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Water, sewer projects and rate changes weigh on Alta’s tentative FY27 budget
Summary
Staff outlined water and sewer capital work (including Wildcat parking lot replacement and remote meter installs) and presented proposed rate adjustments—water down from a 12% figure to 9% in materials and a possible 10% sewer rate scenario tied to capital costs—while noting capital projects are phased separately from operating rates.
Presenter/Staff (speaker 3) described water and sewer fund plans, saying the water rate increase shown in the newsletter as 12% was adjusted down to a 9% figure in staff materials. The presenter explained rate calculation as total operating cost divided by equivalent connection units (ECUs).
"In the newsletter yesterday, we said that water rates were gonna increase by 12%, and I got it down to 9," the presenter said, and added the final rate will depend on waterfront project costs and the amount of capital excluded from the operating calculation.
On sewer, staff reviewed capital projects including the Wildcat parking lot replacement (a capital estimate near $389,000 in the sewer fund) and remote meter read installations that continue to be complex. Staff also discussed a possible West Grizzly sewer connection concept, but said there is no firm budget or design yet and further approvals (including Cottonwood Improvement District) would be required for any town sewer main.
Members asked staff to produce clearer numbers for the tentative budget and to explain the capital-versus‑operating distinctions in outreach materials.
