Opponents argue that an increase would result in lost jobs.
The Council can accept the maximum rate of increase resulting from your second reading.
City officials say the increase resulted from the development of affordable housing.
But the report said the increase may have resulted from a large sinkhole on 65th Street.
Almost the entire increase resulted from growing orders for transportation equipment.
These increases will have resulted in the vast majority of students being better off overall.
The increase resulted partly from a big rise in oil and car imports.
The new increases will result in a monthly increase of $4.21, to about $57, for a typical family's electric bill.
The increase to 5,479 donors resulted in about 600 more transplants.
The increase in purchasing power should result in lower costs for both companies, it said.
