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County of Grande Prairie council decided to hit the pause button on a request by Aquatera to increase rates in the municipality at its May 3 meeting.
The utility company had requested a 2.5 per cent increase in water fees for both the county and Clairmont. They also were asking for a 20 per cent and 15 per cent hike in charges, respectively, for wastewater rates.
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“There is a lot of infrastructures that are being built in the County of Grande Prairie, and some of that is to offset the costs to it,” County of Grande Prairie Reeve Leanne Beaupre said. “One of the questions asked of Aquatera was, “Obviously, you must have reserves to help offset some of these costs, and we would like to look at how some of these are being funded and why the rate increase is being used to help fund some of these projects?’