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Pinellas Park resident disputes new master‑meter water charge after ordinance notice
Summary
A Pinellas Park small property owner told the City Council she received a notice saying a recently passed ordinance would change how her building’s water is billed, increasing her monthly charge from about $200 to $867.92; she asked the city for a fair solution and said she had not been informed earlier.
Sharon Zimring, a Pinellas Park property owner, told the City Council on April 10 that she received a city notice saying a water ordinance passed last year would change how her 12‑unit building is billed and that the new calculation would sharply raise her monthly bill.
Zimring said the building is on a master meter and that she monitors usage closely. “I use between around averaging 4,800 units,” she told the council. “And the city wants to charge me for 36,000 units.” She said she normally pays about $200 a month and that the notice lists a new monthly charge of $867.92. Zimring asked the council to “find a solution to make it…
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