Committee reviews MMSD-driven sewer rate increase; seeks clarification on connection charge

Feb 26, 2025

The committee reviewed an analysis using MMSD's cost-recovery procedures that produced a roughly 7% increase in quarterly residential sewer bills driven primarily by MMSD charges—most notably a large rise in the connection charge—and asked staff to request additional explanation from MMSD before recommending final rates to the council.

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The Finance Committee reviewed a sanitary-sewer rate analysis based on the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's (MMSD) cost-recovery procedures and asked staff to seek more information about a substantial increase in the MMSD connection charge.

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