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Council directs WAC representative to support Sonoma Water's proposed 2025—26 transmission budget and rate increase
Summary
After presentations from Sonoma Water staff, Santa Rosa City Council voted 5-0 to instruct its Water Advisory Committee representative to support Sonoma Water's proposed fiscal year 2025-26 water transmission budget and an 8.68% wholesale rate increase for Santa Rosa's aqueduct customers. The city will absorb the increase under current budgetary
The City Council on Tuesday voted to direct its Water Advisory Committee (WAC) representative to support Sonoma Water's proposed water transmission budget and associated wholesale rate increase for fiscal year 2025—26.
Nick Harvey, deputy director of administration for Santa Rosa Water, introduced Sonoma Water presenters Jake Spaulding and Lynn Roselli, who briefed the council on the proposed budget and the drivers behind the request. Spaulding said aging transmission infrastructure (aqueducts built in 1959—63) and an elevated need for capital and operations funding were the main…
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