Muskegon County Board of Public Works reviews 2026 enterprise budgets, approves landfill rates and force‑main contract

The Muskegon County Board of Public Works on Sept. 4 reviewed recommended 2026 enterprise fund budgets and approved several operational and capital actions, including new landfill disposal rates and a contract award for a sanitary sewer/force main.

Public Works Director Wade Van Bosch opened the meeting with a presentation on the solid waste management and regional water budgets. Van Bosch said the solid-waste fund is projected to end fiscal 2025 with about $6.4 million in revenues and roughly $5.8 million in expenses, and that the recommended fiscal‑2026 figures change modestly. He identified tipping fees as the largest revenue source and cited upcoming capital work on Cell 7 — including liner installation, gas-collection and leachate systems — as drivers of higher contractual and engineering costs.

Van Bosch also reviewed the regional water system, saying fiscal‑2026 recommended revenues are about $8.7 million with expenses near $8.2 million. He told the board the county purchases bulk water from the City of Muskegon and that the city’s wholesale price is increasing about 10 percent; Van Bosch said the board’s…