Meetings & Minutes
Our monthly public meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7PM in the Council Chambers of Borough Hall, located at 15 East High Street down the hall from the Borough Offices.
Meeting space can be challenging, so we ask that you check our home page regarding upcoming meetings and their locations. We will always have a location selected at least 24 hours prior.
Current Agenda
Review our current meeting agenda to see what topics and decisions are being discussed in our upcoming meeting.
Rates & Budgets
Explore MAWSA’s current rates and budget information to understand how we manage resources and ensure cost-effective water and wastewater services for our community.
Operations & Maintenance Budgets
Capital Budgets
Funding Sources
Learn about MAWSA’s diverse funding sources, including grants, customer revenue, capital reserves, and borrowing, that support our mission of providing reliable services.
Operation & Maintenance
- Revenue for operation & maintenance (O&M) is generated from MAWSA’s water and sewer customers, as well as our hauled waste customers.
- Expenses consist mainly of supplies, consumables, debt, wages, and miscellaneous repairs.
- O&M revenue is not intended to be used for long-term investments.
Capital Reserves
- Annually, our cash reserve policy calculates a portion of O&M revenue to transfer into a Capital Reserve Fund to be used on long-term investments to MAWSA’s facilities and/or infrastructure.
- Developments and new home connections pay ‘tapping fees’ that also fund the Capital Reserves.
- Capital Reserves are used for equipment and/or projects over $5,000 with a useful life expectancy of 2 or more years.
- If purchased with Capital Reserves, the equipment/project becomes an asset.
- Expenditures used with these funds are board approved and a 5-10 year project list is maintained.
- See Capital Projects.
Grants
- Federal, State, and Local grants are all possible sources of funding for long-term investments.
- MAWSA regularly applies for grants from the PA Small Water/Sewer and PA H2O programs, among others.
- Some things to consider with grants;
- They are hard to predict (amounts/frequency).
- They are highly competitive.
- In general, MAWSA must fund a portion of the project awarded in a grant.
- They tend to be very specific in use and priorities often change between the time of application until grants are awarded.
Borrowing
- Municipal Authorities are permitted to use the following forms of borrowing for long-term investments;
– Bank note
– Bond issue
– Lease purchase - Borrowing is utilized when revenue from Capital Reserves or Grants do not cover the cost of a long-term project.
- With proper foresight and planning, borrowing can be an effective way of completing large projects.
- Municipal Authorities are eligible for very low interest rate and long-term financing options
MAWSA Grant Applications
- 5/8/2014 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Shimp Street & West High Street Water Lines Replacement Project for $97,478
- 5/8/2014 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Fruitville Pike Water Line Replacement Project for $126,078
- 10/13/2016 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Phase 1 – Sewer Interceptor Lining Project for $419,074
- 10/13/2016 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Shimp Street & West High Street Water Lines Replacement Project for $112,888
- 10/13/2016 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Fruitville Pike Water Line Replacement Project for $163,224
- 2/5/2018 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Water and Sewer System Improvements to the water system valve replacement, pump station generator purchase and installation, sewer system rehabilitation work for $425,000
- 12/12/2019 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Cherry Street and Charlotte Street Pumping Station Improvements Project for $231,516
- 12/12/2019 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation and Water Valve Replacement Work Project for $423,333
- 12/8/2022 – H2O PA Grant: 2023-2025 Water Main Replacement & Expansion for $2,228,109
- 12/8/2022 – PA Small Water & Sewer Grant: 2023 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation for $423,810
- 11/30/2023 – Statewide Local Share Account Grant: Clarifier Demolition and Equipment Garage for $892,615
- 11/30/2024 – Statewide Local Share Account Grant: T-6 Pumping Station Project for $755,363
- 11/30/2024 – Statewide Local Share Account Grant: Clarifier Demolition and Equipment Garage for $892,404
MAWSA Awards
- 1/15/2009 – H2O PA Grant: Wastewater Plant BNR Upgrade applied for $6,893,000 *Awarded $4,300,000
- 4/9/2020 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation & Water Valve Replacement Work Project applied for $422,865 *Awarded $422,865
- 3/10/2022 – Statewide Local Share Assessment Grant: Systemwide Meter Replacement Project applied for $1,000,000 *Awarded $1,000,000
- 3/10/2022 – Statewide Local Share Assessment Grant: CIPP Relining of 7,250 feet of the main interceptor line to complete the lining of the entire system interceptor line applied for $880,993 *Awarded $880,993.
- 12/19/2023 – H2O PA Grant: 2023 – 2025 Water Main Replacement & Expansion applied for $2,228,109. *Awarded $500,000
- 12/19/2023 – PA Small Water/Sewer Grant: 2023 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation applied for $423,810. * Awarded $133,127
- 9/17/2024 – H2O PA Grant: 2023 – 2025 Water Main Replacement & Expansion applied for $2,228,109 and originally awarded $500,000.
* Additional award of $523,766 for a total award of $1,023,766
Capital Projects
Capital projects require special defining attributes such as cost or life of the asset, and are therefore separated from the annual operation and maintenance budgets. These assets are part of the annual audit process. Being future forward, Board and Staff maintain a 5-year capital plan.
