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Willdan advises sewer-rate increases after Brentwood sewer-capacity costs accelerate
Summary
Rate consultants from Willdan advised Brentwood commissioners that wastewater capacity projects shifted earlier in the capital plan and grew in estimated cost, and that the city should add a sewer-rate increase in the coming fiscal year to protect cash reserves and debt-coverage targets.
Willdan, the city's water and sewer rate consultant, told Brentwood commissioners that the city's wastewater capital needs have moved forward and grown since the commission's last rate study and that the city should increase sewer rates now to preserve financial metrics and cash reserves.
Daryl Parker of Willdan said the wastewater capacity improvements previously scheduled in the 2028 timeframe were moved into 2026 and that the estimated borrowing to fund the capacity work rose to roughly $22 million from an earlier $13 million estimate. "These wastewater improvements... moved up to 2026, and the new number is $22,000,000," Parker said.
Willdan's five-year financial projection assumes about $46.5 million in utility capital expenditures across water and sewer; the firm…
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