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Astoria council adopts 6% water and sewer rate increases to help pay for major infrastructure projects
Summary
On June 16 the Astoria City Council approved 6% increases to both water and sewer rates for fiscal year 2025–26, citing aging infrastructure and upcoming capital projects including a $10 million wastewater treatment facility and pump station replacements.
Astoria City Council on June 16 approved resolutions to raise both water and sewer rates by 6% for fiscal year 2025–26, a move city staff said is needed to help pay for aging infrastructure and planned capital projects.
City Manager Marion Spence introduced the item as “the formal action to implement utility rates for the city Of Astoria,” and told the council the increases were recommended after the budget committee discussion earlier this spring.
The change comes as the city faces multiple capital projects. Spence and Public Works Director Jeff Harrington told the council the largest is a $10,000,000 wastewater treatment facility currently under construction; the utility is expected to finance about half of that cost. Council heard that three sewer lift stations built in the…
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