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Connell keeps CPI-based automatic water-rate adjustments, council votes
Connell City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary
Council voted to retain the policy that lets water rates increase annually tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W), keeping staff-recommended Option 1 and avoiding a separate rate hearing for this year's allowable 2.9% adjustment.
Connell City Council voted to retain its existing policy that ties allowable annual water-rate adjustments to the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners (CPI‑W), preserving staff’s recommendation that the city apply automatic CPI-based increases rather than requiring separate council action for this year's…
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