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Marietta council accepts $28 million utility prepayment, approves BLW budget amendment and flags 5% water pass‑through
Summary
Council approved a BLW fiscal amendment accepting a reported $28,000,000 advance from a data‑center customer for a substation and voted to recommend MEAG off‑system sales margins; councilors pressed for more detail after the Cobb‑Marietta Water Authority approved a 5% pass‑through for water and 3.5% for wastewater.
Miss Richardson, presenting the Board of Lights and Water report, told the council the utility recently received a platinum Georgia Association of Water Professionals Distribution System of Excellence award and reviewed a large customer payment related to a new data center in South Fulton. "They paid 28,000,000 in advance for the substation," the mayor noted during the discussion.
The BLW staff said the payment will be received and expensed against construction costs rather than coming from city capital improvement funds or the operating budget. Ron, the BLW general manager, asked the council to recommend approval of the Municipal Electric…
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