City of Auburn FY2027 Budget
Water Fund
Working FY2027 Water Fund material from the City of Auburn Mayor & Council budget presentation binder inspected at Auburn City Hall on August 31, 2026.
The binder appears to contain working or preliminary FY2027 budget presentation material. Projected, proposed, requested, contracted, paid, and actually spent amounts are not interchangeable.
Original Record
City of Auburn FY2027 Budget Binder: July 30 Budget Meeting
Photographed from the City of Auburn FY2027 Mayor & Council budget presentation binder made available for public inspection at Auburn City Hall. Photographed August 31, 2026.
Water Fund revenue: PDF page 5
Water Fund expenditures: PDF pages 15–17
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Plain-Language Summary
Water Fund Plain-Language Summary
Independent summary of the Water Fund figures and explanatory notes contained in the source material.
This is an independent reproduction/summary for readability and is not an official City of Auburn document. Refer to the photographed source for the original record.
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Research Notes
Water Fund Independent Research Notes
Independent notes identifying supporting details, documentation gaps, unresolved questions, and items requiring additional records or clarification.
Questions or gaps identified in these notes indicate areas where the available record does not provide enough information for a conclusion. They are not, by themselves, evidence that the underlying figures are improper.
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What the current record shows
- Projected FY2027 Water Fund expenditures of $6,250,689, compared with a FY2026 original budget of $4,064,550.
- Major projected increases include purchased water from Barrow County, GEFA debt service, Water Treatment Facility operations, insurance/personnel, and professional services.
- Projected Water Fund revenue also rises sharply, including approximately $2.84 million in water-meter installation revenue tied to development/construction activity.
Open documentation questions
- How the $1.5 million Barrow County purchased-water projection was calculated.
- The meaning and contractual basis of the 50,000-gallon-per-day post-startup note.
- The Water Treatment Facility commissioning/startup assumptions used for FY2027.
- GEFA loan/amortization detail supporting the $729,464 debt-service line.
- The actual cutoff date behind worksheets labeled “YTD Expenditures (as of 9/30/2026)” in a binder inspected August 31.
Follow-up records
No follow-up records have been added yet. Later records should be added here rather than overwriting the original source, summary, or research notes.
Provenance: Photographed from the City of Auburn FY2027 Mayor & Council budget presentation binder made available for public inspection at Auburn City Hall. Photographed August 31, 2026. Companion summary and notes were independently prepared from the source material and are not official City of Auburn documents.