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Board approves Sonoma Water's fiscal year 2025'26 transmission budget and rates; contractors negotiated lower increase
Summary
The Board approved Sonoma Water's proposed $82 million budget and composite wholesale rates for fiscal year 2025'26 after staff described capital and operations needs for aging aqueducts and a collaborative negotiation that reduced an initial proposed 40% increase to about 10.8% for most aqueducts.
Sonoma County supervisors voted April 22 to approve Sonoma Water's fiscal-year 2025'26 water transmission system budget and the composite wholesale rates that fund operations, maintenance, capital improvements and debt service.
Sonoma Water General Manager Grant Davis and finance staff outlined an $82 million total budget across funds, offset in part by grants, use of fund balance and planned bond proceeds. Staff described the system's aging infrastructure ' three aqueducts built between 1959 and 1963 ' and a risk profile that includes earthquake vulnerability, flood and fire…
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