Enterprise: sewer fee votes

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Auditing Enterprise: what the city's budget records show

Enterprise budgets $1.6 million in its general fund for fiscal 2027, plus separate water, sewer and electric utility funds. This explainer sets out the figures in the budget report the city filed with the state.

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Key figures

$1.6 millionFiscal 2027 general fund budgetAuditing Enterprise: what the city's budget records show →
$225,000Budgeted electric fund operating loss, fiscal 2027Auditing Enterprise: what the city's budget records show →
0.001141Certified tax rate in the draft fiscal 2027 budget resolutionAuditing Enterprise: what the city's budget records show →
$775,000Fiscal 2027 emergency services fund spendingAuditing Enterprise: what the city's budget records show →
$10 a monthProposed sewer user fee cut, tabled May 27Enterprise tabled a sewer-fee cut in May, then voted 4-1 on a $42 sewer rate in June →
$455,000Fiscal 2027 budgeted sewer operating incomeEnterprise tabled a sewer-fee cut in May, then voted 4-1 on a $42 sewer rate in June →

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Budgets, reserves and taxes

Enterprise tabled a sewer-fee cut in May, then voted 4-1 on a $42 sewer rate in June
Enterprise council members discussed cutting the monthly sewer fee in May because the last sewer bond payment was nearly paid, then tabled it. The June 10 minutes record a 4-1 voice vote approving a $42 sewer rate.
Published October 17, 2026 · Records checked October 17, 2026

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FY2027 operational budget report filed with the State Auditor (printed Aug. 4, 2026)From the city
State Auditor: local government financial reportsEvery budget and financial report Enterprise has filed with the state; search for "Enterprise"

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Enterprise City Council · Oct. 14, 2026 meeting noticeCited in Enterprise tabled a sewer-fee cut in May, then voted 4-1 on a $42 sewer rate in June

Reading audit findings

An unmodified opinion addresses the financial statements. A material weakness concerns controls and does not by itself establish fraud. Compare the same fiscal year and accounting basis; restated balances replace, but do not erase, originally reported figures.

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Auditing Enterprise: what the city's budget records show

Key figures

Budgets, reserves and taxes

Enterprise tabled a sewer-fee cut in May, then voted 4-1 on a $42 sewer rate in June

Contracts and spending