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Mount Airy adopts multi-year water and sewer rate increases after heated debate
Summary
After extended debate over reserve targets and an automatic inflation adjustment, the Mount Airy Town Council adopted ordinance 2026-3 raising water and sewer rates in a tiered multi-year plan and adopted a companion resolution setting a $4.2 million reserve target.
The Mount Airy Town Council on March 2 adopted ordinance 2026-3, a multi-year package to raise water and sewer rates to stabilize the town’s utility finances and fund capital repairs, following extended debate about management guardrails and the ordinance’s long-term inflation adjustment.
The ordinance sets phased percentage increases for metered water and sewer charges (the ordinance language maps staged increases and then a 3% annual adjustment beginning in 2031). Council members and staff said the increases respond to an infrastructure shortfall identified during…
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