The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Second Budget Hearing included a line item for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department Rate Adjustment for FY 2021-22. As stated in a Miami Herald online article, “Rick Crooks addressed the board as part of a local association of engineers and architects and urged them to approve the fees to helping fund a $930 million budget for the Water and Sewer Department”. The rate adjustment will help improve aging infrastructure and water quality, protect water supply, safeguard public health and the environment, and help create jobs. The hearing was held on September 28, 2021.