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Sanitary board introduces nonprofit billing line amid customer complaints over recent rate increases
Summary
The Board of Sanitary Commissioners introduced a resolution creating a nonprofit billing category after public commenters, including a regional wastewater attorney and the Muncie Public Library director, urged reconsideration of recent wastewater rate increases and asked for delayed implementation.
The Board of Sanitary Commissioners on Feb. 5 introduced Resolution 20 24-O2 to add a nonprofit billing line to the sewer rate schedule, after public comment from customers and outside wastewater partners about recent rate increases and billing changes.
The resolution, introduced by Commissioner William Overton, would add a nonprofit category with a $20 base fee and a $10 user fee. The board voted to introduce the measure for a future public hearing and required advertisement; it was not adopted at the meeting.
The nonprofit-line proposal followed public comments from several customers and stakeholders who said they had been surprised or economically strained by recent wastewater rate increases. Mark Abrell, attorney for the Liberty Regional Waste…
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