-block
method in which best-estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of
pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These ranges
are combined to produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates
of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected inflation. The target allocation
and best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class as of December 31, 2024
are summarized in the following table:
Long-Term Long-Term
Expected Expected
Current Asset Nominal Rate Real Rate of
Allocation % of Return % Return %
Core Fund Asset Class
Public equity 40 % 7.3 % 4.5 %
Public fixed income 27 5.8 3.0
Inflation sensitive assets 19 4.4 1.7
Real estate 8 5.8 3.0
Private equity/debt 18 9.6 6.7
Leverage (12) 3.7 1.0
Total core fund 100 7.4 4.6
Variable Fund Asset Class
U.S. equities 70 6.8 4.0
International equities 30 7.6 4.8
Total Variable Fund 100 7.3 4.5
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Asset Allocations are managed within established ranges; target percentages may differ from actual monthly
allocations.
New England Pension Consultants Long-Term U.S. CPI (Inflation) Forecast: 2.7%.
The investment policy used for the Core Fund involves reducing equity exposure by leveraging lower-volatility assets,
such as fixed income securities. Currently, an asset allocation target of 12% policy leverage is used subject to an
allowable range of up to 20%.
The target allocation and best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class as of
December 31, 2023 are summarized in the following table:
Long-Term Long-Term
Expected Expected
Current Asset Nominal Rate Real Rate of
Allocation % of Return % Return %
Core Fund Asset Class
Public equity 48 % 7.6 % 5.0 %
Fixed income 25 5.3 2.7
Inflation sensitive assets 19 3.6 1.1
Real estate 8 5.2 2.6
Private equity/debt 15 9.6 6.9
Total Core Fund 115 7.4 4.8
Variable Fund Asset Class
U.S. equities 70 7.2 4.6
International equities 30 8.1 5.5
Total Variable Fund 100 7.7 5.1
Asset Allocations are managed within established ranges; target percentages may differ from actual monthly
allocations
New England Pension Consultants Long-Term U.S. CPI (Inflation) Forecast: 2.5%
The investment policy used for the Core Fund involves reducing equity exposure by leveraging lower-volatility assets,
such as fixed income securities. This results in an asset allocation beyond 100%. Currently, an asset allocation target
of 15% policy leverage is used, subject to an allowable range of up to 20%.
Single Discount Rate
A single discount rate of 6.80% was used to measure the total pension liability as of December 31, 2024
and December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, this discount rate was based on the expected rate of
return on pension plan investments of 6.80% and a long term bond rate of 3.77%. As of December 31,
2022, the discount rate was based on the expected rate of return on pension plan investments of 6.80%
and a long term bond rate of 4.05%. (Source: Fixed-income municipal bonds with 20 years to maturity
that include only federally tax-exempt municipal bonds as reported in Fidelity Index's "20-year Municipal
GO AA Index" as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In describing this index, Fidelity notes
that the Municipal Curves are constructed using option-adjusted analytics of a diverse population of over
10,000 tax-exempt securities.) Because of the unique structure of WRS, the 6.80% expected rate of
return implies that a dividend of approximately 1.7% will always be paid. For purposes of the single
discount rate, it was assumed that the dividend would always be paid. The projection of cash flows used
to determine this single discount rate assumed that plan member contributions will be made at the current
contribution rate and that employer contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference between
actuarially determined contribution rates and the member rate. Based on these assumptions, the pension
plan's fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments
(including expected dividends) of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return
on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the
total pension liability.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Sensitivity of the Utility's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Asset to Changes in the
Discount Rate
The following presents the Utility's proportionate share of the net pension liability calculated using the
discount rate of 6.80 percent, as well as what the Utility's proportionate share of the net pension liability
would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1-percentage-point lower (5.80 percent) or
1-percentage-point higher (7.80 percent) than the current rate.
The sensitivity analysis as of December 31, 2024 follows:
1% Decrease to Current 1% Increase to
Discount Rate Discount Rate Decrease Rate
(5.80%) (6.80%) (7.80%)
Utility's proportionate share of the net pension
liability (asset) $ 3,760,834 $ 389,100 $ (1,970,246)
The sensitivity analysis as of December 31, 2023 follows:
1% Decrease to Current 1% Increase to
Discount Rate Discount Rate Decrease Rate
(5.80%) (6.80%) (7.80%)
Utility's proportionate share of the net pension
liability (asset) $ 4,615,157 $ 1,390,540 $ (827,720)
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Detailed information about the pension plan's fiduciary net position is available in separately issued
financial statements available at https://etf.wi.gov/about-etf/reports-and-studies/financial-reports-and-
statements
At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Utility reported no outstanding amount of contributions to the
pension plan.
F. OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Plan Description
The Utility provides health care insurance coverage for employees who retire until they reach the age of
65, under a plan administered by the City of Green Bay. The retired employee contributes 100% of the
premium for family coverage or 100% of the premium for single coverage. The City of Green Bay
obtained an actuarial valuation report dated January 1, 2021 in accordance with the parameters of GASB
Statement No. 75, which resulted in an immaterial liability. As such, no liability is applicable to the utility.
G. LEASE DISCLOSURE
Lessor – Lease Receivable
Receivable Receivable
Lease Receivable Date of Final Interest Balance Balance
Description Inception Maturity Rates 12/31/24 12/31/23
Cellular antennas on
water tower 2024 2045-2049 2.00 % $ 2,620,516 $ -
The Utility recognized $61,872 of lease revenue as of December 31, 2024.
The Utility recognized $33,724 of interest revenue as of December 31, 2024.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
NOTE 3: OTHER INFORMATION
A. RISK MANAGEMENT
The Utility is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to or destruction of assets;
errors and omissions; workers compensation; and health care of its employees for which the government
carries commercial insurance. The Utility along with the City completes an annual review of its insurance
coverage to ensure adequate coverage.
Liability Self-Insurance Fund
During 1987, the City of Green Bay, along with the Utility as a department of the City, together with
certain other units of government within the State of Wisconsin, created the Cities and Villages Mutual
Insurance Company (CVMIC) to provide liability insurance services to its members under section 611.23
of the Wisconsin Statutes. The Utility, along with the City, is partially self-insured for liability insurance and
pays premiums to CVMIC for its excess liability insurance coverage. The actuary for CVMIC determines
premium charges to its members who are required to pay the expected claims and loss adjustment
expenses. CVMIC's ongoing operational expenses, other than loss adjustment expenses, are apportioned
pro rata to each member. CVMIC provides general liability, police and nurses professional liability, public
official's liability, vehicle liability and excess liability coverage for the Utility and the City up to $2,000,000.
The Utility's self-insured retention limit is $250,000 for any one occurrence, $1,000,000 retention
aggregate per year. The City and Utility also carry excess insurance, which covers up to $5,000,000 per
occurrence above CVMIC limit and $15,000,000 aggregate for all members. Premiums paid by the Utility
to CVMIC are expensed over the term of the policy coverage period. A separate financial report is issued
annually by CVMIC. Claims liabilities of $337,050 at December 31, 2024 and $1,150,020 at
December 31, 2023 were reported in the City of Green Bay's liability self-insurance internal service fund
based on the requirements of GASB Statement No. 10, which requires that a liability for claims be
reported if information prior to the issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a
liability has been incurred at the date of the financial statements and the amount of the loss can be
reasonably estimated. Changes in the City's internal service fund's claim liability amount for 2024 and
2023 follow:
Current Year
Claims and
Liability Changes in Claims Liability
January 1 Estimates Payment December 31
2024 $ 1,150,020 $ 332,905 $ 1,145,874 $ 337,050
2023 535,065 1,058,394 443,439 1,150,020
Health and Dental Self-Insurance Fund
Utility and City employees, retirees and employee dependents are eligible for medical and dental benefits
from a health and dental self-insurance fund. Funding is provided by charges to the Utility, the City,
employees and retirees. Retirees are billed monthly premiums for health and dental benefits. Through
December 31, 2012, retirees were allowed to pay the same premium as active employees. Effective
January 1, 2013, a ten year plan was approved by the City Common Council, whereby, retirees'
premiums will increase with medical inflation plus an average of 6.6% annually and accumulating over the
ten year period to place their rate more in line with costs incurred by the retiree group. The program is
supplemented by stop loss protection, which limits the Utility's and City's annual liability. The 2024 and
2023 stop loss limits are $300,000 and $300,000, respectively, per specific claim plus an additional risk
corridor of $65,000. Fund expenses consist of payments to consultants and administrators, medical and
dental claims, and stop loss insurance premiums.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024 and 2023
Claims liabilities of $981,447 at December 31, 2024 and $863,709 at December 31, 2023 were reported
in the City of Green Bay's health and dental self-insurance internal service fund based on the
requirements of GASB Statement No. 10, which requires that a liability for claims be reported if
information prior to the issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a liability has
been incurred at the date of the financial statements and the amount of the loss can be reasonably
estimated.
Changes in the City's health and dental internal service fund's claim liability amount for 2024 and 2023
follow:
Current Year
Claims and
Liability Changes in Claims Liability
January 1 Estimates Payment December 31
2024 $ 863,709 $ 12,779,409 $ 12,661,671 $ 981,447
2023 1,097,759 11,913,229 12,147,279 863,709
Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Fund
The Utility, along with the City, have established a workers' compensation self-insurance fund to finance
workers compensation awards for their employees. The program is funded by charges to the Utility and
the City. The program is also supplemented by stop loss protection, which limits the Utility's and City's
annual liability to $750,000 for protective employees and $500,000 for non-protective employees, per
incident, per occurrence. Fund expenses and the accrual of claim liabilities are accounted for in the same
manner as discussed previously for the health and dental self-insurance fund.
Claims liabilities of $621,155 at December 31, 2024 and $1,734,335 at December 31, 2023 were reported
in the City of Green Bay's workers' compensation self-insurance internal service fund based on the
requirements of GASB Statement No. 10, which requires that a liability for claims be reported if
information prior to the issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a liability has
been incurred at the date of the financial statements and the amount of the loss can be reasonably
estimated. Changes in the City's workers' compensation internal service fund's claim liability amount for
2024 and 2023 follow:
Current Year
Claims and
Liability Changes in Claims Liability
January 1 Estimates Payment December 31
2024 $ 1,734,335 $ 244,896 $ 1,358,077 $ 621,155
2023 2,054,204 498,613 818,482 1,734,335
C. UPCOMING ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has approved the following:
Statement No. 102, Certain Risk Disclosures
Statement No. 103, Financial Reporting Model Improvements
Statement No. 104, Disclosure of Certain Capital Assets
When they become effective, application of these standards may restate portions of these financial
statements.
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
The Utility evaluated subsequent events through May 19, 2025, the date that the financial statements
were available to be issued, for events requiring recording or disclosure in the financial statements.
