Credits for city utility customers?

Posted on February 9, 2022

City Councilwoman Shirlie Hampton has proposed the city use its allotment of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to help city customers offset a portion of utility fee increases adopted this past year.

At the city’s Jan. 25 meeting, Hampton suggested the city use federal COVID relief funds to credit city utility customers $10 per month for a year to lessen the impact of increases passed by the council in September 2021.

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