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Prince George supervisors trim proposed water/sewer increases by removing excess debt payment and declining two new utility positions
Summary
County staff presented utilities fund options that included an $11M borrowing for the River Road transmission main. The board signaled consensus to remove an 'excess' $777,197 debt payment from the FY27 budget and to decline funding for two requested utility positions (waterworks manager and 8‑1‑1 locator), reducing the planned rate increases. Staff will return with updated rate tables and debt analyses.
Prince George County supervisors discussed the utilities enterprise fund at length and signaled consensus to remove a budgeted ‘‘excess’’ debt payment and to hold off on funding two requested utility staff positions, actions that materially reduce the proposed water and sewer rate increases for FY27.
Staff framed the choices as levers that affect customer rates: the proposed FY27 budget included a debt payment amount that assumed readiness to borrow for projects not yet ready to proceed; removing that $777,197 line item would reduce planned rate increases across tiered water and…
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