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Kearney adopts HDR water and sewer utility rate study after public outreach
Summary
By unanimous vote the Board accepted and adopted the Comprehensive Water and Sewer Utility Rate Study prepared by HDR Engineering. Staff said HDR began work in July 2025, presented preliminary options in December 2025 and final recommendations in January 2026; the city held an open house and a public hearing as part of the public process.
Public Works Director Shelie Daniel told the Board that the city engaged HDR Engineering in July 2025 to prepare a comprehensive water and sewer utility rate study. HDR presented preliminary findings and policy options in December 2025 and final recommendations in January 2026. As part of the public process the city held an open house and a public hearing in February.
Daniel asked the Board to accept and adopt the final study; the Board approved Resolution No. 18-2026 accepting the study. The resolution will allow staff and decision-makers to consider HDR's recommendations going forward; the transcript does not record specific rate changes, implementation steps or effective dates tied to the resolution.
No substantive public testimony on the study is recorded in the meeting transcript; HDR's report and the formal resolution are the governing documents for next steps.
