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Clifton council approves sewer rate increases after debate over missing revenue and fund shortfall
Summary
After a lengthy debate about fund balances and a previously missing revenue line, Clifton Municipal Council approved a draft sewer rate that calls for a 5% increase this year and a 4.5% increase in the later year specified in the study; the measure passed 4-2 with one member absent.
Clifton Municipal Council voted to approve a draft sewer rate package that, as written in the report, calls for a 5% increase in sewer bills this year and a 4.5% increase in a later period specified in the study. The council recorded four yes votes, two no votes and one absence; the motion carried.
The adoption followed a prolonged debate about the sanitary sewer fund's finances. Council members said the fund experienced an unexpected $1,000,000 increase in costs this year and that the…
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