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Council rejects proposed tiered water-rate resolution after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing with customers and agency representatives, the Beaverton City Council voted 2–5 against adopting Resolution 4,906, a proposal to implement a tiered water-consumption rate and new meter charges.
The Beaverton City Council voted down a proposal to adopt a tiered water rate structure, rejecting Resolution 4,906 (Agenda Bill 25,027) in a 2–5 roll-call vote after a public hearing that drew residents, a parks district representative and technical questions about data and billing.
City staff presented the proposal as a way to align rates with water-service costs and to add tiered rates for single‑family residential customers. "Before you tonight is a resolution to implement a new rate structure for the City's water utility, designed to recover the costs of providing water to the various customer classes and including tiered rates for the single family residential customer class," said Susan Cole, assistant director in the city's finance department.
Supporters of tiered rates told council the structure could encourage conservation and make bills fairer; critics and several council…
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