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Tallmadge council advances multi-year water rate increase to cover $5.6 million in pipe repairs
Summary
Council moved ordinance 2025-53 to second reading after a lengthy presentation showing the water fund could run out by 2027 without rate increases and proposed phased increases over four years tied to $5.6 million in infrastructure work financed with OWDA loans.
Tallmadge — The Tallmadge City Council advanced ordinance 2025-53 to second reading on May 8 after receiving a presentation from the finance director showing the city’s water fund would deplete within two to three years if no rate changes are adopted.
Finance Director Molly Gilbreit told council, “I know they’re rather large, but we have not had water rate increases in Tallmadge since 02/2012.” The presentation showed a $5,600,000 backlog of water infrastructure work the administration expects to address during the next five years.
Why it matters: The administration said major, age-related water-line repairs and replacement projects — and the cost of repeated main breaks and water loss — require new revenue. Without rate changes and borrowing, projections showed the water…
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