Superior’s $65.6 million 2027 budgets add ranger, fund Pirate Park upgrades
The budgets include a full-time open-space ranger and about $350,000 for Pirate Park work; a separate district rate schedule raises water charges 9.5%.
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Superior’s Town Council and district boards adopted 2027 budgets totaling $65.6 million at an Oct. 12 public hearing. The budgets cover the Town, the Superior/McCaslin Interchange, Superior Urban Renewal and Superior Metropolitan District No. 1, [according to the hearing presentation](https://superiorco.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetAttachmentFile(fileId=4818).
The Town budget appropriates $41.32 million across 10 funds. The other budgets total $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 Town’s budget resolution, and the respective interchange district, urban renewal and Metropolitan District No. 1 resolutions.
At an Oct. 14 meeting, town staff told the Open Space Advisory Committee that the budget adds a full-time ranger funded through Open Space funds and about $350,000 for a Pirate Park upgrade, targeted for spring 2027. Staff said other capital projects came in under budget, allowing the park work to move forward, and described plans for added shade and seating in the committee update.
A separate rate resolution for Metropolitan District No. 1 increases water charges by 9.5%, sewer charges by 7.5% and storm drainage charges by 5%, effective March 11, 2027. Water charges vary by usage tier. At the hearing, staff estimated 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. Those are estimates, not a sample bill; actual charges depend in part on water use and a customer’s service setup. The district’s rate resolution and schedule set the charges.
In the Oct. 14 update, staff also described a 6.5% increase to some Town water fees to help build the water fund balance for future repairs, maintenance and capital replacements, such as pipes or pumps. That figure concerns Town fees, while the 9.5% increase is in the district rate schedule; the available information does not clarify how the charges intersect on customer bills.
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 Oct. 12 meeting recording 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.