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Darmstadt council hears shortfall in sewer fund, billing problems with CenterPoint and contractor invoices
Summary
Clerk‑Treasurer Mallory Lowe told the council sewer receipts of $38,915 fell far short of sewer expenditures of $83,901 — including more than $33,000 billed by Evansville Sewer — and reported long‑running electric account posting errors by CenterPoint after 99 accounts were deleted last June.
Clerk‑Treasurer Mallory Lowe told the Town of Darmstadt Council on May 20 that town tax receipts for April were $24,322 while town expenditures totaled $20,821, and that sewer receipts were $38,915 compared with sewer department expenditures of $83,901. Lowe said the large sewer outlay includes "over $33,000 that Evansville Sewer billed us."
Lowe also described continuing problems with CenterPoint Energy’s account postings after the utility deleted 99 town electric accounts last June. "CenterPoint is still messing up our electric accounts ever since they deleted all 99 of them last June," she said, and said reconciling payments took her seven hours spread over three days. A CenterPoint manager is expected to follow up with the clerk‑treasurer to correct posting errors.
Lowe said the town received a $75,000 invoice from BOK Financial for the Old State Land bond but that funds to cover the payment will not be in the town account until the county tax distribution arrives next month; she said the council plans to make the second 2025 bond payment in December after property tax revenues post.
On sewer billing operations, Lowe said 200 of the town’s roughly 550 sewer accounts are enrolled in autopay and the process "is going a bit smoother each month," while occasional payment failures still require manual correction.
The council did not take additional action at the meeting beyond noting the items and scheduling follow‑up on vendor billing issues.
