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Ellensburg raises eligibility threshold for utility low‑income discount to 40% AMI
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 4962 to add 40% area‑median‑income (AMI) eligibility to the city’s low‑income utility discount program, aligning previous changes and covering an estimated 36 additional customers; program is run by HopeSource with recertification every two years.
Ellensburg City Council on June 2 adopted Ordinance 4962 to extend the city’s low‑income utility discount eligibility to households at or below 40% of Area Median Income (AMI).
Heidi Baron Sternaway, city manager standing in for the utility services director, said the ordinance corrects an inadvertent policy change that had left some customers out of…
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