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Belton staff outline FY26 utility-rate proposal that would cut minimum residential bill by about $3.38
Summary
City staff presented a FY26 proposal that would lower the combined debt-service charge and reduce the city’s minimum residential utility bill from $61.39 to $58.01, while absorbing contract increases from reserves for one year; council asked questions about fund balance, outside-city service and billing timing but took no formal vote.
City staff presented a proposed FY26 utility-rate package at a Belton City Council workshop that would lower the combined debt-service portion of water and wastewater bills to $5.80 and reduce the city’s minimum residential utility bill from $61.39 to $58.01, a savings of $3.38 per household before taxes.
The proposal would leave water and sewer volumetric charges unchanged, align residential trash charges to the amount the city pays the contractor, and apply a lower combined debt-service line item split evenly between water and wastewater. Staff said the change would be carried forward in an ordinance if the council chooses to proceed.
City staff framed the package as short-term relief paid from enterprise fund balances rather than passing on…
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