Riverside Public Utilities Rate Increase

The Riverside Public Utilities is recommending raising the rates of its services to make up for lost revenue and replace aging infrastructure, but after some recent events ( Measure Z, the firing of City Manager John Russo and news being made by some RPU employees earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime) can the already bewildered City Council stand up to many of it's constituents who say they've lost confidence in their ability to make sound decisions that benefit Riverside?