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Other topics include the Mayor’s 30/30 Challenge participants, naming of two public facilities, and a 12-month WastePro contract extension.
Other topics include a Public Works Master Plan update.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The Incline Village General Improvement District Board of Trustees on Wednesday will reconsider the utility rate increase they deferred last year due to COVID-19. The district’s 2020 Utility Rate Study recommended a utility rate increase of 5.5% which the board approved in Feb. 2020. However, a public hearing had to be held to finalize the increase which was scheduled for April, after stay-at-home orders were put in place because of the pandemic. For that reason, the board decided to defer the rate increase. The adjusted budget for 2020/21 with the increase remo...
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