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Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency adopts FY25-26 budget, approves contracts and exceptions
Summary
The Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency approved its FY25-26 budget and a set of routine resolutions, including a professional services renewal and an exception under the agency's growth management plan.
The Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency approved its FY25-26 budget and a set of routine resolutions during its May meeting, moving the agency from construction toward operations.
The board voted to adopt the FY25-26 budget (Resolution 2025-007), approved a one-year professional services renewal for a bioxide chemical supply with Evoqua Water Technologies (Resolution 2025-008), and granted an exception under the growth management plan for 17801 Buffalo Road in Springfield (Resolution 2025-009). The consent agenda also passed.
Why it matters: The budget reflects a shift from major construction borrowing to operational spending, a continued use of remaining WIFIA funds for planning, and a planned reliance on cash on hand for some near-term operations. The contract renewals and the growth-management exception clear routine operational and permitting hurdles needed as the system transitions to regular service.
Key outcomes
- FY25-26 budget (Resolution 2025-007): Motion made and seconded; outcome recorded as approved. The board discussed that the budget assumes use of remaining WIFIA funds for right-of-way acquisition (an $8,000,000 line in the budget) pending WIFIA approval; if WIFIA denies that use, the agency must revisit funding. Final vote tally was not specified in the record provided.
- Evoqua Water Technologies professional services (Resolution 2025-008): Renewal of the chemical supply (bioxide) was recommended by staff and approved. The price per gallon did not change from the prior contract. The meeting record shows the motion passed; a numeric tally in the transcript is unclear.
- Growth management exception, 17801 Buffalo Road (Resolution 2025-009): Staff recommended approval consistent with the growth management plan clause that honors pre-08/19/2019 plats or rezonings; the board approved the exception and no fees were charged for the lot, with allowance for a septic system similar to prior approvals. The motion carried; no nays were recorded.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript)
- Consent agenda: Yays 5; Sarpy and Bellevue listed as absent; motion carried. - FY25-26 budget (2025-007): motion by Springfield, second by Papillion; approval recorded (final tally not specified). - Evoqua contract renewal (2025-008): motion and approval recorded (final tally not specified in transcript). - Growth management exception (2025-009): motion and approval recorded; no nays recorded.
What the board said: Agency treasurer Mark Sedout summarized the budget as showing reduced borrowing and modest expense reductions, noting the agency expects to use cash on hand to subsidize a few years of operations while connection fees ramp up. Dan Hoynes, the agency executive director, and staff reiterated that any change in WIFIA approval would require the board to revisit funding assumptions.
Looking ahead: The board scheduled its next meeting for May 28. No additional resolutions were tabled at this session.
Ending note: The record shows routine approvals and the formal adoption of the operating-year budget, but several funding assumptions, chiefly WIFIA's approval to use loan proceeds for easement acquisitions, remain under negotiation and could prompt future budget adjustments.
