Canfield approves water rate increase

AUSTINTOWN

Canfield City Council has unanimously approved a 4.375 percent water rate increase for city residents and decided not to revisit a proposed loan to restructure the city’s debt.

Over the last several weeks, Councilman Chuck Tieche along with other members have brought up the need to increase water rates because the city has been absorbing rate increases for the past few years from its supplier, the City of Youngstown.

“We’ve absorbed the increase over the years because we had a surplus,” but now we’re almost at a deficit, Council President Steve Rogers said at Wednesday’s council meeting.

Warino said the rate increase goes into effect July 1 and will mean an increase of $8.66 per quarter for the average user.

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