Doug Schoessler
60:09 - 60:28
"It certainly helped to be able to keep the rates where we are right now, but as we're going through the rate study, I mean, these are all projects that would have had to come out of the rate pairs price, you know, when we do those rates. So it's been a good thing for the city."
“It certainly helped to be able to keep the rates where we are right now, but as we're going through the rate study, I mean, these are all projects that would have had to come out of the rate pairs price, you know, when we do those rates. So it's been a good thing for the city.”
- Speaker
- Doug Schoessler
- Timestamp
- 60:09 – 60:28
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Seward
- Captured at
- October 27, 2026
From the transcript
It certainly helped to be able to keep the rates where we are right now, but as we're going through the rate study, I mean, these are all projects that would have had to come out of the rate pairs price, you know, when we do those rates. So it's been a good thing for the city. Is that around $5 million is what you have? I think we're up to almost $8 million. $8 Million.
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