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Finance committee backs sanitary sewer rate study and schedule proposing $16.35 monthly rate for FY25-26

2901175 · April 8, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to recommend approval of a 10-year sanitary sewer rate schedule that would set a residential equivalent dwelling unit rate at $16.35 per month in fiscal year 25-26, with 2% annual escalators thereafter; staff cited a current shortfall, capital needs and a Lake Street emergency.

The Salinas Finance Committee voted to recommend that city council approve the sanitary sewer rate study and the proposed 10-year rate schedule.

Andrea, a consultant with DTA, summarized the study and said the city currently projects a shortfall of about $400,000 for the fiscal year and has capital needs reflected in an updated sanitary sewer master plan. "We also have the annual capital outlay costs ... with a cumulative total of about a hundred and 15,000,000 over the 10 year study period,"…

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