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Village moves to raise sanitary sewer rates by 20% to cover regional treatment upgrades
Summary
Trustees approved a 20% increase in the village's sanitary sewer rates, including a 5% hike to the base fee and larger increases to volume charges, to cover a projected roughly $650,000 annual cost from the regional treatment plant's phosphorus-removal upgrades.
Trustees voted to raise residential sanitary sewer rates by 20% on a voice vote, applying a 5% increase to the base charge and the remainder to volume fees, to cover higher bills expected from the regional wastewater treatment district.
The increase, approved after discussion of options and local budget impacts, is intended to offset a roughly $650,000-per-year increase that Remote Metro Sewers District projects to recover from participating communities as it installs phosphorus-removal upgrades. Michael (staff member) told trustees Remote Metro expects a roughly $20 million capital program and that Weston's share could be about 60% of the…
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