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Schedule of Utility's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability (Asset)
Wisconsin Retirement System
Last 10 Fiscal Years
Proportionate
Share of the Net Plan Fiduciary
Proportionate Pension Liability Net Position as a
Proportion of Share of the Covered (Asset) as a Percentage of the
Plan the Net Pension Net Pension Payroll Percentage of Total Pension
Year Ending Liability (Asset) Liability (Asset) (plan year) Covered Payroll Liability (Asset)
12/31/14 0.53764610% $ (585,000) $ 3,403,626 -17.19% 102.74%
12/31/15 0.53750286% 339,039 3,152,743 10.75% 98.20%
12/31/16 0.54797926% 196,716 3,732,012 5.27% 99.12%
12/31/17 0.56415122% (718,059) 3,896,613 -18.43% 102.93%
12/31/18 0.58669892% 910,735 4,056,940 22.45% 96.45%
12/31/19 0.02635809% (858,420) 4,235,244 -20.27% 102.96%
12/31/20 0.02683957% (1,675,610) 4,473,363 -37.46% 105.26%
12/31/21 0.02638920% (2,127,002) 4,616,785 -46.07% 106.02%
12/31/22 0.02589184% 1,390,540 4,708,385 29.53% 95.72%
12/31/23 0.02617020% 389,100 5,356,785 7.26% 98.85%
Schedule of Contributions
Wisconsin Retirement System
Last 10 Fiscal Years
Contributions in
Relation to the Contributions
Contractually Contractually Contribution Covered as a Percentage of
Fiscal Required Required Deficiency Payroll Covered
Year Ending Contributions Contributions (Excess) (fiscal year) Payroll
12/31/15 $ 214,387 $ 214,387 $ - $ 3,152,743 6.37%
12/31/16 237,557 237,557 - 3,732,012 6.80%
12/31/17 264,969 264,969 - 3,896,613 6.70%
12/31/18 271,815 271,815 - 4,056,940 6.55%
12/31/19 277,410 277,410 - 4,235,244 6.75%
12/31/20 301,952 301,952 - 4,473,363 6.75%
12/31/21 311,633 311,633 - 4,616,785 6.75%
12/31/22 317,816 317,816 - 4,708,385 6.50%
12/31/23 348,191 348,191 - 5,356,785 6.80%
12/31/24 368,833 368,833 - 5,345,406 6.90%
NOTES TO REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Changes in benefit terms. There were no changes of benefit terms for any participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement
System.
Changes of assumptions: Based on a three-year experience study conducted in 2021 covering
January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020, the ETF Board adopted assumption changes that were used to measure the total
pension liability beginning with the year-end December 31, 2021, including the following:
• Lowering the long-term expected rate of return from 7.0% to 6.8%
• Lowering the discount rate from 7.0% to 6.8%
• Lowering the price inflation rate from 2.5% to 2.4%
• Lowering the post-retirement adjustments from 1.9% to 1.7%
• Mortality assumptions were changed to reflect updated trends by transitioning from the Wisconsin 2018 Mortality
Table to the 2020 WRS Experience Mortality Table
The amounts reported for each fiscal year were determined as of the calendar year-end that occurred within the prior fiscal
year. The Utility is required to present the last ten fiscal years of data; however accounting standards allow the presentation of
as many years as are available until ten fiscal years are presented.
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SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Operating Revenues and Expenses
For Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
2024 2023
OPERATING REVENUES
Charges for services
Residential $ 7,964,246 $ 7,571,542
Commercial 3,960,734 3,706,899
Industrial 6,633,525 6,524,612
Public authority 500,796 474,615
Wholesale 3,834,326 3,784,436
Private fire protection 188,597 162,874
Public fire protection 1,465,637 1,386,083
Total charges for services 24,547,861 23,611,061
Other revenues
Forfeited discounts 138,895 130,126
Sewer and Storm water collection 1,542,612 1,457,285
Other water revenues 261,160 359,511
Total other revenues 1,942,667 1,946,922
Total operating revenues 26,490,528 25,557,983
OPERATING EXPENSES
Plant operation and maintenance
Source of supply 219,763 50,576
Pumping 1,954,645 1,744,585
Water treatment 1,849,107 2,295,283
Transmission and distribution 2,264,462 2,155,522
Maintenance 1,406,822 1,369,674
Meter 243,788 200,201
Customer installation 260,992 234,262
Customer records and collecting 1,045,387 1,020,807
Customer service and Information 83,779 70,498
Meter reading 68,576 55,804
Administrative and general 3,668,332 4,107,765
Total plant operation and maintenance 13,065,653 13,304,977
Depreciation 6,148,133 5,833,752
Total operating expenses 19,213,786 19,138,729
Operating income $ 7,276,742 $ 6,419,254
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WATER UTILILTY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Schedule of Operating Expenses by Function and Object
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Labor
Salaries
and Fringe Professional
Operating Expense Function: Total Benefits Services
Source of Supply expense
Purchased water $ 10,592 $ - $ -
Maintenance of lake, river and other intakes 19,060 - 19,060
Maintenance of supply mains 190,111 47,173 76,131
Total source of supply expense 219,763 47,173 95,191
Pumping expense
Fuel and electric power purchased 886,441 - -
Operation supervision 142,786 142,786 -
Labor and expense 104,099 52,559 180
Maintenance of structures 279,238 40,129 226,623
Maintenance of equipment 542,081 152,205 259,588
Total pumping expense 1,954,645 387,679 486,391
Water treatment expense
Operation supervision 131,499 131,499 -
Labor and expense 884,207 524,283 2,726
Chemicals 540,206 - -
Maintenance of structures 59,156 22,297 12,694
Maintenance of equipment 234,039 170,050 8,965
Total water treatment expense 1,849,107 848,129 24,385
Transmission and distribution expense
Supervision and engineering 243,106 243,106 -
Labor and expense 692,840 470,542 61,603
Maintenance of mains 1,328,516 434,892 520,970
Total transmission and distribution expense 2,264,462 1,148,540 582,573
Maintenance expense
Tanks and reservoirs 69,261 6,711 57,866
Services 774,751 325,258 198,653
Meters 58,215 53,490 -
Hydrants 276,520 107,839 22,643
Buildings 228,075 21,232 137,436
Total maintenance expense 1,406,822 514,530 416,598
Meter expense 243,788 208,027 3,228
Customers' installation expense 260,992 242,311 -
Customer records and collecting expense 1,045,387 487,322 -
Customer service and information expenses 83,779 79,707 -
Meter reading expense 68,576 5,324 63,252
Depreciation 6,148,133 - -
Administrative and general expense
Employee benefits 1,539,512 1,183,395 -
Amortization of non-utility plant 131,454 - -
Public Service Commission remainder assessment 50,104 - -
Insurance 148,558 - -
Uncollectible accounts 2,008 - -
Administrative salaries 819,961 819,961 -
Office supplies and expense 96,086 - -
Professional and special services 589,799 - 589,799
Miscellaneous general expense 290,850 157,399 -
Total administrative and general expense 3,668,332 2,160,755 589,799
Total operating expenses $ 19,213,786 $ 6,129,497 $ 2,261,417
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Materials,
Supplies, Insurance
Equipment & Power for and
Other Costs Pumping Depreciation Taxes
$ 10,592 $ - $ - $ -
- - - -
66,807 - - -
77,399 - - -
- 886,441 - -
- - - -
51,360 - - -
12,486 - - -
130,288 - - -
194,134 886,441 - -
- - - -
357,198 - - -
540,206 - - -
24,165 - - -
55,024 - - -
976,593 - - -
- - - -
160,695 - - -
372,654 - - -
533,349 - - -
4,684 - - -
250,840 - - -
4,725 - - -
146,038 - - -
69,407 - - -
475,694 - - -
32,533 - - -
18,681 - - -
558,065 - - -
4,072 - - -
- - - -
- - 6,148,133 -
- - - 356,117
131,454 - - -
- - - 50,104
- - - 148,558
2,008 - - -
- - - -
96,086 - - -
- - - -
133,451 - - -
362,999 - - 554,779
$ 3,233,519 $ 886,441 $ 6,148,133 $ 554,779
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WATER UTILILTY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Capital Assets
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Balance 2024 2024 Balance
Capital Assets Description: 1/1/24 Additions Disposals 12/31/24
General Green Bay Plant
Land $264,966 $ - $ - $264,966
Pumping plant structures 3,496,718 194,625 - 3,691,343
Reservoirs and standpipes 4,427,844 - - 4,427,844
Wells 706,215 - - 706,215
Stores, shop, garage and
office building 8,036,903 - - 8,036,903
Water treatment structures 2,835 - - 2,835
Supply mains 5,119,516 - - 5,119,516
Distribution mains 91,910,546 4,451,904 (310,337) 96,052,113
Services 24,154,768 894,026 (120,387) 24,928,407
Meters 9,488,365 605,430 (256,513) 9,837,282
Hydrants 10,191,689 615,583 (86,466) 10,720,806
Water treatment equipment:
Chlorination 154,484 - - 154,484
Telemetering equip - SCADA 190,736 - - 190,736
Electric pumping equipment 1,436,869 21,968 - 1,458,837
Power production equipment 237,309 - - 237,309
Power operated equipment 736,201 153,514 (75,862) 813,853
Tools, shop, and garage
equipment 1,352,212 23,357 - 1,375,569
Stores equipment 26,117 - - 26,117
Transportation equipment 2,647,113 23,200 - 2,670,313
Communication equipment 10,980 184,746 - 195,726
Office furniture & equipment 383,905 6,770 (650) 390,025
Office computers 3,969,358 462,759 (287,253) 4,144,864
168,945,649 7,637,882 (1,137,468) 175,446,063
Lake Michigan Supply System
Land 259,723 - - 259,723
Pumping plant structures 2,984,715 - - 2,984,715
Reservoirs and standpipes 97,448 - - 97,448
Water treatment structures 15,450,197 - - 15,450,197
Lake intakes 1,539,207 - - 1,539,207
Supply mains 44,020,627 - (519) 44,020,108
Distribution mains 646,048 - - 646,048
Electric pumping equipment 3,764,745 - - 3,764,745
Water treatment equipment:
Filtration 17,743,738 19,871 - 17,763,609
Chlorination 463,619 - - 463,619
Telemetering equip - SCADA 725,548 29,346 - 754,894
Tools and work equipment 39,078 8,850 - 47,928
Laboratory equipment 107,313 24,229 - 131,542
Communication equipment 242,616 65,904 - 308,520
Office furniture & equipment 14,734 - - 14,734
Office computers 34,586 11,913 - 46,499
Power production equipment 1,612,314 - - 1,612,314
89,746,256 160,113 (519) 89,905,850
Construction in Progress 198,941 677,575 (50,890) 825,626
Total $ 258,890,846 $ 8,475,570 $ (1,188,877) $ 266,177,539
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Accumulated Depreciation
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Accumulated
Depreciation Depreciation 2024
Capital Assets Description: Rate 1/1/24 Depreciation
General Green Bay Plant
Land --- $ - $ -
Pumping plant structures 3.2% 3,083,700 115,009
Reservoirs and standpipes 1.9% 2,662,205 84,129
Wells 2.9% 657,694 20,480
Stores, shop, garage and office building 2.9% 2,093,955 233,070
Water treatment structures 3.2% 2,835 -
Supply mains 1.8% 2,566,865 92,143
Distribution mains 1.3% 18,099,868 1,221,764
