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Staff backs two-year split for water and wastewater base-rate increases; council asks for refined plan on May 11
Summary
City staff recommended Option 1D, phasing a base-rate increase over two years (no volumetric increases in the five-year window) to stabilize utility revenue and help the city reach water independence by 2030; council asked staff to tighten assistance eligibility and outreach and return with formal documents on May 11.
City staff recommended a phased approach to water and wastewater rate increases intended to smooth customer bills and create a more stable revenue stream for the utility. "The request was to split option 1, which was purely a base rate increase, ... into 2 years," said Chris, the city's director of water resources, who presented the follow-up analysis from last month’s workshop.
Under the recommended Option 1D, staff said a typical residential customer using roughly 8,000 gallons of water and 5,000 gallons of wastewater could see a roughly mid‑teens percentage increase over the first two years, followed by much…
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