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Vienna moves forward with three-phase water and sewer rate increases to fund system upgrades
Summary
Vienna City Council completed second readings and approved ordinances to raise water and sewer rates in three phases, council leaders said the increases are necessary to fund long-delayed infrastructure upgrades and to qualify for state financing. A resident told the council the process had been transparent.
Vienna City Council voted to advance and adopt ordinances on second reading authorizing a three-phase increase in water and sewer rates, officials said, a change council members described as necessary to fund decades of deferred maintenance and to help qualify the city for low-interest loans or bonds.
The city’s presiding official said the increases respond to an extensive plan to upgrade the municipal water and sewer systems after more than a decade without a rate change. “We can no longer kick the can down the road,” the presiding official said, adding that even after the phased increases Vienna’s customer charges would remain among…
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