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Willard aldermen approve water advisory board amid split over new water-rate model
Summary
The Board of Aldermen voted to form a Water Advisory Board and held competing first‑reading votes on two water-rate approaches: a flat-rate proposal emphasizing equity and a 10% in‑city vs out‑of‑city differential favored by others for fiscal reasons; sewer-rate first readings followed the same models.
The Board of Aldermen in Willard on an evening meeting approved creation of a Water Advisory Board to provide residents and staff an ongoing forum for reviewing water infrastructure, rates and related policy.
Staff presented two rate options for water: a differential model that maintains a 10% surcharge framework (producing the reported examples: an in‑city minimum monthly charge near $14.18 and per‑1,000‑gallon rates shown in staff materials, and an alternate scale with higher minimums and per‑unit charges), and a flat‑rate model under which all customers…
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