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Freeport debates six water-and-sewer rate options; council tables decision
Summary
City staff presented six rate scenarios to close a roughly $1.1 million shortfall in the water and sewer enterprise fund. Council discussed trade-offs between protecting residential users and generating revenue from commercial customers and ultimately voted to table the issue for further study.
Freeport city staff presented six proposed changes to water and sewer rates and detailed how rising contractor costs and large claims have driven the utility fund toward a roughly $1.1 million deficit.
City Finance Director Ashley Hurst told council that combined increases recently imposed by third‑party contractors have added about $1.2 million in operating costs since the last rate adjustment and that the utility fund has run deficits in five of the prior six fiscal years. “The grand total combined increase in cost since that last rate adjustment totals $1,216,433,” Hurst said during…
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