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City presents water and sewer rate increases and new service fees; residents urge delayed billing and annual review
Summary
Finance and utilities staff presented proposed increases to water and sewer user rates, a larger sewer increase tied to major capital projects, and changes to service fees (including a $65/hour service work fee); residents asked the council to set an effective date aligned with June billing and require annual rate reviews to ease household impacts.
Rochester officials presented a package of rate and fee changes for the city's water and sewer systems at the Dec. 17 council meeting. Director Sullivan told the council the water and sewer rate schedules and related service fees have not been updated in many years and recommended changes to bring fees in line with the cost of service.
On the water side, staff discussed a possible effective date of March 1 so the first customer bills reflecting the change would appear in the June billing…
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