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Poplar Bluff utility manager recommends water-rate increase; council to consider July 7
Summary
Municipal Utilities General Manager Bill Bach told the Poplar Bluff City Council that decreased water consumption since the COVID period has reduced revenue and prompted a recommendation to raise water rates; the council voted to move the proposal to a July 7 voting session.
Municipal Utilities General Manager Bill Bach told the Poplar Bluff City Council on June 16 that decreased water use since the COVID-19 period has cut utility revenue and prompted a recommended water-rate increase to maintain bond covenant compliance and service reliability.
Bach said the utility retained Utility Financial Solutions LLC to update a cost-of-service and rate-design study and that the city…
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