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Yankton raises water and solid-waste rates, adjusts licensing fees; wastewater rate reduced
Summary
The commission adopted a 3% increase to water and solid-waste collection rates (effective Nov. 1, 2024), a 3% decrease to wastewater incremental rates, and a package of license-fee increases to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, to cover staff time and maintain loan eligibility.
The Yankton City Commission on Oct. 15 adopted multiple utility-rate and licensing-fee adjustments. By resolution the commission approved a 3% increase in water consumption rates and no change to the existing surcharge, effective Nov. 1, 2024; at the same meeting it adopted a 3% decrease to wastewater incremental rates and a 3% increase to solid-waste collection rates to take effect the same date.
City staff explained the water-rate increase as a response to inflation, rising materials…
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