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Finance Committee keeps preapproved water and sewer rate plan, declines shifting entire sewer increase onto businesses
Summary
After staff presented several options for distributing a sewer rate increase, the Finance Committee favored the previously adopted distribution (residential ~57–60% / commercial ~40–43%) and did not direct staff to place the full burden on commercial users; staff warned some sewer infrastructure projects remain underfunded.
The West Chicago Finance Committee reviewed proposed water and sewer rate adjustments and, after discussion, indicated it favored the previously adopted distribution of sewer costs rather than shifting the entire increase onto commercial and industrial accounts.
Staff presented the scheduled water rate increase from $9.45 to $9.90 per 1,000 gallons and the preapproved sewer residential increase from $10.50 to $11.00 per 1,000 gallons and commercial/industrial from $10.82 to $11.34 per 1,000 gallons. Ms. Sima told the committee that projected sewer revenue under the adopted plan would be about $7.92 million and that different distribution…
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