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Glens Falls Water and Sewer Board approves limited billing relief, tables larger cases for full board
Summary
The board reviewed multiple high-bill appeals on Dec. 1, approving one-time relief for a 9-unit property and for 39 Prospect Street, while tabling larger relief requests (including 52 LaRose and 348 Lehi/Chapman) pending full-board review and additional documentation.
The Glens Falls City Water and Sewer Board on Dec. 1 considered several high-bill appeals and approved limited one-time relief for two accounts while deferring larger or under-documented requests for the full board.
Board members heard staff and residents explain abrupt spikes in quarterly consumption. At 348 Lehi Street (Chapman), a resident traced a surprise holiday bill to an irrigation timer set incorrectly after a handyman’s work; staff advised the board this pattern shows on meter graphs as a temporary spike. "Not a very nice bill to get for the holidays, does it?" said Speaker 1 during discussion of that account.
The board approved…
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