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WPCA proposes FY27 budget with small personnel decrease, trims capital line
Summary
The Litchfield WPCA presented a FY27 budget that holds overall spending roughly flat by cutting the capital non-recurring line to $155,000 and reducing personnel costs about 1.5%, while asking staff to add an anticipated-revenue column and consolidate telecom costs for transparency.
The Litchfield Water Pollution Control Authority voted to approve its meeting minutes and spent the bulk of the April 9 meeting reviewing a revised FY27 budget designed to keep spending largely flat.
Plant Superintendent Terrence Donoghue presented a consolidated one-page budget that shows an approximate 1.5% decrease in personnel costs year-over-year (administration down 1.87%, operations down 5.44%). The authority reduced the capital non-recurring/debt-service line from $216,000 to $155,000 for FY27, which staff said is the primary mechanism for holding the overall budget steady.
Donoghue reported that professional services decreased by about $3,000 compared with the current year and that year-to-date electrical encumbrances remain approximately $11,700 unspent heading into May. The meeting record notes the solar array generated roughly 30,000 kilowatts in March; an Eversource credit accrued during a billing error has since been consumed.
Chairman Chris Levesque asked staff to add a FY27 anticipated revenue column so the ledger presents a zero-sum format; Donoghue said he will add that column and recirculate the revised budget. Donoghue also agreed to reorganize telecommunications and utility line items into a single "telecom" category and provide year-to-date actuals.
The board targeted a May recommendation and resolution, followed by a public hearing prior to adoption in June with an effective date of July 1. Donoghue will circulate both the annotated detailed budget and the simplified summary for member review.
