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Spring City gives first reading to budget and approves 15% water and sewer rate increase
Summary
On May 7, 2026 the Spring City Commission gave first readings to the annual budget and a separate ordinance raising water and sewer rates by 15%; the rate increase passed on a divided recorded vote (1 Nay). The budget/tax-rate ordinance passed first reading but the minutes do not list rate or budget totals.
The Spring City Mayor and Board of Commissioners on May 7 gave first readings to the city’s annual budget and to an ordinance that would increase water and sewer rates by 15 percent.
Commissioner Kevin Jenkins moved and Vice‑Mayor Jody Bauer seconded the first reading of Ordinance 2026-5, the annual budget and tax-rate ordinance; the motion carried with all members present recorded as voting Aye. The minutes do not specify the proposed tax rate or the total budget amount.
Commissioner Reba Murphy moved and Vice‑Mayor Bauer seconded the first reading of Ordinance 2026-6, which amends the water and sewer rate schedule to increase rates by 15 percent. The minutes record Commissioner Kevin Jenkins voting Nay; Commissioners Murphy and Bauer and Mayor Leon Locke recorded Aye votes, and the motion carried.
The ordinances were advanced on first reading; the record shows no public testimony or detailed fiscal figures in the minutes provided. The commission’s action sends both measures forward for the next steps required by local ordinance and state law before final adoption, including any required subsequent readings and additional public notice.
City Manager Thomas McCormick and City Recorder Brenda Dodson are listed as attending; the minutes do not record further staff presentations or supporting financial detail in the excerpt provided.
