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Milan reviews proposed utility and rubbish fee changes, including a water rate increase
Summary
City Administrator James Lancaster presented a proposed fee-schedule package at a June 3 work session that would raise the water unit rate to $5.22 per 1,000 gallons, keep sewer rates unchanged, shift commercial dumpster responsibility to property owners and increase rubbish charges; no council vote on rates was taken.
City Administrator James Lancaster presented the Milan City Council a proposed update to the municipal fee schedule at a June 3 work session, outlining increases to utility and rubbish charges and a plan to move commercial dumpster responsibility to property owners.
Lancaster, who led a slide presentation on the fee schedule’s effect on the city fund balance, said the proposal would raise the water unit rate from $4.62 to $5.22 per 1,000 gallons while leaving the sewer rate at $8.47 per 1,000 gallons. The combined per-1,000-gallon charge would rise from $13.09 to $13.69, a roughly 4.5% increase in the combined unit rate, he said.
The proposal also targets the city’s Rubbish Fund (Fund 226), which Lancaster said currently holds…
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