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Glandorf council adopts 5% water rate increase, waives three readings for emergency ordinance
Summary
At its March 4 meeting the Glandorf Village Council declared Ordinance #1526 an emergency and approved a 5% increase to the village monthly water billing rate to $6.86 per thousand gallons, effective on May 2025 bills (April usage); the Board of Public Affairs also announced policy changes to non-sewered water credits and reported TTHM levels remain within EPA limits.
The Glandorf Village Council on March 4 declared Ordinance #1526 an emergency and approved a 5% increase in the village monthly water billing rate, raising the charge to $6.86 per thousand gallons. The increase was recommended by the Board of Public Affairs after the Village of Ottawa implemented a 9% water rate increase and a 3% sewer rate increase effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Council voted to waive the three readings required for ordinances and to implement the rate change on the May 1, 2025 billing (reflecting April usage). Council members present voted Aye on the motions; one member, Brian Inkrott, was recorded as not available that evening. Fiscal Officer Sharon Stechschulte said the village will not mail a separate notice but will print the change on May bills and post it on the OAK system and the village website for resident reference.
At the same meeting the Board of Public Affairs announced several immediate policy changes to non-sewered water credits: pool-fill credits will be allowed one time for new pools only; there will be a one-time credit for lawn watering at a new or restored home; and residents may apply for a credit for water loss from a line break that did not infiltrate the sewer or storm system—the BPA will review such applications case by case. The BPA also reported quarterly trihalomethane (TTHM) levels were higher than typical for the season but remained within EPA standards and said it will pursue improvements to keep TTHM levels lower.
The ordinance and BPA policy changes follow the board’s review of external rate pressures and water-quality monitoring. The council’s actions make the rate change effective on bills mailed in May and set the BPA’s new credit rules as village policy moving forward.
