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City considers staged water and sewer rate increases to fund repairs
Summary
Officials presented a multi-step plan to raise water and sewer rates to finance capital repairs and reserves, recommending staged increases to reduce immediate customer impact; a motion to accept the recommendation was made and seconded, but no vote is recorded in the transcript.
Speaker 2 (role not specified) told the meeting the city faces rising costs for water and sewer capital projects and recommended spreading increases over multiple steps to reduce the short-term burden on customers. "We're going to raise your water rate at $4.50 a month," Speaker 2 said, while adding that phased increases are designed to avoid a single, large hike that residents could perceive as a rate 'doubling.'
The recommendation included higher reserve and cash-flow targets for the utilities and…
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