Belfast Council approves higher sewer base and keeps overage rate unchanged
The council voted 5–0 to raise the sewer biannual minimum from 2,000 to 2,400 cubic feet (six‑month charge $202.40) and retain an overage rate of $8.43 per 100 cubic feet, a change officials say brings revenue in line with decades of billing practice shifts and funds treatment‑plant needs.
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City of Belfast officials voted unanimously on Aug. 5 to change the structure of residential sewer billing, raising the semiannual minimum usage from 2,000 to 2,400 cubic feet and setting the six‑month minimum charge at $202.40. The overage rate will remain $8.43 per 100 cubic feet.
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