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WWTP Sludge Removal

Sewer Fund · 8 snapshots across 6 meeting dates

This sewer fund account covers the cost of removing sludge from the wastewater treatment plant. While costs have been highly unpredictable, the upcoming draft budget of $20,176 appears significantly understated compared to the $24,569 spent last year. Recent data suggests a much higher annual run rate of $67,000 due to frequent emergency pumping caused by plant vulnerabilities.

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Per-fiscal-year timeline

For each fiscal year, every opinion that has ever been recorded about this account, in the order the opinion was made. actual = closed-year number, projected = forecast for the current year, draft = proposed for the upcoming year, amendment = mid-year budget-adjustment resolution that moved this line.

FY 22/234 opinions
2026-03-22actual$2,768Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026–27 Draft
2026-04-09actual$2,768Sewer Fund Budget 25-'26 / Draft 26'27
2026-04-09actual$2,768Sewer Fund Budget 26'27
2026-04-09actual$2,768Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026-27 Draft
FY 24/255 opinions
2026-03-22actual$24,569Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026–27 Draft
2026-04-09actual$24,569Sewer Fund Budget 25-'26 / Draft 26'27
2026-04-09actual$24,569Sewer Fund Budget 26'27
2026-04-09actual$24,569Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026-27 Draft
2026-04-23actual$24,569Sewer Fund Budget — Draft FY 26-27
FY 25/26revisedamended6 opinions
2025-10-06amendment+$5,000$13,900Resolution for Budget Adjustments to Village General, Water, & Sewer Funds
2026-03-22projected$56,000Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026–27 Draft
2026-04-09projected$56,000Sewer Fund Budget 25-'26 / Draft 26'27
2026-04-09projected$56,000Sewer Fund Budget 26'27
2026-04-09projected$56,000Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026-27 Draft
2026-04-23projected$60,837Sewer Fund Budget — Draft FY 26-27
FY 26/276 opinions
2026-03-22draft$20,176Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026–27 Draft
2026-04-09draft$20,176Sewer Fund Budget 25-'26 / Draft 26'27
2026-04-09draft$20,176Sewer Fund Budget 26'27
2026-04-09draft$20,176Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026-27 Draft
2026-04-23draft$20,176assumes minimal emergenciesSewer Fund Budget — Draft FY 26-27
2026-04-27draft$20,176Assumes routine-only pumping (4,000 gal × 26 pumpings × $194/kgal); actual data shows emergency-rate pumping in 9 of 10 months; QB data June 2025–Mar 2026 shows ~$67K annualized run rate; potential overrun ~$47K; document questions whether emergency pumping is truly non-recurring given structural plant vulnerabilitiesSewer Financials Oversight: FY 2026–27 Budget & General Fund Advance

Snapshot grid

One row per budget revision. Each cell shows what that revision said about the column’s fiscal year. Read down a column to see how a single year’s number evolved as Karen revised the draft.

RevisionFY 22/23FY 23/24FY 24/25FY 25/26FY 26/27Note
2024-05-13
amendment
$5,000adj −$500
2025-10-06
amendment
$13,900adj +$5,000
2026-03-22
wd::doc_2620
$2,768$0$24,569$56,000$20,176
2026-04-09
wd::doc_2665
$2,768$0$24,569$56,000$20,176
2026-04-09
wd::doc_2675
$2,768$0$24,569$56,000$20,176
2026-04-09
wd::doc_2744
$2,768$0$24,569$56,000$20,176
2026-04-23
wd::doc_2743
$0$24,569$60,837$20,176assumes minimal emergencies
2026-04-27
wd::doc_2741
$20,176Assumes routine-only pumping (4,000 gal × 26 pumpings × $194/kgal); actual data shows emergency-rate pumping in 9 of 10 months; QB data June 2025–Mar 2026 shows ~$67K annualized run rate; potential overrun ~$47K; document questions whether emergency pumping is truly non-recurring given structural plant vulnerabilities

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