Services 2.9% 10,339,300 711,706
Meters 5.5% 4,200,967 531,455
Hydrants 2.2% 3,208,985 230,037
Water treatment equipment - chlorination 6.0% 154,484 -
Telemetering equipment - SCADA 9.2% 190,736 -
Electric pumping equipment 4.4% 1,436,869 -
Power production equipment 4.4% 187,785 -
Power operated equipment 7.5% 675,432 58,127
Tools, shop, and garage equipment 5.8% 1,031,128 79,106
Stores equipment 5.8% 26,117 -
Transportation equipment 13.3% 2,647,113 23,200
Communication equipment 15.0% 10,980 -
Office furniture & equipment 5.8% 60,966 22,444
Office computers 26.7% 3,969,358 462,760
57,307,342 3,885,430
Lake Michigan Supply System
Land --- - -
Pumping plant structures 3.2% 2,403,053 95,510
Reservoirs and standpipes 1.9% 94,693 1,852
Water treatment structures 3.2% 12,563,888 494,497
Lake intakes 1.7% 1,076,052 26,167
Supply mains 1.8% 16,020,067 792,366
Distribution mains 1.3% 361,742 8,399
Water treatment equipment - filtration 3.3% 12,656,112 585,871
Water treatment equipment - chlorination 6.0% 415,197 37,086
Telemetering equipment - SCADA 9.2% 703,407 89,358
Electric pumping equipment 4.4% 2,847,138 229,354
Power production equipment 4.4% 1,661,836 -
Tools and work equipment 5.8% 36,277 2,523
Laboratory equipment 5.8% 33,273 6,927
Communication equipment 15.0% 229,850 42,982
Office furniture & equipment 5.8% 9,401 855
Office computers 26.7% 34,586 11,912
51,146,572 2,425,659
Total $ 108,453,914 $ 6,311,089
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2024 Accumulated Asset Net Book
Salvage 2024 Depreciation Cost Value
Proceeds Retirements 12/31/24 12/31/24 12/31/24
$ - $ - $ - $ 264,966 $ 264,966
- - 3,198,709 3,691,343 492,634
- - 2,746,334 4,427,844 1,681,510
- - 678,174 706,215 28,041
- - 2,327,025 8,036,903 5,709,878
- - 2,835 2,835 -
- (966) 2,658,042 5,119,516 2,461,474
- (309,371) 19,012,261 96,052,113 77,039,852
- (120,386) 10,930,620 24,928,407 13,997,787
3,975 (256,513) 4,479,884 9,837,282 5,357,398
- (86,466) 3,352,556 10,720,806 7,368,250
- - 154,484 154,484 -
- - 190,736 190,736 -
- - 1,436,869 1,458,837 21,968
- - 187,785 237,309 49,524
35,000 (75,862) 692,697 813,853 121,156
- - 1,110,234 1,375,569 265,335
- - 26,117 26,117 -
- - 2,670,313 2,670,313 -
- - 10,980 195,726 184,746
- (650) 82,760 390,025 307,265
- (287,254) 4,144,864 4,144,864 -
38,975 (1,137,468) 60,094,279 175,446,063 115,351,784
- - - 259,723 259,723
- - 2,498,563 2,984,715 486,152
- - 96,545 97,448 903
- - 13,058,385 15,450,197 2,391,812
- - 1,102,219 1,539,207 436,988
- (519) 16,811,914 44,020,108 27,208,194
- - 370,141 646,048 275,907
- - 13,241,983 3,764,745 (9,477,238)
- - 452,283 17,763,609 17,311,326
- - 792,765 463,619 (329,146)
- - 3,076,492 754,894 (2,321,598)
- - 1,661,836 47,928 (1,613,908)
- - 38,800 131,542 92,742
- - 40,200 308,520 268,320
- - 272,832 14,734 (258,098)
- - 10,256 46,499 36,243
- - 46,498 1,612,314 1,565,816
- (519) 53,571,712 89,905,850 36,334,138
$ 38,975 $ (1,137,987) $ 113,665,991 $ 265,351,913 $ 151,685,922
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bond Interest and Redemption Requirements
Waterworks Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2014
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Balance Total
Outstanding Principal Interest Interest Annual
Year January 1 Requirements Rate Requirements Requirements
2025 6,215,000 900,000 3.00% 208,375 1,108,375
2026 5,315,000 930,000 3.00% 181,375 1,111,375
2027 4,385,000 960,000 3.50% 153,475 1,113,475
2028 3,425,000 1,000,000 3.50% 119,875 1,119,875
2029 2,425,000 2,425,000 3.50% 84,875 2,509,875
These bonds, dated October 14, 2014, were issued for an original amount of $14,055,000. The bonds
mature serially on November 1, of each year with final payment due November 1, 2029. Interest is
payable semiannually on May 1 and November 1, at the rates shown above. Interest and principal
redemption payments are paid out of the Water System Special Redemption Fund. The bonds originally
were in $5,000 denominations. The bonds maturing on or after November 1, 2025, are callable at the
option of the Utility on or after November 1, 2019, at par plus accrued interest.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bond Interest and Redemption Requirements
Waterworks Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2019
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Balance Total
Outstanding Principal Interest Interest Annual
Year January 1 Requirements Rate Requirements Requirements
2025 18,705,000 2,630,000 5.00% 831,150 3,461,150
2026 16,075,000 2,760,000 5.00% 699,650 3,459,650
2027 13,315,000 2,905,000 5.00% 561,650 3,466,650
2028 10,410,000 3,040,000 4.00% 416,400 3,456,400
2029 7,370,000 7,370,000 4.00% 294,800 7,664,800
These bonds, dated August 5, 2019, were issued for an original amount of $18,705,000. The bonds
mature serially on November 1, of each year with final payment due November 1, 2029. Interest is
payable semiannually on May 1 and November 1, at the rates shown above. Interest and principal
redemption payments are paid out of the Water System Special Redemption Fund. The remaining bonds
maturing on or after November 1, 2027, are callable at the option of the Utility, at par plus accrued
interest.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bond Interest and Redemption Requirements
Waterworks Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2021
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Balance Total
Outstanding Principal Interest Interest Annual
Year January 1 Requirements Rate Requirements Requirements
2025 5,595,000 380,000 3.00% 132,100 512,100
2026 5,215,000 395,000 3.00% 120,700 515,700
2027 4,820,000 405,000 3.00% 108,850 513,850
2028 4,415,000 420,000 4.00% 96,700 516,700
2029 3,995,000 435,000 2.00% 79,900 514,900
2030 3,560,000 445,000 2.00% 71,200 516,200
2031 3,115,000 285,000 2.00% 62,300 347,300
2032 2,830,000 290,000 2.00% 56,600 346,600
2033 2,540,000 295,000 2.00% 50,800 345,800
2034 2,245,000 300,000 2.00% 44,900 344,900
2035 1,945,000 310,000 2.00% 38,900 348,900
2036 1,635,000 315,000 2.00% 32,700 347,700
2037 1,320,000 320,000 2.00% 26,400 346,400
2038 1,000,000 325,000 2.00% 20,000 345,000
2039 675,000 335,000 2.00% 13,500 348,500
2040 340,000 340,000 2.00% 6,800 346,800
These bonds, dated March 23, 2021, were issued for an original amount of $7,080,000. The bonds
mature serially on November 1, of each year with final payment due November 1, 2040. Interest is
payable semiannually on May 1 and November 1, at the rates shown above. Interest and principal
redemption payments are paid out of the Water System Special Redemption Fund. The remaining bonds
maturing on or after November 1, 2028, are callable at the option of the Utility, at par plus accrued
interest.
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STATISTICAL SECTION
WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
STATISTICAL SECTION
This section of the City of Green Bay Water Utility’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
presents detailed information to help understand what the information in the management’s
discussion and analysis, financial statements, notes to the financial statements, and
supplementary financial information says about the Water Utility’s overall financial condition.
Contents: Pages
Financial Trends
These schedules present trend information to help the reader understand
how the Water Utility’s financial performance and condition has
changed over time. 54 - 60
Debt Capacity
This schedule presents information to help the reader assess the affordability
of the Water Utility’s current levels of outstanding debt and the Water
Utility’s ability to issue additional debt in the future. 61
Revenue Capacity
These schedules present information to help the reader assess the Water
Utility’s most significant revenue source, water sales. 62 - 71
Demographic and Economic Information
These schedules present information to help the reader understand the
environment within which the Water Utility’s financial activities take place. 72 - 73
Operating Information
These schedules present information to help the reader understand how the
information in the Water Utility’s financial report relates to the services the
Water Utility provides and the activities it performs. 74 - 83
Sources:
Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the Water Utility’s
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the relevant year.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
CHANGE IN NET POSITION
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Operating Revenues
Metered sales - Residential $ 7,964,246 $ 7,571,542 $ 7,377,404 $ 7,570,248 $ 7,663,060 $ 7,013,327 $ 6,414,239 $ 6,147,021 $ 6,304,242 $ 6,132,565
Metered sales - Commercial 3,960,734 3,706,899 3,734,487 3,716,900 3,597,822 3,677,571 3,403,825 3,273,444 3,289,651 3,054,456
Metered sales - Industrial 6,633,525 6,524,612 6,624,403 6,886,481 5,450,345 5,219,982 4,820,093 4,740,471 4,323,113 4,373,034
Public authority sales 500,796 474,615 448,311 448,152 369,660 443,568 503,235 454,138 477,730 438,716
Metered sales - Wholesale 3,834,326 3,784,436 3,904,051 4,018,681 3,894,966 3,434,908 3,251,388 3,281,062 3,150,957 2,851,616
Private fire protection 188,597 162,874 160,385 158,255 150,444 140,085 136,171 136,032 133,439 131,784
Public fire protection 1,465,637 1,386,083 1,377,884 1,380,074 1,364,722 1,340,187 1,621,169 1,648,626 1,647,390 1,648,897
Customer late payment charges 138,895 130,126 125,793 115,967 73,934 152,709 132,069 145,078 140,112 140,257
Sewer and storm water collection revenue 1,542,612 1,457,285 1,377,573 1,322,988 1,255,747 1,113,612 1,107,529 1,010,436 1,136,437 1,088,069
Other operating revenues 261,160 359,511 320,545 313,431 304,798 278,140 281,558 283,799 262,389 211,171
Total Operating Revenues 26,490,528 25,557,983 25,450,836 25,931,177 24,125,498 22,814,089 21,671,276 21,120,107 20,865,460 20,070,565
Operating Expenses
Source of supply expense 219,763 50,576 1,281,575 766,508 41,482 50,419 69,896 53,754 67,839 53,096
Pumping expense 1,954,645 1,744,585 1,469,057 1,549,057 1,266,797 1,273,185 1,300,382 1,306,604 1,284,390 1,205,066
Water treatment expense 1,849,107 2,295,283 1,777,415 1,882,079 1,502,504 2,019,678 1,222,482 1,274,754 1,213,056 1,376,668
Transmission and distribution expense 2,264,462 2,155,522 2,273,224 2,107,171 2,051,157 2,052,215 1,974,838 1,857,277 1,439,930 1,856,801
Maintenance expense 1,406,822 1,369,675 916,088 792,038 850,495 649,173 714,895 765,767 1,023,866 777,988
