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Lisle board adopts phased 5-year water and sewer rate increase after debate over past fund transfers
Summary
The Lisle Village Board approved a phased ordinance that raises water and sewer rates over five years to finance aging infrastructure and avoid issuing debt, after residents pressed officials with FOIA questions about a historic $7.1 million transfer.
Mayor Mary Jo Mullen and the Lisle Village Board voted May 4 to adopt an ordinance amending the village code to implement a phased increase in water and sewer rates over five years.
The ordinance sets sewer increases at 1.5% per year and phases water-rate hikes at 9% in each of the first two years and 7% in each of the last three years. Village Manager Cook said those changes would raise the bimonthly bill for an average 10,000-gallon usage from $88.72 to $96.08 in year one, and to $126.06 by 2031.
"Factors that contributed to the need for the increased rates included an ongoing…
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