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Sitka assembly weighs rate increases against preserving core services
Summary
Assembly members debated asking staff to model rate scenarios and whether to set a public 'appetite' for increases (examples raised: 3% cap). Members warned across-the-board caps risk underfunding enterprise funds and deferring maintenance that could cause service failures.
Assembly members spent substantial time discussing utility rate policy and the trade-offs between lower rate increases for residents and preserving capital and regulatory projects.
"If we did a reverse process and I said, electric department gets no more than a 3% rate increase this year, can you go back and then change all of this with that high guidance?" Mayor (Speaker 3) asked.…
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