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Gary committee hears sanitation districts’ pitch to raise commercial wastewater and stormwater fees
Summary
The finance committee reviewed ordinances to raise commercial wastewater rates to $14.38 per 1,000 gallons and increase stormwater fees for nonresidential accounts, with officials citing a $155 million infrastructure need and federal regulatory mandates; councilmembers asked for broader business outreach before a final vote.
The Gary City Common Council Finance Committee on Nov. 6 heard presentations from the Gary Sanitary District and the stormwater district proposing higher commercial wastewater and stormwater fees to fund mandated infrastructure work.
A representative of the Gary Sanitary District said an independent cost-of-service study recommended raising commercial wastewater rates to $14.38 per 1,000 gallons, while holding residential rates steady. "There is the $155,000,000 that we have to spend over…
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