Meter expense 243,788 200,201 264,047 268,940 175,930 150,204 200,932 134,708 186,550 158,340
Customers' installation expense 260,992 234,262 124,222 81,284 92,147 90,518 102,821 89,500 87,456 92,064
Customer records and collecting expense 1,045,387 1,020,807 942,080 988,384 941,952 818,163 802,270 873,639 875,779 706,093
Customer service and information expense 83,779 70,498 72,478 - - - - - - -
Meter reading expense 68,576 55,804 13,264 14,460 30,538 28,213 15,534 17,442 20,404 22,506
Administrative and general expense 3,668,332 4,107,765 2,886,046 2,753,828 3,139,493 3,247,380 2,986,706 2,944,037 2,899,819 2,143,951
Depreciation 6,148,133 5,833,752 5,481,708 5,386,567 5,295,672 5,228,702 5,253,175 5,217,239 5,155,128 5,109,163
Taxes 2,281,794 2,385,127 2,367,148 2,457,195 2,545,829 2,477,790 2,353,288 2,297,587 2,310,073 2,300,268
Total Operating Expenses 21,495,580 21,523,856 19,868,352 19,047,511 17,933,996 18,085,640 16,997,219 16,832,308 16,564,290 15,802,004
Operating Income 4,994,948 4,034,127 5,582,484 6,883,666 6,191,502 4,728,449 4,674,057 4,287,799 4,301,170 4,268,561
Nonoperating Revenues (Expenses)
Interest income 1,053,356 1,012,478 27,875 29,438 319,661 607,969 275,633 222,044 181,549 177,081
Grant Revenue - - - - 205,400 - - - - -
Miscellaneous income 359,356 334,308 315,806 309,593 216,220 177,538 144,923 149,382 36,502 46,911
Interest and fiscal expense (1,270,377) (1,381,761) (1,484,542) (1,644,170) (1,472,722) (1,970,057) (1,693,833) (2,340,166) (2,320,992) (2,424,537)
Amortization of debt premium net of discounts 438,556 438,556 438,556 434,434 421,616 222,625 227,442 227,442 227,442 227,442
Amortization of loss on advance refundings (76,592) (119,256) (157,452) (191,685) (221,959) (224,583) (385,645) (180,723) (180,722) (259,780)
Total Nonoperating Revenues (Expenses) 504,299 284,325 (859,757) (1,062,390) (531,784) (1,186,508) (1,431,480) (1,922,021) (2,056,221) (2,232,883)
Excess before contributions 5,499,247 4,318,452 4,722,727 5,821,276 5,659,718 3,541,941 3,242,577 2,365,778 2,244,949 2,035,678
Capital contributions 175,194 491,546 279,528 209,823 591,178 1,325,622 782,979 638,822 434,274 15,742
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle - - - - - - - - - 1,181,454
Change in Net Position $ 5,674,441 $ 4,809,998 $ 5,002,255 $ 6,031,099 $ 6,250,896 $ 4,867,563 $ 4,025,556 $ 3,004,600 $ 2,679,223 $ 3,232,874
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
OPERATING REVENUES BY SOURCE
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Metered Sales:
Residential $ 7,964,246 $ 7,571,542 $ 7,377,404 $ 7,570,248 $ 7,663,060 $ 7,013,327 $ 6,414,239 $ 6,147,021 $ 6,304,242 $ 6,132,565
Commercial 3,960,734 3,706,899 3,734,487 3,716,900 3,597,822 3,677,571 3,403,825 3,273,444 3,289,651 3,054,456
Industrial 6,633,525 6,524,612 6,624,403 6,886,481 5,450,345 5,219,982 4,820,093 4,740,471 4,323,113 4,373,034
Public Authority 500,796 474,615 448,311 448,152 369,660 443,568 503,235 454,138 477,730 438,716
Wholesale 3,834,326 3,784,436 3,904,051 4,018,681 3,894,966 3,434,908 3,251,388 3,281,062 3,150,957 2,851,616
Total Metered Sales 22,893,627 22,062,104 22,088,656 22,640,462 20,975,853 19,789,356 18,392,780 17,896,136 17,545,693 16,850,387
Private Fire Protection 188,597 162,874 160,385 158,255 150,444 140,085 136,171 136,032 133,439 131,784
Public Fire Protection 1,465,637 1,386,083 1,377,884 1,380,074 1,364,722 1,340,187 1,621,169 1,648,626 1,647,390 1,648,897
Customer Late Payment Charges 138,895 130,126 125,793 115,967 73,934 152,709 132,069 145,078 140,112 140,257
Sewer/stormwater Collection Revenue 1,542,612 1,457,285 1,377,573 1,322,988 1,255,747 1,113,612 1,107,529 1,010,436 1,136,437 1,088,069
Other Operating Revenues 261,160 359,511 320,545 313,431 304,798 278,140 281,558 283,799 262,389 211,171
Total Operating Revenue $ 26,490,528 $ 25,557,983 $ 25,450,836 $ 25,931,177 $ 24,125,498 $ 22,814,089 $ 21,671,276 $ 21,120,107 $ 20,865,460 $ 20,070,565
$ 30,000,000 Unmetered & Other Revenue
$ 25,000,000 Wholesale
$ 20,000,000
Public Authority
$ 15,000,000
Industrial
$ 10,000,000
Commercial
$ 5,000,000
Residential
$-
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
OPERATING EXPENSES BY OBJECT
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Labor, Salaries and Fringe Benefits $ 6,129,497 $ 6,371,288 $ 5,212,218 $ 4,753,785 $ 5,237,015 $ 5,277,984 $ 4,859,923 $ 4,887,097 $ 4,712,251 $ 4,009,150
Professional Services 2,261,417 2,121,701 2,279,311 1,918,285 1,063,897 315,280 309,726 363,553 330,185 208,279
(1)
Materials, Supplies, Equipment and Other Costs 3,233,519 3,315,501 3,151,152 3,189,301 2,670,102 3,924,720 3,359,758 3,310,052 3,189,902 3,367,310
Power for Pumping 886,441 1,004,861 930,875 815,310 701,814 700,620 747,983 725,704 724,700 756,644
Insurance and Taxes 2,836,573 2,876,753 2,813,088 2,984,263 2,965,496 2,638,334 2,466,654 2,328,663 2,452,124 2,351,458
Operating Expenses before Depreciation 15,347,447 15,690,104 14,386,644 13,660,944 12,638,324 12,856,938 11,744,044 11,615,069 11,409,162 10,692,841
Depreciation 6,148,133 5,833,752 5,481,708 5,386,567 5,295,672 5,228,702 5,253,175 5,217,239 5,155,128 5,109,163
Total Operating Expenses $ 21,495,580 $ 21,523,856 $ 19,868,352 $ 19,047,511 $ 17,933,996 $ 18,085,640 $ 16,997,219 $ 16,832,308 $ 16,564,290 $ 15,802,004
(1) Materials, supplies, equipment and other costs include chemicals.
$ 25,000,000
Depreciation
$ 20,000,000 Insurance and Taxes
Power for Pumping
$ 15,000,000
Materials, Supplies, Equipment and Other Costs(1)
$ 10,000,000
Professional Services
$ 5,000,000
Labor, Salaries and Fringe Benefits
$-
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
NONOPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENSES
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Interest income $ 1,053,356 $ 1,012,478 $ 27,875 $ 29,438 $ 319,661 $ 607,969 $ 275,633 $ 222,044 $ 181,549 $ 177,081
Grant revenue - - - - 205,400 - - - - -
Miscellaneous income 359,356 334,308 315,806 309,593 216,220 177,538 144,923 149,382 36,502 46,911
Interest and fiscal charges (1,270,377) (1,381,761) (1,484,542) (1,644,170) (1,472,722) (1,970,057) (1,693,833) (2,340,166) (2,320,992) (2,424,537)
Amortization of debt premium 438,556 438,556 438,556 434,434 421,616 373,759 227,442 227,442 227,442 227,442
Amortization of loss
on advance refundings (76,592) (119,256) (157,452) (191,685) (221,959) (375,717) (385,645) (180,723) (180,722) (259,780)
Total Nonoperating Revenues
and (Expenses) $ 504,299 $ 284,325 $ (859,757) $ (1,062,390) $ (531,784) $ (1,186,508) $ (1,431,480) $ (1,922,021) $ (2,056,221) $ (2,232,883)
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY SOURCE
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Special assessments billed on
water mains installed $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 476,022 $ - $ - $ 62,236 $ -
Special assessments billed on
water laterals installed - - - - - 76,500 - - 7,056 15,742
Total special assessments billed - - - - - 552,522 - - 69,292 15,742
Developers' contributions of new
subdivision mains & laterals 175,194 491,546 279,528 209,823 591,178 773,100 782,979 638,822 364,982 -
Total capital contributions billed $ 175,194 $ 491,546 $ 279,528 $ 209,823 $ 591,178 $ 1,325,622 $ 782,979 $ 638,822 $ 434,274 $ 15,742
Total capital contributions collected $ 175,194 $ 491,546 $ 279,528 $ 209,823 $ 591,178 $ 1,325,622 $ 782,979 $ 638,822 $ 434,274 $ 15,742
Note: Total special assessments billed consists mainly of special assessments installments placed on the City's tax roll.
The City reimburses the Water Utility within 30 days of being invoiced by the Utility and then records the
assessments on the City's financial statements as a receivable.
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WATER UTILITY
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NET POSITION BY COMPONENT
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Net investment in capital assets $ 119,773,155 $ 112,921,575 $ 107,978,115 $ 103,382,262 $ 101,456,742 $ 96,040,064 $ 91,883,099 $ 90,401,893 $ 87,255,877 $ 83,599,544
Restricted for debt retirement 6,962,589 7,487,563 7,188,510 6,854,842 7,095,794 6,697,747 6,529,150 3,049,249 3,500,834 3,524,289
Restricted for private service
replacement 41,699 4,550 54,632 124,707 68,642 39,356 36,485 56,252 5,998 -
Restricted for net pension asset - - 2,127,002 1,675,610 858,420 - 718,059 - - 585,000
Unrestricted 11,109,737 11,799,051 10,054,482 10,363,065 6,889,789 7,341,324 8,479,107 8,240,862 7,980,947 8,355,600
Total Net Position $ 137,887,180 $ 132,212,739 $ 127,402,741 $ 122,400,486 $ 116,369,387 $ 110,118,491 $ 107,645,900 $ 101,748,256 $ 98,743,656 $ 96,064,433
$140,000,000
Restricted for private service
replacement
$120,000,000
Unrestricted
$100,000,000
$80,000,000 Restricted for net pension asset
$60,000,000
Restricted for debt retirement
$40,000,000
Net investment in capital assets
$20,000,000
$-
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
RETURN ON RATE BASE (PSCW METHOD)
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Utility plant in service - average $ 233,866,578 $ 228,138,667 $ 220,565,538 $ 213,453,243 $ 208,672,544 $ 203,554,124 $ 199,402,909 $ 194,330,005 $ 189,321,489 $ 184,349,217
Less: Accum deprec - average 101,312,084 96,571,871 91,922,595 87,638,136 83,448,887 79,398,523 75,116,786 70,667,498 66,281,769 62,269,470
Plus: Materials & supplies - average 750,779 775,896 670,036 533,317 513,053 522,481 520,809 476,039 474,328 485,932
(1)
Less: Regulatory liability - average - 100,671 302,013 503,356 704,699 906,041 1,107,383 1,308,726 1,510,069 1,711,411
Average Net Rate Base $ 133,305,273 $ 132,242,021 $ 129,010,966 $ 125,845,068 $ 125,032,011 $ 123,772,041 $ 123,699,549 $ 122,829,820 $ 122,003,979 $ 120,854,268
Operating Income(2) $ 5,718,242 $ 5,213,420 $ 5,893,612 $ 7,131,947 $ 6,878,493 $ 6,439,163 $ 5,362,947 $ 5,014,153 $ 5,018,208 $ 4,756,089
Actual Rate of Return 4.29% 3.94% 4.57% 5.67% 5.50% 5.20% 4.34% 4.08% 4.11% 3.94%
PSCW Authorized Rate of Return 4.00% 3.90% 3.90% 3.90% 3.90% 3.20% 3.20% 2.84% 2.84% 2.84%
(1) The PSCW (Public Service Commission of Wisconsin) has modified the calculation of the rate of return effective January 1, 2004 by reclassifying the pre-2003 contributions in aid of construction and additional accumulated
depreciation as a regulatory liability. The PSCW has also modified the calculation of the rate of return effective January 1, 2015 by reclassifying a portion of the effects of the implementation of GASB 68 on the current year pension
expense as a regulatory liability. The liability ended in 2023.
