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City manager proposes 7% water and sewer rate increase as part of FY budget; council to consider July 17 first reading
Summary
City staff proposed a 7% increase to water and sewer rates to shore up operating and capital needs, outlined timing for the FY budget process and provided examples of how the increase would affect typical residential and outside-city customers.
City Manager presented a proposed 7% increase to the sewer and water rates, saying, "we are proposing a 7% increase in the sewer rate to bring in revenues of 1,630,000.00." He told the council the combined additional revenue and other receipts would put the sewer fund near $1.7 million for the coming year and that a $250,000 transfer from sewer capital will fund predesign work for a planned plant rehabilitation.
The proposal is tied to operating and capital cost pressures. "This cost is more to produce the same amount of water and treat the same amount of sewer ... the cost of chemicals, the cost of everything that we need ... just continues to go up," the City Manager said, adding the city is carrying about $1.4 million in water debt…
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