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Mount Clemens staff outline modest water and sewer rate increases, warn of sewer cash shortfall
Summary
Consultants presented a rate-study recommending a 2.6% water increase and a 2.9% sewer increase (effective Oct. 1) with a lower ready-to-serve charge; staff warned sewer may face a multiyear cash shortfall and recommended running additional 3.5%–4% scenarios and pursuing grants.
Consultants presented the city’s annual utility rate model at a Mount Clemens City Commission work session and recommended modest commodity-rate increases — 2.6% for water and 2.9% for sewer — effective Oct. 1, with the fixed ready-to-serve charge projected to decline because recent meter replacements raised the total meter count. Danielle (speaker 5), who delivered the presentation, said the changes are proposed so capital projects and reserves can be funded and noted the commission would likely vote on final rates during late-August or early-September budget meetings.
Why it matters: the model balances administrative fixed costs, commodity usage charges and large capital needs over a 10-year planning horizon. Danielle said the study’s earlier phase used a “rip the band aid off” approach to correct long-undercharged rates, and the current proposal aims to smooth increases while keeping projects on…
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