(2) The property tax equivalent remains an operating expense for rate setting purposes of the PSCW.
6.00%
5.00%
4.00%
3.00%
2.00%
1.00%
0.00%
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
REVENUE BOND COVERAGE AND DEBT RATIOS
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Net Income (Change in Net Position) $ 5,674,441 $ 4,809,998 $ 5,002,255 $ 6,031,099 $ 6,250,896 $ 4,867,563 $ 4,025,556 $ 3,004,600 $ 2,679,223 $ 2,051,420
Add Back:
Depreciation 6,311,090 6,046,194 5,630,050 5,520,383 5,651,245 5,484,684 5,686,117 5,606,614 5,556,148 5,467,420
Amortization 493,418 450,753 412,557 374,202 331,110 129,495 289,656 84,734 84,733 163,791
Interest Expense 1,270,377 1,381,761 1,484,542 1,644,170 1,472,722 1,970,057 1,693,833 2,340,166 2,320,992 2,424,537
Total Available for Debt Service $ 13,749,326 $ 12,688,706 $ 12,529,404 $ 13,569,854 $ 13,705,973 $ 12,451,799 $ 11,695,162 $ 11,036,114 $ 10,641,096 $ 10,107,168
Debt Service Requirement:
Principal $ 4,415,000 $ 4,305,000 $ 4,205,000 $ 3,775,000 $ 3,705,000 $ 3,560,000 $ 3,405,000 $ 1,810,000 $ 2,905,000 $ 2,790,000
Interest 1,270,377 1,381,761 1,484,542 1,644,170 1,472,722 1,970,057 1,693,833 2,340,166 2,320,992 2,424,537
Total Debt Service Requirement $ 5,685,377 $ 5,686,761 $ 5,689,542 $ 5,419,170 $ 5,177,722 $ 5,530,057 $ 5,098,833 $ 4,150,166 $ 5,225,992 $ 5,214,537
Coverage 2.42 2.23 2.20 2.50 2.65 2.25 2.29 2.66 2.04 1.94
Debt Ratio:
Total Liabilities $ 47,819,344 $ 53,296,166 $ 55,066,562 $ 60,903,482 $ 56,463,629 $ 60,613,697 $ 57,494,816 $ 61,957,249 $ 63,641,807 $ 66,060,315
Total Assets $ 186,841,234 $ 183,079,038 $ 183,020,523 $ 183,716,273 $ 172,741,200 $ 168,614,009 $ 162,545,816 $ 161,784,345 $ 161,173,139 $ 161,529,710
Debt Ratio Percentage 25.59% 29.11% 30.09% 33.15% 32.69% 35.95% 35.37% 38.30% 39.49% 40.90%
Revenue bonds outstanding at year-end (1) $ 32,881,404 $ 37,734,960 $ 42,478,516 $ 47,122,073 $ 44,321,827 $ 48,448,445 $ 51,811,133 $ 55,262,853 $ 57,119,573 $ 60,071,293
Outstanding debt per capita $ 307.41 $ 354.00 $ 395.63 $ 447.89 $ 419.72 $ 458.39 $ 491.21 $ 524.10 $ 543.59 $ 571.83
Outstanding debt per customer $ 894.81 $ 1,029.77 $ 1,160.46 $ 1,289.92 $ 1,208.90 $ 1,324.71 $ 1,418.74 $ 1,517.54 $ 1,569.78 $ 1,654.04
(1) Net of related premiums, discounts and adjustments
$ 14,000,000
$ 12,000,000
Total Available for Debt Service
$ 10,000,000
$ 8,000,000
$ 6,000,000
$ 4,000,000 Total Debt Service Requirement
$ 2,000,000
$-
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
ANNUAL WATER PUMPAGE
ANNUAL WATER PUMPAGE
1920 - 2024
9
8
7
BILLIONS OF GALLONS
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1921 1925 1929 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
2017
2020
2023
ANNUAL WATER PUMPAGE
Five Year Record
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Gallons Pumped 6,560,200,000 7,504,963,000 8,304,929,000 8,274,749,000 7,297,069,000
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
MONTHLY WATER PUMPAGE
2024
700
600
500
MILLIONS OF GALLONS
400
300
200
100
0
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2024 Pumpage - Lake Michigan-------------------------------------------- 6,560,200,000 Gallons
- Water Purchased from Town of Scott-------------- 721,000 Gallons
2024 Average Daily Pumpage------------------------------------------------- 17,973,151 Gallons
2024 Highest Daily Pumpage, July 30, 2024------------------------------- 25,919,000 Gallons
2024 Lowest Daily Pumpage, December 25, 2024----------------------- 13,494,000 Gallons
Record High Daily Pumpage, July 7, 1988--------------------------------- 32,909,000 Gallons
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WATER PRODUCED AND CONSUMED
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Gallons produced (000s) 7,214,096 7,492,623 7,743,940 8,032,740 7,033,295 6,334,438 6,513,047 6,516,968 6,535,992 6,498,045
Gallons sold (000s) (1) (6,195,861) (6,463,212) (6,531,121) (6,664,692) (5,988,151) (5,953,277) (6,135,481) (6,066,409) (5,878,274) (5,972,675)
Gallons used for production and
lost due to system leaks (000s) (203,435) (219,500) (280,785) (307,035) (243,617) (263,338) (235,627) (187,062) (159,351) (192,243)
Gallons produced and unaccounted
for (000s) 814,800 809,911 932,034 1,061,013 801,527 117,823 141,939 263,497 498,367 333,127
Percent unaccounted for 11.29% 10.81% 12.04% 13.21% 11.40% 1.86% 2.18% 4.04% 7.62% 5.13%
Maximum day pumpage (000s) 25,919 27,261 27,090 28,552 27,059 27,742 29,584 26,067 27,370 27,772
Date of maximum pumpage 7/30/24 6/23/23 8/1/22 7/26/21 8/27/20 7/17/19 8/15/18 8/9/17 8/10/16 7/27/15
Minimum day pumpage (000s) 13,494 12,799 12,502 14,855 12,699 13,980 12,984 13,954 12,719 13,395
Date of minimum pumpage 12/25/24 12/25/23 12/25/22 12/24/21 2/9/20 12/29/19 12/25/18 12/25/17 3/27/16 3/22/15
Total KWH used for pumping 13,089,989 14,002,478 14,215,366 15,130,196 13,281,057 13,303,689 12,361,996 13,197,754 12,878,027 13,085,528
(1) Includes sales to wholesale customers
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City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WATER RATES
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Monthly Meter Charge:
5/8" & 3/4" $ 9.00 $ 6.80 $ 6.80 $ 6.80 $ 6.80 $ 6.17 $ 6.17 $ 5.25 $ 5.25 $ 5.25
1" 13.10 10.20 10.20 10.20 10.20 9.20 9.20 7.90 7.90 7.90
1 1/4" 17.40 13.50 13.50 13.50 13.50 - - - - -
1 1/2" 21.10 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 15.10 15.10 13.65 13.65 13.65
2" 31.70 24.90 24.90 24.90 24.90 22.80 22.80 22.10 22.10 22.10
3" 48.20 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 35.60 35.60 33.60 33.60 33.60
4" 69.10 56.80 56.80 56.80 56.80 52.20 52.20 52.50 52.50 52.50
6" 111.90 95.60 95.60 95.60 95.60 87.80 87.80 81.00 81.00 81.00
8" 162.10 141.30 141.30 141.30 141.30 129.80 129.80 120.00 120.00 120.00
10" 226.90 200.80 200.80 200.80 200.80 184.50 184.50 - - -
12" 291.80 260.40 260.40 260.40 260.40 239.20 239.20 - - -
Effective date of rate change 8/1/2024 6/1/20 10/1/18 11/5/15
Water billing rate per 1,000 gallons:
First 25,000 gallons per month $ 4.01 $ 3.56 $ 3.56 $ 3.56 $ 3.56 $ 3.46 $ 3.46 $ 3.03 $ 3.03 $ 3.03
Next 350,000 gallons per month 3.86 3.42 3.42 3.42 3.42 3.33 3.33 2.91 2.91 2.91
Usage over 375,000 gallons per month 2.95 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.42 2.42 2.21 2.21 2.21
Effective date of rate change 8/1/2024 6/1/20 10/1/18 11/5/2015
Monthly Public Fire Protection Charge:
5/8" & 3/4" $ 2.75 $ 2.45 $ 2.45 $ 2.45 $ 2.45 $ 2.40 $ 2.40 $ 2.97 $ 2.97 $ 2.97
1" 6.90 6.10 6.10 6.10 6.10 6.10 6.10 7.40 7.40 7.40
1 1/4" 10.20 9.10 9.10 9.10 9.10 - - - - -
1 1/2" 13.70 12.30 12.30 12.30 12.30 12.00 12.00 14.90 14.90 14.90
2" 22.00 19.60 19.60 19.60 19.60 19.00 19.00 23.80 23.80 23.80
3" 41.20 36.80 36.80 36.80 36.80 36.00 36.00 44.50 44.50 44.50
4" 68.70 61.30 61.30 61.30 61.30 61.00 61.00 74.00 74.00 74.00
6" 137.30 122.60 122.60 122.60 122.60 121.00 121.00 148.00 148.00 148.00
8" 219.70 196.10 196.10 196.10 196.10 194.00 194.00 237.00 237.00 237.00
10" 329.60 294.20 294.20 294.20 294.20 291.00 291.00 - - -
12" 439.50 392.30 392.30 392.30 392.30 388.00 388.00 - - -
Effective date of rate change 8/1/2024 6/1/2020 10/1/2018 7/15/2014
Note: Changes in water rates must be approved by the State of Wisconsin Public Service Commission.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
ANALYSIS OF OPERATING REVENUE
2024
Average
Number of Average Daily
Customers Consumption
Classification Gallons Revenue Billed Per Customer
Residential - Owner Occupied 908,867,000 $ 5,525,068 22,645 110 Gallons
Residential - 1 & 2 Unit Apartment 409,583,000 2,439,178 9,722 115 Gallons
Restaurant 42,066,000 181,805 161 716 Gallons
Commercial 915,586,000 3,778,929 3,310 758 Gallons
Industrial 2,384,929,000 6,633,525 154 42,429 Gallons
Municipal 133,065,000 500,796 223 1,635 Gallons
Wholesale 1,401,765,000 3,834,326 4 ---
Private Fire Protection --- 188,597 528 ---
Public Fire Protection --- 1,465,637 --- ---
Customer Late Payment Penalties --- 138,895 --- ---
Sewer/Storm Collection Revenue --- 1,542,612 --- ---
Other Operating Revenue --- 320,656 --- ---
Totals 6,195,861,000 $ 26,550,025 36,747
Gallons Sold by Customer Classification Residential - Owner
Occupied
14.7%
Industrial
38.5%
Wholesale
22.6%
Municipal
2.1%
Residential - 1 & 2 Unit
Apartment
Restaurant Commercial 6.6%
0.7% 14.8%
