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Cambria board approves CPI‑based water and sewer increases, adopts preliminary budget
Summary
Directors adopted inflationary adjustments to water and sewer rates (CPI‑based increases effective July 1) and passed the district's preliminary FY2025–26 budget and appropriations limit after an extended public hearing and CIP review.
The Cambria Community Services District board on June 12 approved a package of routine fiscal measures: CPI‑linked inflationary increases for water and sewer rates (Resolution 28‑2025) and the district's preliminary FY2025–26 budget and appropriations limit.
General Manager Melhaney told the board the CPI adjustments implement previously‑authorized index increases and are timed to take effect on or after July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026. Staff said the typical annual inflationary increase is capped to the California consumer price index and the practical effect for customers this year is a modest inflation adjustment (staff noted a 2.9% figure in discussion).
Finance Manager Haley Fritz presented the preliminary budget and an updated administrative cost‑allocation methodology the board had requested. The FY2025–26 preliminary package included the general fund summary, enterprise fund budgets (water, wastewater, WRF operations and WRF capital), and a detailed, reworked CIP list with clearer project status indicators. Board members and residents queried allocations for parks and recreation, program shifts from a former PROS line item into FNR, legal and insurance allocations, and capital priorities.
After public comment and follow‑up discussion, the board adopted the preliminary budget and appropriations limit and voted to implement the CPI adjustment to the fire suppression benefit assessment (separate resolution) and the posted rate adjustments. The board also confirmed routine items to collect delinquencies or availability charges on the county tax roll.
What changes next: the preliminary budget lays out project requests and roll‑forwards; staff will present the final budget later in the year and return with any requested clarifications or changes to allocations.
