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Residents of Habitat-built Rock Island Oaks press Fort Lauderdale for help with master-meter water debt
Summary
Homeowners in the Rock Island Oaks development told the City Commission their master-meter water and trash bills have ballooned (resident estimates ranged from $3,000 up to $10,000 monthly) and that the homeowners association lacks capacity to resolve delinquencies; staff said the infrastructure is private, estimated the outstanding master-meter balance at over $36,000, and said Habitat for Humanity has offered to contribute toward capital costs.
Residents of the Rock Island Oaks development told the Fort Lauderdale City Commission on Sept. 3 that a master-meter arrangement established when the subdivision was built by Habitat for Humanity has left households liable for rapidly rising water and trash bills.
Tamara Heil, the homeowners association president, said the community of about 30 homes is served by a single master meter with submeters routed through a third‑party billing contractor. "If someone has a leak and they don't address the leak,…
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