Del City Municipal Services Authority adopts FY2025–26 budget; officials flag rate discussions and fleet needs
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The Del City Municipal Services Authority adopted its FY2025–26 budget on June 12. Trust staff said the authority is funding operations from utility rates, plans to consider future rate increases, and has two sanitation trucks on order with tentative October delivery.
The Del City Municipal Services Authority (MSA) on June 12 adopted its fiscal year 2025–26 budget and closed its related public hearing. The MSA oversees water, sewer and sanitation operations; the authority’s trust manager told trustees that ongoing operating needs and aging fleet equipment will require additional resources in coming years.
Trust manager J.D. Hawk told trustees the MSA’s revenues come from utility rates paid by residential and commercial customers and that the authority historically has transferred excess operating revenues to the city general fund. He said the MSA must rebuild operating capacity and noted two operating debts (a 2011 water plant debt and a 2017 wastewater plant debt) that are being repaid in part through a special sales tax and that rate discussions will follow.
Trust staff confirmed that two sanitation trucks are on order with an anticipated delivery in the fourth quarter of the year (staff cited October as the target month) and that the systems have workforce and fleet shortages requiring further investment. The MSA also said the department’s change to a four-day trash pickup schedule has been functioning well and has helped driver morale, but managers said additional vehicles and staff are needed to make service levels sustainable.
Trustees voted to adopt the resolution for the MSA budget by roll call. Trustees Finch, Brown and Tatum voted aye; Chairperson Eason cast the chair’s vote in favor.
