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Rolla council opens public hearing on 2025–26 budget, proposes $1 sewer availability fee increase
Summary
City staff presented a $45 million 2025–26 budget that uses reserves for planned capital projects and proposes a $1 monthly increase to the sewer service availability fee; council held a public hearing and took first readings of related ordinances.
City officials opened a public hearing Sept. 3 on the proposed fiscal 2025–26 budget, which totals about $45 million and is balanced in part by drawing down prior reserves for planned capital projects, and they gave the first reading of an ordinance that would raise the sewer service availability fee by $1 per month.
The proposed budget “is offset with revenues of $40,260,000,” John (staff member) told the council, adding that the apparent $4.7 million difference is intentional and largely funded from reserves: “we're spending about an extra $2,000,000 coming out of the Street Capital Improvement Fund. We've just built that fund up over the years, and we want to get more of that back out into pavement.”
The proposal also includes a planned storm sewer project on Pine / Rolla Street and deposits for equipment: John…
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