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Algoma holds first reading of 2025 sewer-rate ordinance; 3% annual increases outlined
Summary
Staff presented the first reading of a sewer-rate ordinance that implements previously planned increases and establishes a 3% per-year adjustment starting Jan. 1, 2025; council accepted the ordinance on first reading and scheduled final action in December.
City staff presented the first reading of the 2025 sewer-rate ordinance, describing it as an update following a rate study that established a two-step increase and now specifies a 3% annual increase beginning Jan. 1, 2025. The ordinance document highlights additions and deletions; staff noted a previously omitted subsection that would authorize adjustments for privately billed waste haulers.
The council accepted the ordinance as a first reading without substantive changes; staff said the ordinance will return in December for a final reading and adoption. One council member asked for a roll call for the monetary item; the clerk performed the roll call and recorded affirmative votes.
Staff said the new numbers in the ordinance reflect a 3% increase over 2024 rates and that page 3, line 87 adds subsections authorizing rate adjustments for private waste haulers the city bills monthly. Council members did not vote on final rates at the meeting and deferred adoption to the December session.
