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Service director lays out multi‑year water and sewer rate increases to cover $18M–$28M capital projects
Summary
Canton’s service director told council the city must raise water and sewer rates over the next three years to cover major capital needs — including an estimated $18.4 million galvanized service‑line replacement and roughly $28 million in wastewater membrane work — while keeping Canton’s rates below recent state averages.
The city’s service director presented a detailed utility finance briefing and recommended multi‑year rate increases to stabilize water and sewer funds and pay for large capital projects.
In a presentation to council committees, the service director said the city’s average monthly combined sanitation, water and sewer bill was $66.44 based on recent actual use and that sanitation needs only a small CPI‑based increase. By contrast, water and sewer require larger changes: the director outlined a first‑year water increase the presentation characterized as roughly a 15% adjustment in one scenario, followed by smaller increases in subsequent years, and a sewer increase that would raise average monthly sewer…
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