The San Diego County Water Authority board meeting Nov. 19 approved the 2021 weighted vote allocations for SDCWA member agencies, and the weighted vote for the Otay Water District will increase from Otay’s 2020 vote entitlement, the allocations for the Helix Water District and the Padre Dam Municipal Water District will be less than their 2020 share, and the Lakeside Water District weighted vote will be unchanged.
The Otay Water District had a 5.902 percent share of the 2020 weighted vote, and for 2021 Otay’s allocation will be 5.932 percent. Helix had 6.731 percent of the weighted vote for 2020 meetings, and in 2021 that share will drop to 6.685 percent. The Padre Dam allocation dropped from 2.704 percent for 2020 to 2.685 percent at 2021 meetings. Lakeside had 0.739 percent of the vote in 2020 and will also have that amount next year.
The member vote entitlement is calculated based on the total cumulative financial contribution from each agency since the CWA was formed in 1944. The contribution amount includes all taxes, assessments, fees, and charges paid to or on behalf of the CWA by property located within the member agency’s boundary by the June 30 end of the previous fiscal year. The cost of water treatment is not included in the total financial contribution, but the totals include standby charges, capacity charges, infrastructure access charges, readiness-to-serve charges, connection and maintenance fees, and annexation fees as well as charges for water delivered and sold to CWA member agencies.
The total cumulative financial contribution of all 24 CWA member agencies was $14,735,459,810 for the period ending June 30, 2020, an increase from the 2018-19 cumulative total of $14,104,696,881. Helix had total 2019-20 cumulative contributions of $985,082,302 and made $929,520,414 of cumulative payments through June 30, 2019. Otay’s cumulative contribution through the end of Fiscal Year 2019-20 was $874,168,518 while the district’s amount through the end of 2018-19 was $832,527,069. Padre Dam had paid $385,579,156 by June 30, 2020, and $381,382,207 as of the end of 2018-19. The Lakeside cumulative payments were $108,820,072 through the end of 2019-20 and $104,178,035 as of June 30, 2019.
