CHAMPAIGN – The city council approved a preliminary step Tuesday toward intervening in Illinois American Water's request for a nearly 60 percent rate increase.
Council members voted unanimously to spend up to $66,000 with Clark Dietz Inc. of Champaign to provide professional services to intervene in the water company's Aug. 31 request to the Illinois Commerce Commission for a rate increase in the company's Champaign district.
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