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Board approves Fork Union water rate increase after staff reports billing error and higher expenditures
Summary
After a public hearing Aug. 20, Fluvanna supervisors voted 4'1 to raise Fork Union Sanitary District minimum and consumption charges to address a $165,000 shortfall caused by major repairs and a prior billing data-entry error.
The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 20 approved an amendment to county code that raises water charges for the Fork Union Sanitary District following a staff briefing on repairs and an underbilling error.
The board voted to set the monthly minimum charge for the first 2,000 gallons at $27 and to raise the per-1,000-gallon rate above that minimum to $15; the board also set the refundable meter deposit at $30. The increases were advertised up to those figures; the motion set an effective date so bills reflecting the change will appear on November statements after an Oct. 1 effective date…
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