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Select Board continues public hearing on proposed tiered sewer rates, asks for water commission consultation
Summary
The Select Board continued a public hearing on a proposed shift to tiered sewer user fees after questions from residents and board members. The board asked staff to refine a version that raises some baseline charges and to meet with the water commission before final action.
The Nantucket Select Board on July 9 continued a public hearing on a proposal to move the town’s sewer billing from a single usage rate to a meter‑size, tiered structure that the town says would raise about 25 percent more revenue for the sewer enterprise.
The proposal, developed with consultants Hazen and Sawyer, would set a higher monthly base charge tied to water‑meter size, include a small amount of usage in that base charge and then apply stepped per‑unit rates as usage rises. Under the plan presented, the smallest meters (5/8 and 3/4 inch) would see a base rate of $43 per month beginning in August (including 1 CCF), then move to a higher base ($50) and slightly higher per‑CCF tiers in January 2026, when the second phase would take effect.
Town staff said the change is intended both to capture higher revenue needed to cover growing debt service on capital projects and to charge larger water users…
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