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Council debates water and sewer rate increases and possible hardship assistance
Summary
Councilmembers discussed recent water and sewer rate increases, how the city arrived at them, the balance between reserves and borrowing, and directed staff to research hardship or payment-flex programs for vulnerable residents.
Members of the Marysville City Council spent substantial time discussing the recently adopted water and sewer rate increases, the city's broader fiscal position and whether the municipality should adopt a payment-assistance or flexibility program for ratepayers on fixed incomes.
Council speakers said water rates had not risen for roughly a decade and that the recent increase was the minimum needed to avoid a projected mid-year shortfall. One councilmember summarized: "Water rates haven't gone up basically in a decade," and another said the increase represented the minimum amount to avoid a $50,000 deficit. Several councilmembers urged research into flexible-payment or hardship programs…
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