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Altoona council approves increases to water and wastewater service rates
Summary
The Altoona City Council approved ordinances to raise water and wastewater service charges after brief presentations from City Administrator Randy Pierce; both ordinances passed each reading by roll call (tallies recorded as 4-0).
Mayor Dean O’Connor opened the City of Altoona council meeting and placed ordinances to change service rates for water and wastewater before the council.
City Administrator Randy Pierce explained the rationale for both proposals, saying the city needed to raise water charges and separately needed to raise wastewater charges to meet cost demands and system needs. The council opened and closed public hearings on each ordinance without recorded public testimony and proceeded with readings.
The council took roll-call votes for first, second and third readings of the ordinance amending Chapter 92.02 (Water Service Charges – Rates); each reading was recorded as passing by a 4-0 tally (one member absent at the time). For Chapter 98.10 (Wastewater Service Charges – Rates), the council likewise opened and closed a public hearing and recorded first, second and third-reading roll-call votes recorded as passing (4-0).
Neither the ordinance text nor the transcript includes the final new rate figures; the record indicates only that City Administrator Randy Pierce presented the need to raise rates. The city clerk’s office should be contacted for the amended ordinance language and new rate tables now on file with the city.
The ordinances were recorded as passed during the Jan. 3 meeting; the council moved on to appointments and other business following the votes.
