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Council approves 5-year increases to domestic water rates for city service area
Summary
Council voted to adopt staff-recommended increases to water rates for the city’s domestic water service area for a five-year period to fund treatment upgrades and conservation programs, with the motion passing and Councilmember Weir absent.
The Bakersfield City Council on June 11 adopted a resolution to increase domestic water rates for customers inside the city’s domestic water service area over a five-year schedule to fund water‑quality treatment and conservation programs.
Water Director Chris Budak told the council the proposal under consideration would raise rates by a series of increases over five years: "The 5 year rate increase that is proposed and and being, considered this evening is a 34%, 6 percent, 6%, and 2 and…
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