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Council puts 5% water-rate increase on consent after staff briefing
Summary
After a councilmember reviewed a conversation with Cole Blackwell and CPI data showing a 4.6% rise in maintenance costs, the proposed 5% water-rate increase was placed on the consent agenda; Blackwell offered to brief council and appear at the legislative update.
Council discussion during the workshop covered a proposed 5% increase from the water authority intended to address maintenance and repair costs.
"The 5% is the number they came up with, and we don't get to change that," a councilmember said after recounting a detailed conversation with Cole Blackwell about declining gallons-per-day sales since Paulding County left the system. The same councilmember cited Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing a 4.6% increase in consumer-index measures for water-system maintenance and repair and said that Blackwell offered to meet with council to explain the numbers.
Following the briefing, council placed the rate change on the consent agenda; council members noted the authority would be available at the legislative update to further explain the calculation. No separate council vote on the rate increase was taken at the workshop; the item remains on consent for the formal council meeting.
