Portland water and sewer rates set to increase
The City Coucil will consider raising water rates 7.8% and sewer and stormwater rates 3.15%.
The City Council is set to raise water, sewer and stormwater rates for Portland customers on Wednesday.
The two ordinances are scheduled to be considered at 2 p.m. on May 19.
If the Portland Water Bureau ordinance is approved, rates will increase 7.8% The typical residential water customer will pay $48.39 a month beginning on July 1. The medium commercial customer will pay $657.61 a month.
According to the accompanying Impact Statement, The water utility rates are designed to generate revenue to cover the cost of providing water. The costs are determined by the budget which was reviewed by the Portland Utility Board (PUB), an eleven-member citizen body created to strengthen oversight functions for the City s water, sewer and stormwater services.
Good news for reopening schools March 07 2021
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue trending down after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issues an executive order to reopen public schools.
Newly reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continued trending down two days after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order to reopen public schools in coming weeks.
Brown mandated on Friday, March 5, that public school students be back in classrooms before the weeks of March 29 for elementary students and April 19 for middle and high schoolers. Whether or not public schools should return kids to the classroom this spring is no longer up for discussion: the science and data is clear, schools can return to in-person instruction with a very low risk of COVID-19 transmission, particularly with a vaccinated workforce, Brown said in a letter to state health and education agencies.