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Residents press Seal Beach council for transparency on rising water and sewer rates
Summary
Multiple residents at the Sept. 8 meeting criticized the council and staff over steep water and sewer rate increases, questioned changing project cost estimates for the Lampson well, and pressed for clearer fiscal oversight and public reporting.
A string of public commenters urged the Seal Beach City Council on Sept. 8 to slow down and provide more transparency after a recent vote to increase water and sewer rates and to approve debt for capital projects. At the meeting, residents said they were surprised by the pace and scale of rate changes and by disparities between project costs presented earlier and amounts now under consideration. "Transparency builds trust," Shelly Sysdarsick said, asking that the council produce clear public tracking of how rate revenue will be spent. Trusse Miller told the…
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