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City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
USAGE SCHEDULE OF THE TWELVE LARGEST CONSUMERS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
2024 2023
Name of Customer Gallons Used Gallons Used Increase (Decrease)
Village of Ashwaubenon 1,166,488,048 1,211,778,999 (45,290,951)
Procter & Gamble 678,551,678 663,788,881 14,762,797
Green Bay Packaging 483,630,859 594,206,877 (110,576,018)
JBS Green Bay 345,758,961 364,591,140 (18,832,179)
American Foods Group 313,729,496 297,667,692 16,061,804
Georgia-Pacific 283,666,770 260,914,480 22,752,290
Bay Valley Foods 190,049,918 237,677,486 (47,627,568)
Village of Hobart 133,504,536 159,505,016 (26,000,480)
Village of Wrightstown 72,965,156 80,439,022 (7,473,866)
Aurora Health Care 38,753,678 42,955,994 (4,202,316)
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital 38,135,067 44,332,247 (6,197,180)
Town of Scott - 31,941,994 (31,941,994)
Bellin Health 31,411,766 - 31,411,766
Totals 3,776,645,933 3,989,799,828 (213,153,895)
Percentage of Metered Water 60.95% 61.73% (0.78%)
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
REVENUE SCHEDULE OF THE TWELVE LARGEST CONSUMERS
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
% of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper % of Oper
Name of Customer Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue Amount Revenue
Village of Ashwaubenon $ 3,182,219 11.99% $ 3,091,073 12.07% $ 3,248,245 12.74% $ 3,371,009 13.00% $ 3,214,287 13.32% $ 2,903,163 12.73% $ 2,721,979 12.56% $ 2,793,770 13.23% $ 2,804,817 14.16% $ 2,562,371 13.44%
Procter & Gamble 1,853,733 6.98% 1,702,991 6.65% 1,725,039 6.77% 1,799,775 6.94% 1,331,354 5.52% 1,250,072 5.48% 1,065,695 4.92% 1,055,098 5.00% 892,735 4.51% 1,144,229 6.00%
Green Bay Packaging 1,317,347 4.96% 1,527,595 5.97% 1,448,104 5.68% 1,485,035 5.73% 716,121 2.97% 489,048 2.14% 449,130 2.07% 443,762 2.10% 393,515 1.99% 342,048 1.79%
JBS Green Bay 949,148 3.57% 942,941 3.68% 1,022,457 4.01% 1,005,847 3.88% 904,156 3.75% 912,367 4.00% 837,681 3.87% 792,364 3.75% 707,612 3.57% 665,163 3.49%
American Foods Group 896,154 3.38% 803,714 3.14% 768,862 3.02% 796,956 3.07% 731,502 3.03% 719,893 3.16% 641,117 2.96% 590,607 2.80% 559,195 2.82% 495,649 2.60%
Georgia-Pacific 781,354 2.94% 682,830 2.67% 769,694 3.02% 909,184 3.51% 950,146 3.94% 999,289 4.38% 948,559 4.38% 1,051,372 4.98% 1,004,411 5.07% 1,040,061 5.45%
Bay Valley Foods 523,893 1.97% 607,792 2.37% 641,977 2.52% 642,601 2.48% 534,509 2.22% 581,576 2.55% 527,021 2.43% 450,495 2.13% 436,784 2.20% 360,751 1.89%
Village of Hobart 374,157 1.41% 407,264 1.59% 379,391 1.49% 366,674 1.41% 374,008 1.55% 285,740 1.25% 275,325 1.27% 225,291 1.07% 214,450 1.08% 202,109 1.06%
Village of Wrightstown 199,985 0.75% 205,384 0.80% 189,554 0.74% 177,517 0.68% 207,053 0.86% 166,936 0.73% 160,256 0.74% 200,397 0.95% --- --- --- ---
Aurora Health Care 141,562 0.53% 134,366 0.52% 162,194 0.64% 162,127 0.63% 143,124 0.59% 134,581 0.59% 131,120 0.61% 144,543 0.68% 128,794 0.65% 110,622 0.58%
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital 119,742 0.45% 131,620 0.51% 126,861 0.50% 128,255 0.49% 110,082 0.46% 111,339 0.49% --- --- --- --- 96,617 0.49% --- ---
Bellin Health 110,174 0.41% --- --- 108,168 0.42% --- --- 108,467 0.45% 137,933 0.60% 131,455 0.61% 120,201 0.57% 142,146 0.72% 112,657 0.59%
Town of Scott --- --- 80,715 0.32% --- --- 103,481 0.40% --- --- --- --- --- --- 96,827 0.46% 90,876 0.46% 87,136 0.46%
Wisc Public Service Corp --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 125,862 0.58% --- --- --- --- 97,450 0.51%
Totals $ 10,449,468 39.36% $ 10,318,287 40.31% $ 10,590,546 41.54% $ 10,948,461 42.22% $ 9,324,809 38.65% $ 8,691,937 38.10% $ 8,015,200 36.99% $ 7,964,727 37.71% $ 7,471,952 37.71% $ 7,220,246 37.87%
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
TWELVE LARGEST CONSUMERS
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
2024 2015
% of Oper % of Water % of Oper % of Water
Name of Customer Amount Rank Revenue Gallons Used Metered Amount Rank Revenue Gallons Used Metered
Village of Ashwaubenon $ 3,182,219 1 11.99% 1,166,488,048 18.83% $ 2,562,371 1 13.44% 1,218,214,492 20.40%
Procter & Gamble 1,853,733 2 6.98% 678,551,678 10.95% 1,144,229 2 6.00% 536,928,836 8.99%
Green Bay Packaging 1,317,347 3 4.96% 483,630,859 7.81% 342,048 7 1.79% 153,416,850 2.57%
JBS Green Bay 949,148 4 3.57% 345,758,961 5.58% 665,163 4 3.49% 309,716,147 5.19%
American Foods Group 896,154 5 3.38% 313,729,496 5.06% 495,649 5 2.60% 224,389,521 3.76%
Georgia-Pacific 781,354 6 2.94% 283,666,770 4.58% 1,040,061 3 5.45% 480,542,704 8.05%
Bay Valley Foods 523,893 7 1.97% 190,049,918 3.07% 360,751 6 1.89% 169,935,726 2.85%
Village of Hobart 374,157 8 1.41% 133,504,536 2.15% 202,109 8 1.06% 96,363,449 1.61%
Village of Wrightstown 199,985 9 0.75% 72,965,156 1.18% --- --- --- --- ---
Aurora Health Care 141,562 10 0.53% 38,753,678 0.63% 110,622 10 --- 42,158,679 ---
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital 119,742 11 0.45% 38,135,067 0.62% --- --- --- --- ---
Bellin Health 110,174 12 0.41% 31,411,766 0.51% 112,657 9 0.59% 44,423,114 0.74%
Town of Scott --- --- --- --- --- 87,136 12 0.46% 46,042,392 0.77%
Wisconsin Public Service Corp --- --- --- --- --- 97,450 11 0.51% 37,271,284 0.62%
Totals $ 10,449,468 39.36% 3,776,645,933 60.95% $ 7,220,246 37.87% 3,359,403,194 55.54%
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NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS BY TYPE
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Residential 32,367 32,296 32,265 32,222 32,161 32,232 32,188 32,108 32,027 31,968
Restaurant 161 159 157 154 152 139 139 127 127 125
Commercial 3,310 3,292 3,277 3,269 3,272 3,320 3,325 3,336 3,379 3,384
Industrial 154 158 159 155 162 163 162 168 172 174
Municipal 223 218 233 228 223 232 228 219 222 220
Wholesale 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Private Fire Protection 528 517 510 499 492 483 473 454 456 444
Totals 36,747 36,644 36,605 36,531 36,466 36,573 36,519 36,416 36,387 36,318
37,000
Private Fire
Protection
36,000
Wholesale
35,000
Municipal
34,000
Industrial
33,000
Commercial
32,000
Restaurant
31,000
Residential
30,000
29,000
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER ANALYSIS
NUMBER OF RESIDENTAL CUSTOMERS
1973 - 2023
34,000
32,000
30,000
28,000
26,000
24,000
22,000
1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2023
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
Five Year Record
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Average Number of Customers 32,367 32,296 32,265 32,222 32,161
Average Annual Usage Per
Customer (Gallons) 40,734 42,964 41,850 42,626 44,480
Average Annual Billings
Per Customer $ 246.06 $ 234.44 $ 228.65 $ 234.94 $ 238.28
Rate Increases 8/1/24 --- --- --- 6/1/20
Approximate % Increase 15.13% --- --- --- 4.4%
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
Last Ten Years
Est.
Unemployment Construction Est.
Personal Rate Unemployment Residental Value- Total Construction
Income Per Capita Green Bay Rate Building Residential Building Value-Total
Green Bay (thousands of Personal Metropolitan State of Permits (thousands of Permits (thousands of
Year Population dollars) Income Area Wisconsin Issued dollars) Issued dollars)
2015 105,051 $ 14,826,914 $ 46,962 4.2% 4.6% 69 $ 21,771 2,753 $ 182,138
2016 105,079 15,030,492 47,349 3.8% 4.1% 112 31,321 2,877 219,869
2017 105,443 15,634,216 48,910 3.2% 3.3% 100 26,941 3,037 143,678
2018 105,477 16,472,718 51,276 3.0% 3.0% 110 32,316 3,088 184,284
2019 105,693 16,911,095 52,453 3.2% 3.3% 72 21,831 3,326 173,504
2020 105,599 17,837,364 55,159 6.0% 6.3% 71 20,020 2,995 348,827
2021 105,209 19,189,367 58,240 3.4% 3.8% 59 17,319 3,522 192,962
2022 107,369 20,206,881 61,179 2.7% 2.9% 41 14,660 3,472 383,094
2023 106,597 21,099,453 63,575 2.8% 3.0% 38 14,662 3,287 497,888
2024 106,962 N/A * N/A * 2.7% 3.0% 40 15,053 3,432 498,484
Sources:
Wisconsin Department of Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
City of Green Bay Planning Department
* N/A = Not Available at time of publication
Personal Income and per Capita Income based on Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area - define as an area consisting of a recognized population nucleus
and adjacent communities that have a high degree of integration with that nucleus.
