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Columbia Falls manager flags water and sewer fund shortfalls; rate study, cuts planned
Summary
City Manager Eric Hanks told council that water and sewer enterprise funds lack sufficient reserves, prompting a $70,000 cut to projected sewer expenses and a planned spring rate study and PERS review to restore capacity for infrastructure needs.
City Manager Eric Hanks told the Columbia Falls City Council that water and sewer enterprise funds face shortfalls that required trimming projected sewer expenses to preserve the city’s debt capacity.
Hanks said he removed roughly $70,000 in planned sewer expenditures this year to maintain debt capacity and flagged the need for a rate study and PERS review in the spring that he expects…
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