Staff identified fiscal-year 2027 water rates as item four on the seven-item omnibus agenda. Staff explained that water-sale revenue supports day-to-day operations and infrastructure in the water enterprise fund.
The council then approved omnibus items one through seven by a recorded six-to-zero vote. The extracted spoken discussion does not give a complete rate schedule, so this report does not calculate a household bill increase.
Staff said the proposed 2027 budget would be posted November 2, followed by a public hearing November 9 and a recommendation for approval November 23. These are the next steps announced on October 13, not a statement that the full budget was approved that night.
The written rate calculation sets the 2027 resident rate at $4.416 per 100 cubic feet, up $0.149 from $4.267 in 2026. The municipal and nonresident rate is $4.125, up $0.139 from $3.986. These are the packet’s base-rate figures, not a prediction of an individual household’s total bill.
The calculation includes $248,200 in lead-service-line debt service allocated to resident customers, equivalent to $0.119 per 100 cubic feet. Staff projected about $496,800 more water revenue than the 2026 estimate and said the early rate decision would allow contractually required notice to outside customers by November 1. The annual fee resolution and 2027 budget were scheduled for November 23; approving this rate item was not approval of the entire budget.