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Queen Creek council approves 15% water rate increase after outreach; residential bills to rise roughly $3–$6 per month
Summary
After a public hearing and months of outreach, the Queen Creek Town Council unanimously approved a 15% increase to water rates intended to cover utility operating costs, infrastructure and replenishment needs. Town staff said the change will raise utility revenue by about $4.3 million and affect roughly 42,000 accounts.
The Town Council voted unanimously to approve a 15% increase in water rates that town officials said is needed to pay rising costs for infrastructure, operations and supplies.
Deputy Town Manager and CFO Scott McCarty and communications staff outlined the multimonth process and public outreach before the vote, noting that the town has about 42,000 water accounts and the rate increase would generate about $4.3 million in additional annual utility revenue. Staff said roughly $3 million of that increase would come from single‑family residential accounts (about 40,000 accounts).
Why it matters: The water utility is operated as an enterprise fund separate from the town’s general revenue. Staff said revenues pay for electricity, maintenance, replacement, and new construction for the water utility; they said the utility does not make a profit and the rate is designed to cover…
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