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Board declines to advance resolution opposing Tucson Water’s differential rates for unincorporated customers
Summary
A proposed Pima County resolution condemning the City of Tucson’s plan to levy higher water rates on unincorporated customers failed after supervisors split on whether to pursue litigation or seek more staff-level negotiations.
A motion introduced May 6 would have directed county staff to explore "all things necessary" to seek rate parity for Tucson Water customers after the City of Tucson proposed a rate structure that would charge higher water rates to customers who live outside city limits.
Chair Rex Scott framed the resolution as a defense of a large number of long-time Tucson Water customers who live in unincorporated Pima County. Scott said the city’s proposed differential rates could be applied to roughly one-third of Tucson Water’s customer base and that the…
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