Unemployment rate is annual average not seasonally adjusted.
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
2024 2015
Percent of Total Percent of Total
Number of Metro Area Number of Metro Area
Employer Type of Business Employees Rank Employment Employees Rank Employment
Bellin Health * Medical & Health Care Facility 5,131 1 2.85% 2,529 4 1.48%
Green Bay Area Public Schools * Education 3,727 2 2.07% --- --- ---
Kwik Trip Gas Station/Convenience Store 3,616 3 2.01% --- --- ---
Humana Health Insurance 3,604 4 2.00% 3,283 1 1.92%
Schneider National, Inc. Truck load carrier 2,383 5 1.32% 2,725 2 1.60%
Oneida Nation Tribal Enterprises 2,383 6 1.32% 2,652 3 1.55%
Aurora Health Care * Full-service medical care 2,376 7 1.32% 1,819 7 1.07%
American Foods Group * Meat Distributor 2,059 8 1.14% 1,504 9 0.88%
Brown County * Local Government 1,760 9 0.98% --- --- ---
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital * Hospital 1,696 10 0.94% 1,573 8 0.92%
Georgia-Pacific * Paper Products Manufacturer --- --- --- 1,950 5 1.14%
United Healthcare Health Insurance --- --- --- 1,828 6 1.07%
Wisconsin Public Service * Utility Company --- --- --- 1,413 10 0.83%
Total of Ten Largest Employers 28,735 15.98% 21,276 12.46%
Total Labor Force Green Bay Metropolitan Area 179,859 170,741
Data is for the Greater Green Bay area.
The Green Bay Water Utility is located within the Greater Green Bay area.
* Located within the Green Bay Water Utility's service area.
Sources:
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
CLASSIFICATION OF METERS
December 31, 2024
Residential & Commercial & Utility In Stock
Size Apartment Restaurant Industrial Municipal Wholesale Use & Deduct Total
5/8" 15,917 542 9 11 0 0 795 17,274
3/4" 16,277 1,046 34 20 0 0 878 18,255
1" 166 713 28 35 0 0 77 1,019
1 1/2" 3 668 19 37 0 0 102 829
2" 0 426 36 76 0 0 123 661
3" 1 65 8 29 0 0 43 146
4" 0 24 10 12 0 0 22 68
6" 0 4 8 2 4 0 11 29
8" 0 1 3 1 2 7 8 22
10" 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
18" 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
36" 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total 32,364 3,489 155 223 9 10 2,059 38,309
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WELLS, RESERVOIRS & TANKS
WELLS AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY USE
Yield in
Location Depth Diameter Gallons/Day
1479 North Military Avenue 809' 12" 1,440,000
3120 Sturgeon Bay Road (Hwy 54/57) 132' 12" 1,000,000
2240 Eastman Avenue 943' 17" 1,152,000
1451 Cass Street 918' 15" 1,238,400
605 South Adams Street (Mason) 917' 16" 1,332,000
1569 Seventh Street 860' 17" 1,670,000
2105 Sugar Maple Court (Highland) 777' 16" 1,425,000
1649 Bond Street 807' 15" 1,555,000
RESERVOIRS IN SERVICE
Year Primary Capacity
Location Constructed Material in Gallons
Filtration Plant, 6183 Finger Road 1957 Concrete 2,000,000
Filtration Plant, 6183 Finger Road 1968 Concrete 2,000,000
Kewaunee Booster Station, Hwy B 1968 Concrete 1,000,000
Filtration Plant, 6183 Finger Road 1975 Concrete 4,000,000
641 South Grandview Road 1992 Concrete 1,000,000
ELEVATED TANKS IN SERVICE
Year Primary Capacity
Location Constructed Material in Gallons
Filtration Plant, 6183 Finger Road 1957 Steel 150,000
629 Mount Mary Drive 1958 Steel 50,000
1810 South Point Road 1981 Steel 2,000,000
720 South Huron Road 1992 Steel 750,000
2228 North Quincy Street 1998 Concrete 2,000,000
Filtration Plant, 6183 Finger Road 2006 Steel 500,000
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
UTILITY PLANT IN SERVICE AT YEAR END
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
General Green Bay Plant
Land $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,966 $ 264,174
Pumping plant structures 3,691,343 3,496,718 3,488,872 3,488,872 3,488,872 3,488,872 3,545,930 3,545,931 3,545,931 3,545,931
Reservoirs and standpipes 4,427,844 4,427,844 4,484,500 4,484,500 4,484,500 4,484,500 4,484,500 4,484,500 4,484,500 4,484,500
Wells 706,215 706,215 706,215 706,215 706,215 706,215 719,543 719,543 719,543 719,543
Office building & garage 8,036,903 8,036,903 8,036,903 2,420,199 2,554,264 2,541,959 2,545,434 2,525,366 2,525,366 2,513,041
Water treatment structures 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835 2,835
Supply mains 5,119,516 5,119,516 5,119,516 4,996,658 4,996,658 4,923,291 4,922,031 4,922,017 4,922,017 4,922,017
Distribution mains 96,052,113 91,910,546 88,577,119 85,753,261 82,543,220 79,193,555 75,760,160 72,810,110 70,214,151 68,174,100
Services 24,928,407 24,154,768 23,437,290 23,022,506 22,600,002 20,704,308 18,712,466 16,739,574 15,082,154 13,608,828
Meters 9,837,282 9,488,365 9,030,614 8,803,071 8,545,249 8,463,251 8,217,953 8,190,677 8,033,406 7,840,814
Hydrants 10,720,806 10,191,689 9,693,962 9,299,945 8,983,350 8,672,088 8,322,159 7,976,604 7,776,986 7,513,426
Treatment equipment 154,484 154,484 154,484 154,484 154,484 154,484 185,467 185,467 185,467 185,467
Telemetering equipment 190,736 190,736 190,736 190,736 190,736 190,736 190,736 190,736 190,736 176,881
Electric pumping equipment 1,458,837 1,436,869 1,436,869 1,426,674 1,426,674 1,426,674 1,431,757 1,431,757 1,360,569 1,328,422
Power production equipment 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309 237,309
Power operated equipment 813,853 736,201 657,421 657,421 657,410 657,410 657,411 710,553 604,324 604,324
Tools, shop & garage equipment 1,375,569 1,352,212 1,325,111 972,219 1,133,719 1,105,415 1,211,495 1,175,318 1,194,564 1,129,706
Stores equipment 26,117 26,117 26,117 26,117 26,117 24,957 40,650 40,650 40,650 40,650
Transportation equipment 2,670,313 2,647,113 2,582,712 2,563,939 2,556,006 2,426,916 2,361,060 2,412,854 2,266,006 2,023,030
Communication equipment 195,726 10,980 58,035 58,035 58,035 58,035 58,035 58,035 58,035 56,785
Office furniture & computers 4,534,889 4,353,263 4,276,277 3,986,604 3,967,243 3,845,706 3,737,534 3,509,003 3,566,178 3,313,995
175,446,063 168,945,649 163,787,863 153,516,568 149,577,866 143,573,481 137,609,431 132,133,805 127,275,693 122,685,778
Lake Michigan Supply System
Land 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723 259,723
Pumping plant structures 2,984,715 2,984,715 2,984,715 2,984,715 2,984,715 2,981,777 2,997,629 2,805,052 2,805,052 2,805,052
Reservoirs and standpipes 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448 97,448
Water treatment structures 15,450,197 15,450,197 15,441,936 15,441,936 15,470,575 15,442,221 15,459,985 15,418,758 15,418,758 15,418,758
Lake intakes 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207 1,539,207
Supply mains 44,020,108 44,020,627 44,008,430 43,884,552 43,855,740 43,764,408 43,764,408 43,764,408 43,114,197 43,095,218
Distribution mains 646,048 646,048 646,048 646,048 646,048 646,048 646,049 646,048 646,048 646,048
Electric pumping equipment 3,764,745 3,764,745 3,758,800 3,758,800 3,759,943 3,759,943 3,783,567 3,783,567 3,783,567 3,783,567
Treatment equipment 18,227,228 18,207,357 18,215,877 18,097,810 18,087,000 18,072,502 18,696,806 18,688,365 18,502,929 18,157,813
Telemetering equipment 754,894 725,548 628,368 628,368 628,368 628,368 1,247,123 1,247,123 1,229,123 967,083
Tools, shop & garage equipment 47,928 39,078 43,664 51,405 41,900 41,080 43,337 43,337 52,965 52,965
Laboratory equipment 131,542 107,313 97,375 63,092 45,354 35,284 41,977 41,977 32,799 32,799
Communication equipment 308,520 242,616 366,263 360,566 321,656 321,656 321,656 321,656 321,656 305,751
Office furniture & computers 61,233 49,320 56,179 49,025 40,373 23,728 30,595 30,595 30,595 30,595
Power production equipment 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,612,314 1,609,818
89,905,850 89,746,256 89,756,347 89,475,010 89,390,364 89,225,707 90,541,823 90,299,578 89,446,381 88,801,845
Total $ 265,351,913 $ 258,691,905 $ 253,544,210 $ 242,991,578 $ 238,968,229 $ 232,799,188 $ 228,151,254 $ 222,433,383 $ 216,722,074 $ 211,487,623
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
SUPPLY MAINS IN SERVICE
December 31, 2024
Feet In Service Added Retired Adjusted Feet In Service
Type and Size of Main Dec. 31, 2023 In 2024 In 2024 In 2024 Dec. 31, 2024
16" Prestressed Concrete 3,629 3,629
16" Ductile Iron 7,021 (304) 1,600 8,317
16" Steel 43 43
16" PVC 3 67 70
18" Steel 53 53
20" Prestressed Concrete 3,405 3,405
20" Ductile Iron 3 1 4
24" Prestressed Concrete 24,865 (30) 24,835
24" Ductile Iron 17,377 (1) 17,376
24" Cast Iron 18 18
30" Prestressed Concrete 2,307 2,307
30" Ductile Iron 3,850 3,850
30" Steel 18 18
36" Prestressed Concrete 133,342 133,342
36" Ductile Iron 7,330 7,330
36" Steel 123 123
42" Prestressed Concrete 78,209 (6) 78,203
42" Steel 1,286 1,286
54" Steel 75,587 75,587
Totals 358,469 67 (340) 1,600 359,796
The amounts in the "Adjusted in 2024" column are due to adjusting the historical footages to actual footages as determined
by the Water Utility's computerized geographic information system (GIS).
