Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A nine per cent utility rate increase

Executive committee approves raising waterworks and sanitary sewer utility rates for 2016

Brian Acker, director of financial services, speaks
to the proposed water and sewer utility rate increases
at the Nov. 23, 2015 executive committee meeting.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Citizens will likely pay nine per cent more for the waterworks and sanitary sewer utilities, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

At Monday's executive committee meeting, councillors approved increasing the rates by nine per cent. This is the same percentage increase as seen in water and sewer every year since 2012.

"Utility rate increases that we've had, certainly they've been significant for both water and sewer for that 2005 to 2015 period," said Brian Acker, director of financial services. "They've been significant for all communities in Saskatchewan. So we're certainly not a lot different than other communities in that."

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