Meetings for possible water and wastewater utility rate hike
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - There will a public meeting Tuesday night for the people of Yuma to voice their thoughts and questions on a possible water and wastewater utility rate hike.
The increase would be by 3.5% every year for the next five years, totaling about $3.00 a month over that time span. The city was able to explain the reasoning for the possible hike.
"The fact that this was not just something we want to do for the heck of it there’s an independent rate study that had been conducted for this and thats what determined that," said Dave Nash, City of Yuma Public Affairs Coordinator.
The last water and waste water utilities increase was in 2019.
Meanwhile, The Vice President for Willdan Financial explains why the increase is needed soon.
“A combination of increasing operating costs, inflation, insurance cost increases, and the need to do capital improvement as resulting in the need for the city to implement a new comprehensive water and waste water rate plan,” said Dan V. Jackson.
The meeting starts at 5:00pm at the Thomas F. Allt Utilities Complex Building, located on 13th Street between Second and Third Avenue.
A second meeting is happening Wednesday at the Yuma City Council meeting at 5:30pm at City Hall.
