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Selectmen approve 2% water and 7% sewer rate increases; ask staff for capital-cost breakdown
Summary
After a consultant recommended modest rate increases, the Wolfeboro Board of Selectmen voted to raise water rates 2% and sewer rates 7% effective on March bills and asked staff to provide a breakdown of capital and operating costs and options for shifting funding responsibility between ratepayers and taxpayers.
Wolfeboro — The Board of Selectmen voted Feb. 19 to implement a consultant-recommended 2% increase in the town’s water rate and a 7% increase in the sewer rate, and directed staff to prepare more detailed modeling of how capital and operating costs are allocated between ratepayers and the general fund.
The vote: The board approved the rate adjustments as presented by town and Public Works staff using Underwood’s modeling. The board recorded the new unit rates in the presentation as $12.44 for water and $20.37 for sewer, with the changes to be programmed for the March 1 billing cycle and billed in April.
Why it matters: Utility-rate changes affect…
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