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Utility Rate Study

City of Safford | Safford, AZ | Completed: 2025

Utility Rate Study | WIN_20241211_15_05_37_Pro

The City of Safford owns and operates water, wastewater, gas, electric, sanitation, and landfill utilities. MSW Consultants subcontracted to Willdan Financial Services to complete the study for sanitation and landfill operations. The City is the exclusive collector for residential refuse, providing twice per week collection of automated roll carts and weekly collection of bulky waste setouts. The City Sanitation operations provide collection to City facilities and compete with private haulers for other commercial refuse collection accounts. The landfill serves as a regional landfill with approximately 80 percent of material received hauled by non-city collection vehicles. MSW Consultants determined the full costs for each sanitation service and for landfill disposal. Numerous rate path scenarios to ensure future revenue sufficiency were developed and discussed with City staff. Two rounds of options were presented to the City Council. A five-year rate path for landfill and sanitation rates has been published along with the rate paths for the water, wastewater, gas, and electric utilities for comment and approval in Fall 2025.