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Cottage Grove council adopts amended fee schedule, cites utility shortfalls; average household bill to rise about $6.58
Summary
Council adopted resolution 2171 amending the comprehensive fee schedule to reflect utility rate changes: a 14% increase to the operations portion of the water fund, 5% to wastewater operations and 7% to storm drainage operations; staff said the average single-family household using 5,000 gallons will see about a $6.58 monthly increase.
The Cottage Grove City Council voted to amend the city's comprehensive fee schedule and approve utility rate changes as part of its 2025–26 budget package.
Public Works Director Faye Stewart told the council that the operations portion of the water fund requires a 14% increase to address a multi-year imbalance between spending and revenues. "For the water fund ... the operations portion of this, we need a 14% increase to rectify our imbalance of spending more for services than we were receiving," Stewart…
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