U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate again pushed back a decision over whether to increase rates on Jackson customers’ water bills during a status conference on Wednesday.

Jackson officials requested more time to review the financial records of JXN Water, the third-party utility running the city’s water and sewer systems. The city and utility reached an agreement over access to the records just prior to the status conference.

Jackson City Attorney Drew Martin told Wingate the city would have an official response to the court on Dec. 19 after presenting its findings to the city council on Dec. 16.

JXN Water first brought up the need for a rate increase in a financial report in February in which it said the utility was quickly running out of money. It then formerly proposed the increas

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