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Sanford amends utility budget and leak-adjustment ordinance ahead of Pittsboro and Siler City mergers
Summary
Council approved a $143,873 appropriation to cover merger-related utility costs for Chatham County and Siler City integration and amended the leak-adjustment ordinance to extend the policy to the Pittsboro service area.
The Sanford City Council on Feb. 4 approved an ordinance amendment to the utility operating budget and amended a city code section to extend the leak-adjustment policy to customers in the Pittsboro service area as part of preparations for two pending utility mergers.
Finance staff said the council should appropriate $143,873 to the utility business department to pay merger-related startup costs for the Chatham County and Siler City integrations, with the city to recover those costs from the respective cost centers once the mergers become effective July 1, 2025. The council approved the ordinance amendment by motion and voice vote.
The council also amended section 38-103 of the Sanford Code of Ordinances to allow the city's leak adjustment policy to apply not only to physically connected customers but to any customers of the City of Sanford or DVA Tri River water within the Pittsboro service area. Staff described the change as a measure to treat customers consistently across service areas once municipal operations consolidate; council approved the ordinance amendment by motion and voice vote.
Staff said additional ordinance and policy harmonizations for the Pittsboro service area will follow as the city integrates permit, billing and operational systems.
