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Doug Schoessler
55:35 - 55:58
“We're looking at all those bigger buildings— businesses should be metered and working off a water meter. And how does that rate work? And getting that dialed in so it matches up with what most communities would be doing on it. So hopefully we can really simplify the rates and get that rate study done so we can bring those both back in there, both water and wastewater.”
- Speaker
- Doug Schoessler
- Timestamp
- 55:35 – 55:58
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Seward
- Captured at
- October 27, 2026
From the transcript
It just gets very tough. We're looking at all those bigger buildings— businesses should be metered and working off a water meter. And how does that rate work? And getting that dialed in so it matches up with what most communities would be doing on it. So hopefully we can really simplify the rates and get that rate study done so we can bring those both back in there, both water and wastewater.
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