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Sonoma Water outlines FY26–27 transmission budget; council hears proposed rate increases

Rohnert Park City Council · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Sonoma Water Financial Services manager Jake Spalding presented a $78.4 million proposed FY26–27 transmission-system budget and composite-rate changes that would affect customers served on three aqueducts. Spalding said the TAC unanimously approved the rates and the board will consider adoption April 28.

Jake Spalding, financial services division manager for Sonoma Water, told the Rohnert Park City Council that Sonoma Water’s proposed FY26–27 water transmission-system budget totals about $78.4 million and that the composite rates for customers served off the system’s three main aqueducts would vary between 8.21 and 8.97 under the current proposal.

Spalding said the budget is driven largely by operations-and-maintenance costs — roughly $48.75 million this year —…

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