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King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn on Wednesday issued a statement in response to the King County Council Budget and Fiscal Management Committee’s passage of a proposal to raise sewage fees.

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King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn on Wednesday issued the following statement in response to the King County Council Budget and Fiscal Management Committee’s passage of a proposal to raise sewage fees. The proposal includes a 5.75% 2023 sewage rate increase, a 3% capacity charge increase, and a 10-year rate plan that would escalate annual fee increases to 9% by 2028 and double the regional monthly sewer rate by 2032.

“As the Chair of the Regional Water Quality Committee, I have heard many concerns from city leaders across the County about the financial burden this rate increase, and impending rate increases, will present for their residents. With rising inflation, fuel prices, and the possibility of a recession on the horizon, families across King County are already having to operate on leaner budgets. King County government should be doing the same rather than asking our residents to dig deeper and make do with less.”