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Bull Shoals council raises monthly water/sewer maintenance fee to $10
Summary
On Jan. 29, 2026, the Bull Shoals City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-02 to raise the monthly water and sewer maintenance fee from $5 to $10 to fund depreciation for meters and sewer infrastructure; council approved emergency-reading motions and recorded unanimous readings votes of Yes - 4, No - 0.
The Bull Shoals City Council on Jan. 29 approved Ordinance 2026-02, increasing the monthly water and sewer maintenance fee from $5 to $10. Council members said the additional revenue will fund depreciation accounts for water meters and sewer infrastructure, which have faced rising replacement and repair costs and past accounting shortfalls.
Councilman Randal Bolen and Councilman Meinking moved across readings to suspend rules, read the ordinance by title only and adopt the emergency clause; the transcript records Yes - 4, No - 0 on the readings. The ordinance was presented as a response both to local asset needs and to higher regional utility costs that the city said are driving future billing changes.
The council did not specify an effective date in the meeting minutes. Staff also reported a separate regional water district rate hike that will affect future bills; the city said more billing details will be provided to residents when available.
The council approved the ordinance after discussion without recorded dissent; absent council members for the meeting were Councilmen Grede and Howell. The city did not provide additional budgetary line-item allocations in the minutes for the new fee beyond funding depreciation accounts.
