Sean C. Morgan
The Sweet Home City Council approved an increase in the wastewater rate last week.
During its regular meeting on July 10, the council raised the residential rate to $7.66 per hundred cubic feet from $5.82, a 31.6-percent increase, and the base charge to $28 from $26.89, a 4.1 percent increase. The first 400 cubic feet of sewer service is included in the base charge.
The council accepted the recommendation of Public Works…