Unpaid Marshall Utility Balances Reach $260,428 in July Collection Report

Marshall City Council | August 24, 2026

Article Summary: The Marshall City Council on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, approved the city’s collection, treasurer’s, building and police reports for July 2026. The collection materials show total outstanding utility balances of $260,427.93 as of July 31, up from $55,077.14 a month earlier, with the aging report carrying a highlighted note stating that “TRW hasn’t paid June’s billing.”

July Collection Report Key Points:

Total outstanding balance at July 31, 2026: $260,427.93, against $55,077.14 at June 30, 2026.

The 30-day bucket alone stood at $236,668.97, against $32,829.67 a month earlier.

Total July receipts were $791,848.21, and the city billed $1,085,972.00 for utility service in July.

Jarod Green moved approval, seconded by Warren J. Le Fever; all council members voted in favor.

MARSHALL — The Marshall City Council on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, voted unanimously to approve the city’s collection, treasurer’s, building and police reports, with the collection documents in the council’s agenda materials showing a sharp one-month rise in unpaid utility balances.

Green moved approval; Le Fever seconded. The minutes record that upon roll call all council members voted in favor and the motion carried.

The aging report of outstanding balances included in the materials places the total outstanding balance at July 31, 2026, at $260,427.93. The same report places the total outstanding balance at June 30, 2026, at $55,077.14.

The increase is concentrated almost entirely in the newest bucket. Balances outstanding 30 days stood at $236,668.97 at July 31, against $32,829.67 at June 30 — a difference of $203,839.30. The 60-day bucket was $10,876.49, against $9,444.11; the 90-day bucket $3,388.19, against $5,414.61; and the 120-day bucket $9,494.28, against $7,388.75. Each column’s figures sum to its stated total.

The Note on the Report

Printed between the 120-day line and the totals, and highlighted in the document, is a one-sentence note: “TRW hasn’t paid June’s billing. I’m sure due to the buyout.”

The note is unsigned and undated. The report carries no author’s name, and the minutes record no discussion of it. Nothing in the agenda, the minutes or the agenda materials expands “TRW,” identifies it as a utility customer, states how much it owes, or explains what “the buyout” refers to. The record does not state that the unpaid June billing accounts for the increase in the 30-day bucket, and the figures in the report are not broken out by customer.

What the City Collected and Billed in July

A separate collection cash summary for July 2026 puts total receipts at $791,848.21. By utility, that breaks down to $501,449.17 in electric, $108,575.63 in water, $105,235.10 in gas and $76,588.31 in sewer.

The largest single category is “Xpress payments” at $409,982.32 — $259,507.33 electric, $57,195.83 gas, $47,772.20 water and $45,506.96 sewer. Conventional billings accounted for $367,915.04. Smaller lines include deposits of $2,500.00, penalties of $2,092.48, “Xpress” penalties of $2,863.34, transportation of $2,690.94 in the gas column, “Xpress” deposits of $1,875.00, taps of $604.50, invoice of $234.00, upgrade of $300.00, a sewer deduct of $100.00, NSF of $65.59 and old collections of $25.00. The report’s line items sum exactly to the stated total. The term “Xpress” is not defined in the materials.

A third sheet reports utilities billed for the month of July 2026 totaling $1,085,972.00. That figure comprises $704,384.17 on 5,530,794 kilowatts of electric usage, plus $78,924.04 in demand; $115,643.44 on 18,956,300 gallons of water; $94,091.40 on 8,718,100 units of sewer usage; and $92,928.95 on 3,078,700 cubic feet of gas. The volumes and amounts as printed sum to the stated total.

Pool Revenue Dominated Non-Utility Collections

A fourth sheet, headed “Xpress – Non Utility,” reports $17,253.30 in miscellaneous July collections. Nearly all of it came from the city pool: $13,228.30 in pool entry, $2,824.00 in pool party revenue, $996.00 in pool service fees and $205.00 in pool passes. The building permit, license renewal and Harlan Hall rental lines are each reported at zero for the month.

A Discrepancy in the Reporting Period

The agenda for the Aug. 24 meeting lists the item as approval of the “Collection, Treasurer’s, Building and Police Reports for June 2026.” The minutes record the council approving the reports “for July 2026,” and every collection document in the agenda materials is headed July 2026. This account follows the minutes and the packet.

No treasurer’s report, building report or police report appears in the agenda materials. Only the collection documents were distributed with the packet reviewed for this story.