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Bull Shoals flags sewer deficit, approves higher allocations for sludge, lab tests and SCADA planning
Summary
City of Bull Shoals budget meeting on Oct. 21, 2025 identified a sewer-department deficit and approved adjustments to fees and expense lines while discussing equipment needs including SCADA installation and increased sludge-removal allocations.
At a City of Bull Shoals budget meeting on Oct. 21, 2025, participants reviewed the sewer department’s finances, noted a deficit (contrasted with a water-department surplus) and agreed to adjustments affecting sewer user fees, connection fees and several expense categories.
Why it matters: The adjustments address immediate operational shortfalls and signal upcoming capital and maintenance needs. The committee discussed correcting prior misallocations of health insurance costs, increasing the budget for sludge removal and lab reports, and raising telephone-hotspot and other operating budgets to reflect current service costs.
The discussion included equipment and systems needed to support sewer operations, such as procurement or rental of a power washer and infrastructure repair equipment and planning for SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system installation and maintenance. Participants also raised employee medical-shot costs (hepatitis shots), one-call expenses, permit and licensing fees, and professional accounting and internet costs.
Next steps: Staff were asked to supply cost estimates for equipment, sludge removal and employee medical shots and to bring corrected allocations and updated figures to the follow-up meeting preparing the consolidated 2026 budget.
