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Accounts committee reviews enterprise fund balances, warns about sudden trash fee hikes
Summary
The accounts committee reviewed FY24–FY26 enterprise fund figures and heard that a refuse contract amendment that raised collection costs to about $9.1 million is creating pressure for a large trash fee increase; members urged proactive, incremental rate adjustments and better public display of financials.
The Accounts Committee of the Brockton City Council met May 7 to examine city enterprise funds and discuss the financial pressure on refuse services caused by a recent contract amendment.
City auditor reported year‑to‑date FY26 figures: sewer revenues of about $20.3 million with expenditures near $17.3 million; water revenues about $18.4 million with expenditures near $17.0 million; refuse fund revenues roughly $8.7 million with expenditures about $7.9 million; and recreation revenues about $1.2 million versus expenses of about $1.9 million. The auditor added that a $775,000 general‑fund subsidy for recreation…
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