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Water, sewer and treatment projects highlight budget workshop as staff outline costs and infrastructure needs
Summary
City staff outlined water and sewer capital needs — including meter replacements, well repairs, treatment-plant rehabilitations and increased electricity costs — and requested continued approval to proceed with planning, grants and selected capital purchases.
Kalispell staff presented a detailed review of water, sewer and related utility capital and operating needs at the budget workshop, telling the council that several planned and emergent projects will affect maintenance budgets and future rate planning.
Staff noted an anticipated 41% increase in electricity costs for water operations and described several capital items: a proposed new water-operator position to support expanding facilities; an ongoing meter-replacement program targeting roughly 1,200 meter replacements per year (about 55% complete to date); a…
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