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Council hears water and sewer fund briefing; staff seeks PFAS settlement money for capital projects
Summary
Finance and waterworks staff told the City Council the water and sewer fund had a negative unrestricted balance and a multi-year capital need. Staff proposed moving $2 million in anticipated PFAS settlement proceeds into the capital project fund and assigning about $469,900 from surplus to the PFAS filter project to cover up-front costs.
Salisbury City Council members received an extended presentation on Aug. 11 outlining the structure, challenges and capital needs of the city's water and sewer enterprise fund and an accompanying ordinance to reallocate PFAS settlement proceeds for capital work.
Sandy Green, the city's director of finance, told the council the water and sewer fund is an enterprise fund paid for by user fees rather than property taxes and said fees are reviewed annually during the budget process. "The water sewer fund is an enterprise fund, which means it's a self-supporting fund, operated like a business," Green said when introducing the overview.
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