Water and sewer rates in Sebastopol are going way up in 2024

The city's water and wastewater funds are deep in the red, and the city council spent most of the last council meeting looking for a solution

All council members were present at the Oct. 3 Sebastopol City Council meeting, including Mayor Neysa Hinton, Vice Mayor Diana Rich, Councilmember Sandra Maurer, Councilmember Jill McLewis, and Councilmember Stephen Zollman.

The Oct. 3 council meeting was given over almost completely to a discussion of the new water and sewer rate study and the resulting…