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Baldwin City corrects electric-rate math, adopts revised ordinance to refund July overcharge
Summary
The council approved a corrected electric ordinance (15‑17) after advisers discovered the July rate change double‑counted a meter/debt charge; council chose Option 2 — a lower ongoing kWh rate with repayment spread over five months — and approved the ordinance 4‑0.
Baldwin City Council voted unanimously to adopt a corrected electric-rate ordinance after advisers discovered a calculation error in a July rate increase that double‑counted an increase to the meter (now called the debt service) fee.
Baker Tilly, the city’s rate consultant, told the council the original motion intended to raise total utility revenue by 10 percent but the subsequent inclusion of a $25 meter/debt fee in the rate calculation meant the fee was effectively counted twice. ‘‘The meter fee combined with the new rate will be a 10% increase rather than what was previously passed, which did not take that…
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