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Council authorizes Prop 218 notices for proposed sewer-rate increases to fund $115M capital plan
Summary
Salinas council voted to proceed with Proposition 218 public notices for a proposed sewer rate increase that would raise the monthly single-family equivalent charge to $16.35 in 2025-26, with 2% annual escalators over 10 years to fund system repairs and a planned capital program.
The Salinas City Council on April 22, 2025, voted to proceed with Proposition 218 public-notice steps for a proposed sewer-rate schedule designed to address aging infrastructure and a multi-year capital-improvement program.
Consultants told the council the sewer master plan update identified roughly $115 million in needed sewer system work over the next decade, including repairs to gravity mains, force mains and lift stations. Staff and the consultant said the city's current basic charge of about $5.45 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) would leave an approximate near-term shortfall; the proposed rate schedule raises the monthly single-family equivalent to…
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