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Isanti staff recommends phased sewer, larger water-rate increases; council debates equity and conservation incentives
Summary
Staff proposed sewer rate increases (5% in 2025, then 3% subsequently) and recommended a water-rate alternative that raises the base fee (about $2 / ~14.4% in year one) and creates a fourth consumption tier to discourage excessive irrigation; council discussed fairness for fixed-income households and options to target higher users.
At the committee meeting staff (Speaker 6) presented E7, the city's water-and-sewer rate-study recommendations. For sewer, staff proposed a 5% across-the-board increase in 2025 followed by 3% increases in subsequent years; staff said sewer had not been raised for three years and was cut in 2021.
For water, staff described several alternatives and recommended a path that balances base-fee increases with consumption-rate adjustments. In the staff's original outline, the base fee would rise roughly 14% in 2025 (about $2 monthly) with 5% consumption increases in the first year…
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