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Speaking of billing, did you know you can sign up to receive your bill via email? There is a code and
website listed on your quarterly billing which allows you to setup a billing portal. From that portal
you can elect to receive your bills via email, pay online, or view past due invoices. We encourage
all of our users to sign up as it saves the system the expense of mailing out statements which in turn
helps to keep rates down. How much does it save? Each paper statement costs $1 to produce and mail,
our cost for each e-bill, $0. As you can see, that savings adds up rather quickly.
We have a lot of work ahead of us, but our systems are in much better shape financially and operationally
than they have been for many years. The board has switched to a five-year budgeting strategy which
allows it to look ahead and plan for upcoming expenses so we can mitigate the need for large rate
increases. We look forward to completing these long overdue infrastructure projects that will allow us to
provide clean, high-quality drinking water and environmentally safe wastewater treatment for many years
to come.
Brighton Water & Sewer Board

Water-Sewer Operations Account
2025 Budget 2025 Actual 2026 Proposed

Income
Cash on hand (CNB Ckg. #......2601) 495.52 $495.52 $9,135.34

Water payments 165,855.00 190,593.14 281,663.78
Sewer payments 165,855.00 133,993.14 169,575.85
Interest earned
Refunds (Miscellaneous)

Total Income $332,205.52 $325,081.80 $460,374.97

Expenses

Contract Operations $276,309.20 $240,245.93 $284,598.51
Labor & Overtime 1,000.00 1,575.00 60,314.49
Administration 500.00 956.12 500.00

Utilities 7,400.00 6,556.11 7,400.00
Propane/Fuel 6,000.00 3,935.29 6,000.00
Meter Installation 18,000.00

Vehicle Insurance 3,926.63
Vehicle Allowance 2,500.00 1,259.64 2,500.00
Maintenance & Supplies 15,000.00 9,104.33 15,000.00

Line Maintenance 5,000.00 - 5,000.00
Chemicals 12,000.00 10,699.33 12,000.00
Truck Expenses 5,000.00 40,678.52 35,000.00
Miscellaneous 1,000.00 936.19 1,000.00

Total Expenses $331,709.20 $315,946.46 $451,239.63

Net $496.32 $9,135.34 $9,135.34

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