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Buffalo Sewer Authority presents $79.4 million operating budget; committee questions focus on consent-decree costs and rate impacts
Summary
Charles Riley, executive secretary of the Buffalo Sewer Authority, told the Buffalo City Committee on Finance on Tuesday, June 2025, that the authority’s board approved a $79,400,000 operating budget for 2025–26, a $5,000,000 increase driven largely by rising debt service tied to consent-decree projects.
Charles Riley, executive secretary of the Buffalo Sewer Authority, told the Buffalo City Committee on Finance on Tuesday, June 2025, that the authority’s board approved a $79,400,000 operating budget for 2025–26, a $5,000,000 increase from the prior year, and that the largest driver is rising debt service tied to long-term consent-decree capital projects.
"It is in the amount of $79,400,000 that's a $5,000,000 increase over the previous year's budget," Riley said. He told the committee the debt-service increase—about $3,000,000 next year—supports Queen City Clean Water projects, a 15-year capital program the authority said will total over $1 billion at roughly 55 locations across the city.
Council members pressed for clearer, local examples of rate impacts. Council member White…
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