Hull Sewer Commission Votes to Raise Rates

Water · Meeting of August 10, 2026

Hull Sewer Commission raised rates and advanced a new plant operator contract. The board voted unanimously to lift the monthly base sewer rate from $30 to $40 and set the volumetric charge at $19.48 per hundred cubic feet, a 2.5 percent increase, to cover a fiscal 2027 budget of roughly $7.07 million while building reserves ahead of nearly $1 million in added debt service. Commissioners Rick, Scott Taylor, Jordan and Paul voted 4-0 on both rate measures.

The commission also reviewed two State Revolving Fund loans totaling almost $18 million for sewer collection and treatment plant upgrades, and said Hull billed the Weir River Water System about $6,000 for billing errors that forced manual data entry. Staff said a ten-year contract with new operator Inframark, who will retain three existing plant staff and hire two more, is awaiting final signatures ahead of a July 1 transition.

In the full story:

• Roll Call and Minutes
• Fiscal 2026 Year-End Budget
• Fiscal 2027 Budget and Retained Earnings
• Weir River Water Consumption and Billing Update
• Contract Operator Transition
• Capital Projects Update
• Setting Fiscal 2027 Sewer Rates
• New Business: Commission Vacancy
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,541 words

Source: the Water meeting of August 10, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.