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Santa Rosa Water seeks to restore capital program; council hears rate-driven cost increases
Summary
Santa Rosa Water presented a proposed FY25–26 budget that restores CIP spending cut last year, adds water-purchase increases tied to Sonoma Water's wholesale rate, and requests council acceptance of a multi-year regional wastewater funding plan.
Santa Rosa Water presented its fiscal 2025–26 operating and capital budgets to the council, and leaders described a return to more typical capital spending after intentional reductions the prior year.
Director Jennifer Burke said the utility reduced capital appropriations in the prior year to balance a budget that had absorbed steep increases in Sonoma Water’s wholesale rate and in electricity costs. For 2025–26 the water enterprise is proposing a return to planned capital appropriations roughly in the $15.4 million range and the local wastewater fund plans roughly $14.2…
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