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Allegany County staff propose new nonresidential utility‑rate structure, ask commissioners to consider with next week's budget adoption
Summary
County staff recommended recalculating minimum water/sewer charges for nonresidential accounts, creating usage tiers for large industrial accounts and phasing in changes to limit year‑one increases. They asked commissioners to include the changes with adoption of the utility budget at next week's business meeting.
County staff presented recommendations to change how Allegany County bills nonresidential water and sewer customers, asking commissioners to consider adopting the measures as part of the utility budget expected next week. Adam (county staff) said nonresidential accounts make up about 10% of the county's utility accounts and that current billing contains inherited inconsistencies from prior arrangements with municipalities.
Adam outlined the proposed approach: use actual annual usage divided by a fixed household-equivalent to assign minimums (Frostburg uses 38,000 gallons; county households average about 40,000 gallons), reduce the water-side minimums…
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