BUDGET REVIEW / ADOPTED

Water & Sewer budget
2026

The spending plan, its funding, and the changes behind the totals.

ADOPTED 2026-05-18
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Original adopted appropriations

$8.58M

+6.77% from the prior comparable budget

Appropriated balance

$726.34K

Operating balance used as budget financing

Budget status

Adopted

2026-05-18

APPROPRIATIONS

Where the budget goes

Salaries & wages$1,641,471
Other operating expenses$4,042,570
Deferred & statutory appropriations$1,555,500
Capital improvements$15,000
Debt service$1,324,803

REVENUE & FINANCING

How it is funded

Appropriated balance$726,344
Other anticipated revenues$7,853,000

PRIOR-YEAR COMPARISON

Largest category changes

CategoryPreviousCurrentChange
Deferred & statutory appropriations$1,136,710$1,555,500$418,790
Other operating expenses$4,227,530$4,042,570-$184,960
Debt service$1,161,500$1,324,803$163,303
Salaries & wages$1,494,359$1,641,471$147,112
Capital improvements$15,000$15,000$0

INTRODUCED TO ADOPTED

The headline totals are unchanged at adoption

Introduced 2026-04-20; adopted 2026-05-18. The introduced and adopted recap totals agree. Later requests and amendments remain separate from the original adoption.

MeasureIntroducedAdoptedChange
Total appropriations$8,579,344$8,579,344$0

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AFTER ORIGINAL ADOPTION

Later budget actions recorded in the minutes

The headline remains the original adopted budget. These later requests are listed separately and are not added into an assumed revised total. Amounts not established by the cited record remain unavailable.

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Resolution / meetingPurpose and statusRecorded amount
221-2026
September 21, 2026
Water/sewer emergency appropriation request: rising fuel costs
Recorded in council minutes; subsequent state approval and revised budget effect not established by this excerpt
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