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Resident questions $80 monthly minimum on vacant DeLand property; commission requests more data on fluoride in water

2581998 · February 3, 2025
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A resident asked the commission to review water-billing practices after reporting an $80.26 monthly minimum charge on a vacant property; commissioners also asked staff for more information on municipal fluoride treatment after receiving public emails for and against it.

Resident Paul Jones raised a concern about the city’s water-billing minimum for vacant residential parcels and compared DeLand’s practice to neighboring municipalities. Jones said his late mother’s vacant house continued to incur a monthly minimum utility charge of $80.26 even though no water was used: "Why should they pay the city $80 a month?" he asked. Jones recited comparative rates he had researched (examples from other jurisdictions cited during his remarks included…

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