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lead service line inventory

Map all water service pipes, identify lead lines, and guide replacement funding.

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Typically discussed at Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint. Check back when the next agenda is published.

The Story

On Nov. 6, the joint Personnel & Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee meeting recommended the full 2026 utility budgets, with no water or electric rate changes. This topic is labeled “lead service line inventory,” but the meeting write-up centers on the overall utility budgets, not a specific lead-line inventory action.

Key Decisions
  1. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Personnel and Finance: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Water Budget.

  2. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Public Utilities: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Water Budget.

  3. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Personnel and Finance: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Wastewater Budget.

  4. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Public Utilities: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Wastewater Budget.

  5. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Personnel and Finance: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Storm Water Utility Budget.

  6. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Public Utilities: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Storm Water Utility Budget.

  7. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Personnel and Finance: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Solid Waste Budget.

  8. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Public Utilities: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Solid Waste Budget.

  9. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Landfill Fund (Personnel and Finance): Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Landfill Budget.

  10. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Landfill Fund (Public Utilities): Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Landfill Budget.

  11. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Personnel and Finance: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Electric Utility Budget.

  12. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Public Utilities: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Electric Utility Budget.

  13. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Personnel and Finance: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Telecommunications Budget.

  14. passed Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint · Nov 6, 2025

    Review and Recommendations: 2026 Utilities Budget

    Public Utilities: Motion to recommend approval of the 2026 Telecommunications Budget.

Record

  1. The Personnel & Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee recommended approval of the full slate of 2026 utility budgets.

    Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint

  2. Staff proposed no rate changes for water or electric in the 2026 budgets, while noting operating losses in storm water, solid waste, electric, and telecommunications, and projecting a water cash decline after debt payments.

    Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint

  3. The 2026 utility budgets included staffing and pay changes (including new wastewater positions tied to WDNR requirements and electric wage adjustments) and maintenance/capital items such as leak detection equipment, a bucket truck delivery, meters, and security cameras.

    Personnel and Finance Committee and Public Utilities Committee Joint
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