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Montclair council member says he will oppose IEUA wastewater rate increases amid missing study
Summary
Council members pressed the Inland Empire Utilities Agency proposal for two years of wastewater and recycled-water increases (about 9% each year, ~18% total) and called out a missing rate study; the council policy committee representative said he planned to oppose the IEUA board recommendation without adequate justification.
Montclair councilmembers spent a substantial portion of Monday night’s meeting debating proposed wastewater and recycled-water rate increases from the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA).
A council representative on the sewage policy committee told the council IEUA is proposing 9% increases for wastewater operations and recycled water for the next two years — roughly an 18% increase across two years — and said staff have not provided the rate study that would justify those increases. "We don't have a copy of that at that meeting. And as of today, we don't still don't have a copy of it," the presenter said, adding he planned to oppose the recommendation to the IEUA board if the committee could not be shown a convincing…
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