Assembly greenlights rate increases for next fiscal year

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Assembly greenlights rate increases for next fiscal year

The Sitka Assembly continued its budget conversations on Tuesday night (2-4-25) as it considered where to set rates for the city’s electric, water, waste and harbor funds.City staff proposed rate increases across the board for the city’s enterprise funds, including a 6% increase for water and wastewater utilities, a 2% increase for trash collection and a 4% increase for use of the city’s scrapyard and transfer station, a 4% increase to harbor ra…