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Council weighs pause, reductions and low-income aid as water and sewer rates rise
Summary
Consultants updated the city's water and wastewater financial model and presented four rate alternatives. Council did not adopt a rate cut but directed staff to refine a cost-allocation plan, expand low-income assistance and explore monthly billing and an earlier rate study.
Kevin Caustic of Raftelis, the city's rate consultant, presented an updated five-year financial forecast for the city's water and wastewater enterprise funds. Caustic said recent wetter winters and lower demand projections reduced estimated water demand since the last study, and that staff and consultants modeled the remaining years of a previously adopted five-year rate plan plus three alternatives: a one-year pause, a two-year pause, or one-time rate reductions of 5% or 10% in fiscal year 2025-26.
Caustic and Director of Administrative Services Mandy Kellogg explained that pausing or reducing the upcoming…
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