Services
Environmental Rate Consultants, Inc. (ERC, Inc.) is a very specialized financial consulting firm comprised of financial consultants, computer programmers and Business Plan development and Process experts. ERC is a private financial/computer firm with over 50 years of combined experience in consistently delivering cost effective and on-time products. ERC's corporate office is located in the Cincinnati, Ohio / Northern Kentucky metropolitan area and has a satellite office in Mason, Ohio.
Very Specialized Services Include
- Legally Defensible Storm Water Utility Program for a City Program*;
- Legally Defensible Storm Water Utility Program for a County Program;
- Legally Defensible Storm Water Utility Program for a Multi-Jurisdictional Program;
- Revising and Updating Existing Storm Water Utility Programs;
- Promoting the Successes of Storm Water Utility Programs;
- Storm Water Brochure, Billing Stuffer, Fact Sheet, Website Materials Development;
- Enhancing Website Tracking;
- Enhancing Website Customer Service / Complaint / Inquiry Tracking from the Public;
- Website Design Cost of Service and Capital Project Mapping Techniques;
- Error Free Storm Water Billing Database to Tax Assessors/Auditors;
- Business Plan Development;
- Water Rate Studies;
- Sewer Rate Studies;
- Utility Billing System Installation;
- Cost Allocation Analysis - General Fund, State Revolving Programs, etc.
* Our Storm Water Utility Implementation Process and Approach has been deemed legally defensible by an Ohio Judge in a Court of Law. Contact us for more details.
Other Services
- Storm Water Needs Analysis;
- Complete Storm Water Management Utility Programs;
- Storm Water Rate Studies;
- Rate Stucture Analysis;
- Evaluate Financing Alternatives;
- Public Information and Education Programs;
- Group Facilitation and Conscensus-Building;
- Strategic Plan Development;
- Financing Options Analysis;
- Billing System Design and Implementation;
- Design and Implementation of Utility Billing Systems;
- Cost of Service Analysis;
- Maintenance Management System Design and Implementation;
- Organizational Review and Analysis;
- Custom Built Database File Systems;
- Customer Service and Response;
- Custom Built Utility Rate Models;
- Credit Program Design and Implementation;
- Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) Development;
- Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) Estimates;
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Cost Benefit Analysis;
- Budgeting and Cash Flow Analysis;
- Special Assessments.