Superior adopts $65.6 million in 2027 budgets and raises utility rates

Superior’s Town Council and district boards adopted 2027 budgets totaling $65.6 million at an Oct. 12 public hearing. The Metropolitan District No. 1 board also approved higher water, sewer and storm drainage rates, scheduled to take effect March 11, 2027. The combined budget total is listed in the hearing presentation.

The budgets cover the Town, the Superior/McCaslin Interchange, Superior Urban Renewal and Superior Metropolitan District No. 1. The Town’s adopted budget resolution appropriates $41.32 million across 10 funds. The other adopted budgets are $2.61 million for the interchange district, $7.57 million for Superior Urban Renewal and $14.10 million for Metropolitan District No. 1, under the respective interchange district, urban renewal and Metropolitan District No. 1 resolutions.

The approved rates increase water charges by 9.5%, sewer charges by 7.5% and storm drainage charges by 5%. The Metropolitan District No. 1 rate resolution and schedule set water charges by usage tier, along with monthly base, sewer and drainage charges.

Staff estimated at the hearing that the changes would add a little less than $6 a month for water, a little more than $3 for sewer and less than 50 cents for storm drainage for an average resident. These are estimates, not a sample bill; actual charges depend in part on water use and a customer’s service setup.

The Town’s general-government property-tax levy was set at 12.127 mills, and its library levy at 1.5 mills, under Resolution R-84. The interchange district’s levy was set at 23.97 mills, 2.5 mills above its previous level. Staff said the new levy would remain 32% below the district’s 2012 level; final valuations could affect the levy certified later.

The meeting transcript records unanimous votes on the budgets and related fee and levy resolutions after the public hearing closed, as well as approval of the Metropolitan District No. 1 rates-and-fees resolution.