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Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. 5.
long term lifecycle costing within rate structures. Mr. Scandlan has had considerable involvement in the
changes being made to the water and wastewater industry in Ontario. Of particular note:
represented the Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA), Ontario Municipal Water Association
(OMWA) and Canada Environmental Association (CELA) during the Walkerton Inquiry. He
prepared several submissions, participated in two expert panels and made presentations to
Judge O’Connor on two occasions;
assisted in the preparation of a formal submission to the Province on behalf of OWWA/OMWA
upon first reading of Bill 155 (subsequently Bill 175);
has been retained by OWWA/OMWA to represent the Associations during stakeholder
discussions on the Regulations for both SWSSA and SDWA;
has undertaken numerous lectures on Bill 175/195 and other aspects of the water industry in
Ontario on behalf of AMO, AMCTO, APWA, OGRA/ROMA, OMWA, OWWA/CWWA and Trent
University;
worked with the Province of Ontario to refine Municipal Act legislation and regulations as it
applies to water and wastewater services.
Dan Wilson, BBA, CA, Manager, Municipal Finance, is responsible for the Rate Study modeling and
report writing. He has extensive experience in the areas of municipal finance and municipal auditing with
7 years industry practice with municipal governments and public accounting firms. Since joining the
company in 2006, Dan has worked on numerous water and wastewater studies, Ont. Reg.453/07 water
financial plan reporting requirements, full accrual financial reporting, development applications approvals
process user fee studies, development charge studies, PSAB 3150, and asset management related
studies. In 2005, Dan was a part of the Associate group that provided comments and potential impacts to
the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) in the creation and implementation of handbook section
3150, relating to municipalities accounting for all tangible capital assets on their financial statements.
Mary Bailey, BA, Senior Consultant, will assist in data collection, compilation and report preparation.
Mary’s career includes working for 14 years in municipal budgeting and development, as well as 3 years
in health care budgeting and financial analysis. Her work for the past six years at Watson & Associates
Economists Ltd. has included Development Charge studies, Fiscal Impact Studies, Development
Application Approval Process (DAAP) studies and Water and Wastewater Rate studies.
3. BUDGET
Our proposed budget for the project based on the items outlined in our work program is $14,900
excluding applicable taxes. The current budget does not include outside engineering and would need to
be arranged separately if the need exists. Should this budget not reflect the level of effort envisioned by
Municipal staff, we would be pleased to review the scope of the work and budgetary requirement.
The quotation provides for an electronic version of the Final Report, along with a camera-ready copy
suitable for reproduction.
The budget is provided on the following table:
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