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Committee directs administration to craft plan to keep water and sewer rates flat while preserving consent-decree compliance
Summary
After a lengthy debate, the Appropriations Committee approved a motion asking the mayor and administration to prepare a plan explaining whether water and sewer rates can be kept flat for operations while still meeting capital obligations tied to the county's consent decree and ocean outfall work.
Miami-Dade County's Appropriations Committee voted to send a directive to the mayor's office and Water and Sewer Department to produce a plan that would attempt to keep water and sewer rates flat for operations while outlining how the county would remain in compliance with its federal consent decree and ocean outfall requirements.
Chairwoman Daniella Regalado said she brought the item to "work directly with the administration" and to avoid last-minute budget decisions that can disadvantage departments. Roy Coley, chief utilities and regulatory services officer (and former director of the Water and Sewer Department), told the committee the…
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