The Hutto City Council has approved a 25 percent increase in the wastewater rates to help the city pay for the debt owed on the Hutto South Waste Water Treatment Plant plant built in 2014, invest in new infrastructure and maintain the utility fund reserve requirements, according to a press release.
The increase means users will pay approximately $15 more per month, the release from the city said. The council approved the increase on Thursday.
The 2014 action to build a new sewer plant without implementing effective revenue measures in the form of rate restructuring started the erosion of the funds reserves, said City Manager Odis Jones in a statement in …
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