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Bluff City aldermen review water and sewer budget as water-treatment bids go to advertisement
Summary
Bluff City aldermen examined water and sewer line items including a roughly $2.53 million figure tied to utility costs, reviewed a new advertisement for bids on the water‑treatment plant and discussed contingency planning for several weeks of plant downtime and the cost of purchasing water.
Bluff City Board of Aldermen members spent a large portion of their meeting reviewing the city’s water and sewer budgets, including a $2,530,000 figure referenced for the utility fund and the decision to advertise for bids on a water‑treatment plant project.
The issue matters because aldermen said the treatment plant work could leave the city buying water for multiple weeks, which would affect the utilities budget and could require later appropriations. Board members asked staff to develop estimates for the cost of purchasing water if the plant is offline and to show how the new contract and staffing items will flow through the water and sewer funds.
Board members and staff walked through line‑by‑line appropriations for the water treatment plant (fund code 52100 in the draft budget) and related sewer and wastewater accounts. Council discussion covered: which…
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