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Coconut Creek adopts ordinance revising water/wastewater rate adjustments; staff to implement 9% increase
Summary
The City Commission on April 24 approved Ordinance 2025-007 to change how annual water and wastewater rate adjustments are set and authorized staff to proceed with a 9% increase tied to Broward County charges; the city will monitor county actions and complete a rate study after AMI installation.
The Coconut Creek City Commission on April 24 voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2025-007, revising the city's automatic annual adjustment for water and wastewater rates and authorizing staff to proceed with a 9% rate increase tied to Broward County charges.
City Manager Sheila Rose told the commission the ordinance shifts the annual effective date from April 1 to June 1 and ties future automatic adjustments to the blended rate set last year by Broward County rather than only to the consumer price index. Rose said the city's utility costs have outpaced CPI — noting fiscal year 2025 CPI rose about 2.8% while the county's average increase was about 9% — and staff…
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