As the city of Copperas Cove begins its budget season, it is facing another deficit that will require fund balances to balance the budget.
City Manager Ryan Haverlah and Budget Director Ariana Beckman presented the Copperas Cove City Council with the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
The overall proposed budget is around $49.4 million of expenditures across all funds. Total revenues are projected to be around $45.9 million. These proposed figures represent an overall budget deficit of around $3.5 million.
The city of Copperas Cove has five main funds â general, water and sewer, solid waste, golf course and other.
The largest deficit is expected to be found in the General Fund and is expected to be around $1.1 million, a nearly $400,000 improvement from last yearâs budget that the council adopted.
After being under a citywide boil-water notice for several days, Harker Heights residents may soon be relieved of their expectations to take the precautionary measure before consumption.
Assistant City Manager Jerry Bark said via email Friday that the city anticipates the notice to be lifted Saturday.
âResults are not back but the lab water testing site is overwhelmed with other Texas City samples,â Bark said.
Part of the reason it has taken the city of Harker Heights so long to lift its notice is because the city has disinfected its four water storage tanks.
Bark said Thursday that it is his understanding that disinfection of the water tanks is required by the Texas Commission on Economic Quality when water tanks go empty and/or if water pressure is lost in the water mains, citing Texas Administrative Code Chapter 290.