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City manager seeks pause on water/sewer rate increases while state funding and one‑stop process proceed
Summary
City Manager Nick Smith told council he expects infrastructure funding tied to a state appropriation and asked council not to raise water and sewer rates while the one‑stop review of post‑reservoir leak work proceeds.
City Manager Nick Smith updated the council on infrastructure planning and recommended holding water and sewer rates steady while the one‑stop review restarts.
Smith said staff turnover and a recent reservoir leak prompted restarting the one‑stop permitting and funding process. He said the city is expecting infrastructure funding from an Oregon state congressional spending bill and is scheduling meetings to pursue that funding. "I am asking that we do not increase water and sewer rates currently and to see where one‑stop puts us," Smith said.
