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Consultants present two five‑year water and sewer rate options for Palos Park; council to review further
Summary
Baxter & Woodman told the Village of Palos Park Board of Commissioners on Oct. 27 that the village will likely need incremental water and sewer rate increases over the next five years to meet capital‑improvement and reserve goals.
Palos Park — Baxter & Woodman told the Village of Palos Park Board of Commissioners on Oct. 27 that the village will likely need incremental water and sewer rate increases over the next five years to meet capital‑improvement and reserve goals.
Mark Seifert, a project manager at Baxter & Woodman, said the study—based on roughly a year of work with village staff—was designed to “minimize that cone of uncertainty” about future costs while matching revenue to expected capital needs. He told the board capital projects, meter repairs, SCADA upgrades and a shared regional infrastructure cost were the primary drivers behind proposed rate changes.
The consultant presented two main scenarios. Scenario 1 keeps the current rate structure and phases increases over five years (an illustrative year‑1 water…
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