An effort to change utility rates in one California city has raised questions about fairness and where large cash infusions went.
Fresno officials are weighing the city’s first water-rate change in a decade, Fresnoland reported. The proposed rate changes would also affect sewer service, whose rates haven’t been adjusted in 16 years.
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Jerry Dyer, the mayor of Fresno, said the push for higher rates is rooted in the cost and condition of the city’s water and sewer networks, according to Fresnoland. Dyer pointed to aging infrastructure, higher day-to-day operating costs, and the need to keep the city’s water and sewer systems safe.
However, others have argued that the utility-rate increases are necessary due to the mayor’s other costly endeavors…