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Mount Airy engineering analysis warns reserves are declining; council tables water and sewer rate ordinance to December
Summary
Town staff and the town engineer presented a 34‑slide capital improvement plan and rate analysis for the town’s water and sewer systems, finding that long‑term capital needs and flat revenue have reduced reserves and will require revenue increases to maintain infrastructure.
Town staff and the town engineer presented a 34‑slide capital improvement plan and rate analysis for the town’s water and sewer systems, finding that long‑term capital needs and flat revenue have reduced reserves and will require revenue increases to maintain infrastructure.
"What the citizens have to realize and and what the council is probably already aware of or soon will be is, you know, those reserves are starting to dry up," Mayor Michelle said after the engineering overview. Town Engineer Barney Quinn walked the council through the major capital categories — water stations, distribution mains (about 58 miles of pipeline), elevated storage tanks, sewer pump stations and the wastewater treatment plant — and produced multi‑year cost scenarios.
Quinn presented several key findings and figures…
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