RIVER CROSSING SUPPLY MAINS IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 2024
FOX RIVER:
1964 Emilie Street to Ninth Street 24" Steel 1,812
1971 Mason Street Crossing 24" Ductile Iron 1,061
2005 Grignon Street to Ninth Street 36" Steel 2,332
EAST RIVER:
1957 Cass Street Crossing 30" Steel 302
1995 Lawe Street Crossing 36" Steel 1,567
Totals 7,074
Total Supply Mains and River Crossing Supply Mains in Service December 31, 2024 366,870
69.5 Miles of Supply Mains in Service as of December 31, 2024
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION MAINS IN SERVICE
December 31, 2024
Feet In Service Added Retired Adjusted Feet In Service
Type and Size of Main Dec. 31, 2023 In 2024 In 2024 In 2024 Dec. 31, 2024
3/4" Galvanized 164 (134) 30
3/4" Copper 526 (4) 522
1" Galvanized 1,241 (104) 179 1,316
1" Polyethylene 258 258
1" Copper 1,265 4 (50) (174) 1,045
1 1/4" Galvanized 457 (268) 189
1 1/4" Copper 244 244
1 1/2" Galvanized 1,410 1,410
1 1/2" Polyethylene 226 226
1 1/2" Copper 2,579 (100) 2,479
2" Ductile Iron 502 502
2" Galvanized 733 733
2" Polyethylene 263 263
2" Brass 24 24
2" Copper 2,997 (22) 2,975
2" Cast Iron 7,407 (204) 7,203
2" PVC 12 12
2 1/2" Galvanized 721 721
3" Ductile Iron 107 107
3" Cast Iron 129 129
4" Ductile Iron 10,245 (106) 10,139
4" Cast Iron 4,367 (23) 84 4,428
4" PVC 40 27 67
6" Ductile Iron 91,138 37 (597) 90,578
6" Phipp's Hydraulic 2,476 2,476
6" Cast Iron 399,366 (21,031) 378,335
6" PVC 13,755 1,027 (368) 14,414
8" Ductile Iron 641,681 365 (426) 381 642,001
8" Cast Iron 102,133 (5,651) 4 96,486
8" PVC 251,774 21,312 (42) 13 273,057
8" cast iron lined 1,226 1,226
10" Ductile Iron 23,350 (1) 23,349
10" Cast Iron 75,758 (798) 608 75,568
10" PVC 722 (26) 696
12" Ductile Iron 354,232 (30) (784) 353,418
12" Cast Iron 59,645 (65) 59,580
12" PVC 119,072 877 (6) 641 120,584
16" Ductile Iron 113,473 (27) (1,600) 111,846
16" Cast Iron 26,823 45 26,868
16" PVC 15,835 2 15,837
18" Ductile Iron 437 437
18" Polyethylene 783 783
18" Cast Iron 1,849 1,849
20" Ductile Iron 227 227
24" Ductile Iron 566 566
Totals 2,332,238 23,649 (30,083) (601) 2,325,203
The amounts in the "Adjusted in 2024" column are due to adjusting the historical footages to actual footages as determined
by the Water Utility's computerized geographic information system (GIS).
RIVER CROSSING TRANSMISSION MAINS IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 2024
FOX RIVER:
1906 Stuart Street to School Place 16" Cast Iron 991
16" Ductile Iron 79
1996 Prairie Avenue to Radisson Street 16" Steel 1,433
16" Ductile Iron 319
EAST RIVER:
1905 Cedar Street Crossing 12" Cast Iron 286
1907 Jackson Street Crossing 12" Cast Iron 354
1934 Cass Street Crossing 12" Cast Iron 794
1939 Irwin Avenue Crossing 12" Cast Iron 717
10" Cast Iron 15
Totals 4,988
Total Distribution Mains and River Crossing Transmission Mains in Service December 31, 2024 2,330,191
441.32 Miles of Distribution and Transmission Mains in Service as of December 31, 2024
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WATER SERVICES (LATERALS)
December 31, 2024
Added in Retired in Adjusted in In Service Not in Service
Type and Size of Pipe Dec 31,2023 2024 2024 2024 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2024
3/4" Galvanized 64 (10) 42 12
3/4" Lead 363 (11) 0 352
3/4" Tubeloy (lead & copper alloy) 2 0 2
3/4" Copper 15,056 3 (167) 13,649 1,243
3/4" Polyethylene 8 8 0
1" Galvanized 2 0 2
1" Copper 13,476 15 (83) 13 12,323 1,098
1" Polyethylene 4,215 207 4,111 311
1 1/4" Galvanized 2 0 2
1 1/2" Galvanized 1 0 1
1 1/2" Copper 671 (5) 578 88
1 1/2" Polyethylene 72 3 69 6
2" Galvanized 1 0 1
2" Copper 609 1 (4) 1 462 145
2" Polyethylene 126 4 1 122 9
2" Cast Iron 11 3 8
2" Ductile Iron 1 1 0
3" Cast Iron 17 (1) 12 4
3" Ductile Iron 46 29 17
4" Cast Iron 23 14 9
4" Ductile Iron 147 (2) 127 18
4" PVC 67 4 65 6
4" Copper 1 1 0
6" Cast Iron 35 (3) 18 14
6" Ductile Iron 185 1 3 152 37
6" PVC 113 2 1 114 2
8" Cast Iron 7 6 1
8" Ductile Iron 129 (2) 115 12
8" PVC 102 4 (2) 1 101 4
10" Cast Iron 2 1 1
10" Ductile Iron 28 24 4
10" PVC 14 14 0
12" Cast Iron 1 1 0
12" Ductile Iron 16 (2) 13 1
12" PVC 7 6 1
16" Ductile Iron 4 4 0
24" Ductile Iron 1 1 0
Totals 35,625 244 (292) 20 32,186 3,411
Total Services 35,597
The amounts in the "Adjusted in 2024" column are due to adjusting the historical counts to actual counts as
determined by the Water Utility's computerized geographic information system (GIS).
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WATER SERVICES (LATERALS)
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
3/4" 15,308 15,493 15,671 15,754 15,881 16,313 16,742 17,213 17,795 18,261
1" 17,845 17,693 17,560 17,473 17,367 16,928 16,477 16,054 15,463 15,007
1 1/4" 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1/2" 742 744 745 746 745 745 744 745 743 744
2" 751 748 742 739 734 731 729 727 722 722
3" 62 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 65 66
4" 240 238 233 230 229 227 221 222 222 223
6" 337 333 329 328 326 318 310 313 314 305
8" 239 238 232 227 223 222 216 214 212 207
10" 44 44 43 43 43 45 45 43 43 42
12" 22 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 21
16" 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1
24" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 35,597 35,625 35,649 35,634 35,643 35,623 35,576 35,622 35,606 35,602
40,000
8" - 24"
3" - 6"
30,000
2"
20,000 1¼" &
1½"
1"
10,000
3/4"
-
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
OPERATING AND CAPITAL INDICATORS
Last Ten Years
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Miles of water mains:
Supply mains 68.2 67.9 67.9 67.9 67.9 67.9 68 69.2 67.9 67.9
River crossing mains 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 2.3 2.3 2.3
Distribution mains 441.3 442.7 442.7 442.5 442.5 442 440 440 440.1 439
Total 510.84 511.94 511.94 511.74 511.74 511.24 509.34 511.5 510.3 509.2
Number of full-time Water Utility employees
Pumping 4 4 4 4 4 4 4.5 4 4 4
Water Treatment 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
Distribution & Engineering 29 29 29 29 29 28 27 27 25 26
Metering & Cross Connection 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 6
Billing & Office 13 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
Administration 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4.5 4 2
Total 67 67 67 65 65 63 61.5 61.5 58 56
Average daily pumpage (gallons) 17,973,151 20,561,542 22,753,230 22,670,545 19,989,784 18,967,693 19,528,896 19,420,830 17,860,984 17,802,863
Finished water storage capacity (gallons) 15,800,000 15,800,000 16,300,000 16,300,000 16,300,000 16,300,000 16,300,000 16,300,000 16,300,000 16,300,000
Storage capacity as a percentage of
average daily pumpage 87.9% 76.8% 71.6% 71.9% 81.5% 85.9% 83.5% 83.9% 91.3% 91.6%
Daily authorized draw capacity at
Lake Michigan pump station (gallons) 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120 54,501,120
Percentage of authorized draw
capacity used 33.0% 37.7% 41.7% 41.6% 36.7% 34.8% 35.8% 35.6% 32.8% 32.7%
Daily capacity of stand-by wells for
emergency use (gallons) 10,812,400 10,812,400 10,812,400 10,812,400 10,812,400 10,812,400 11,460,400 11,460,400 11,460,400 11,460,400
Emergency stand-by well capacity as a
percentage of average daily pumpage 60.2% 52.6% 47.5% 47.7% 54.1% 57.0% 58.7% 59.0% 64.2% 64.4%
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WATER MAIN LEAKS
WATER MAIN LEAKS BY MONTH
2024 and 1982 - 2023 Average
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024 1982-2023 Average
WATER MAIN LEAKS
Five Year Record
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Number of Main Leaks 136 152 227 243 196
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WATER UTILITY
City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
WATER RATES IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER 18, 1887
BAKERIES
Bakeries may be charged according to the average daily use of flour, namely, for each
barrel per day, the sum of $4.00 annually; provided that in no case will the bakery be
charged less than $8.00 per year.
MANUFACTURING AND OTHER PURPOSES
In all cases when large quantities of water are required, the quantity is to be ascertained
by meters.
For the first 2,000 gallons used daily, the rate is 4¢ per 100 gallons.
For the quantity in excess of 2,000 gallons and up to 5,000 gallons used daily, the rate is
3¢ per 100 gallons.
For the quantity in excess of 5,000 gallons up to 10,000 gallons used daily, the rate is 2¢
per 100 gallons.
PRIVATE STABLES WITH ONE FAUCET THEREIN
For first horse $4.00 per year
Each additional horse $2.50 per year
Each cow $1.50 per year
LIVERY CLUB AND BOARDING STABLES WITH ONE FAUCET THEREIN
For six horses or less $12.00 per year
For each additional horse $1.50 per year
STEAM ENGINES
Stationary steam engines working not over twelve hours per day may be charged by the
horse-power as follows:
For each horse-power up to and not exceeding ten $4.00 per year
For each horse-power exceeding ten and not over fifteen $3.50 per year
For each horse-power over fifteen $3.00 per year
No steam engine will be charged less than $10.00 per year.
EATING HOUSE
Refectories, confectioners, eating houses, fish stalls, provision shops, refreshment and
oyster houses will be charged not more than $50.00 per year.
STORES, OFFICES, ETC.
For each tenement occupied as a store, warehouse, or office $6.00 per year
Barber shop, first chair $6.00 per year
Barber shop, each additional chair $2.00 per year
DWELLING HOUSE
Dwelling house up to five rooms, for the first faucet $5.00 per year
For each additional room $1.00 per year
For each additional faucet $2.00 per year
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Green Bay Water Commission
GENERAL MANAGER UPDATE
DATE: June 23rd, 2025
TO: Green Bay Water Commission
FROM: General Manager Brian Powell, P.E.
RE: General Manager Update
General Manager Brian Powell will provide the commission with updates on the following
initiatives within our organization:
1. PFAS Settlement
2. Titletown Canned Water
3. City Hall Academy – May 15th
4. Monthly Newsletter to Customers
5. Workforce Report
a. Filter Plant Technician Starting June 23rd
b. Safety Coordinator – Held Interviews June 17th