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Brighton faces long‑term wastewater plant funding challenge; staff to model phased options and rate impacts
Summary
Council and staff discussed wastewater treatment plant condition, funding options and the tradeoffs between saving cash, seeking grants and issuing debt; staff agreed to return phased cost estimates and modeled rate impacts ahead of the budget adoption.
Brighton staff and council spent a prolonged portion of the budget work session on the city's water and wastewater utilities, describing plant capacity, staffing, ongoing capital needs and a possible multi‑year strategy to fund a major wastewater plant upgrade.
Finance Director Liz Gaines said the utility enterprise is nearly self‑supporting: service charges fund roughly 98% of the utility fund. Staff presented capacity figures the city provided: the water system treats and delivers about 1.2 million gallons per day (from three wells and one treatment plant with a 4.1 million gpd capacity), and the wastewater treatment plant is rated for 2.25 million gpd while current average flow is approximately 1.54 million gpd.
Utility staffing: Staff said there are six people in the water division and six in wastewater…
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