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Council adopts sewer service charge increases to fund wastewater treatment expansion; rates to rise starting July 2025
Summary
To fund an expansion of the wastewater treatment plant, the Andover City Council adopted a sewer service charge resolution that phases rate increases beginning with the July 2025 billing cycle; staff said the project bid came in at about $4.747 million and the city plans to use existing reserves and phased rate increases to finance the work.
The Andover City Council on April 8 adopted a resolution establishing new sewer service base rates intended to help fund an expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The changes take effect with the billing cycle commencing in July 2025.
Rick, a city staff member, reviewed a multi-year planning process that included studies by PEC and Burns & McDonnell and design and bidding work over the past five years. He told council the treatment-plant project bid returned a firm cost of approximately $4,747,000 and noted the city…
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