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Vienna finance director: proposed water/sewer increase could fall to 1% with unified rate structure; council to decide in May

Vienna Town Council (joint work session with Planning Commission) · April 20, 2026
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Finance director Stephen Barlow reported outreach to major commercial users on an advertised 4% water/sewer increase and said staff found a path to lower the increase to 1% if the council adopts a single rate structure for commercial and residential accounts; council will consider adoption on May 18.

Stephen Barlow, the town's finance director, gave a brief update on proposed water and sewer rates. The advertised proposal was a 4% increase, Barlow said, but staff identified an option that could reduce the increase to 1% if the council adopts a single rate structure that treats commercial and residential accounts the same.

Barlow said staff…

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