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Commission adopts three‑year, 10% annual utility rate increases and capacity fee changes to fund aging water/wastewater infrastructure
Summary
Facing $276 million of needed capital work and rising operating costs, the commission adopted a rate plan that raises user rates 10% per year for three years and increases capacity fees; the resolution and fee ordinance were approved and staff said the revenue would partially fund the capital improvement plan and regulatory needs.
The City Commission adopted a multi‑year utility rate plan and related fee changes aimed at covering rising operating costs and funding critical water and wastewater capital projects. Commissioners voted 5–0 to adopt Resolution 2025‑R‑66, approving the annual utility rate schedule and associated fee changes, and later adopted a related fee ordinance on second reading.
Interim Utilities Director Tricia Wissner told the commission the department is responsible for roughly $315 million in buried infrastructure and a 10‑year capital improvement program the department pared down to about $276 million. Wissner said the system includes treatment plants that are several decades old and extensive mains installed in the 1980s. She said operating costs —…
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