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Lake Placid board recommends multi‑year water and sewer rate increases
Summary
The Lake Placid Utility Board voted to recommend a multi‑year schedule of increased water and sewer rates to the Town Council and to direct staff to revisit meter and connection charges; one board member dissented on the rate recommendation.
The Lake Placid Utility Board voted to recommend that the Town Council adopt a new ordinance setting multi‑year increases to the town's water and sewer rates, and asked staff to reexamine meter and system development charges.
Mr. Harris, a staff member who presented the ordinance language, said the draft replaces Town Code section 2-0-3 (residential water rates) and related sections with a new schedule based on the Florida Rural Water report. He told the board the new schedule stages annual increases and that the ordinance is written so the first year would take effect upon council adoption, "the October 20" effective date cited in the packet.
The new schedule sets the monthly base facility charge for a 5/8- to 3/4-inch service at $18.50…
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