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Trustees review proposed changes to water and sewer rates; no vote recorded
Summary
Trustees discussed Ordinance 25-05 to change water and sewer rates. Mayor Mazzulla said Stone Park's rates have not increased in three years and that a clerk analysis shows Stone Park would remain the lowest among nearby communities even after the proposed increase. The minutes do not record a vote or final decision.
Trustee Marco A. Gutierrez presented Ordinance 25-05, which proposes amendments to Stone Park’s water and sewer rates.
Mayor Beniamino Mazzulla told the board that "the Water and Sewer rates for all of the residential and commercial has not been increased in 3 years even thou Melrose Park raises our rates every year," and said Clerk Laura Cassidy-Hatchet prepared a comparison analysis showing that Stone Park currently has the lowest combined rates among neighboring communities. The mayor said, "Even with the newly proposed increase we remain the lowest out of all the other municipalities."
The minutes record the presentation and the mayor’s remarks and note that a comparative analysis was prepared; the document referenced in the minutes was not included in the text of the minutes themselves. The minutes do not show a motion, vote, or recorded outcome for Ordinance 25-05.
No details on the specific new rates, effective date, or implementation timeline are recorded in the minutes. The clerk and office staff indicated work to modernize billing procedures elsewhere on the agenda, including an automatic-withdrawal option for water bills that began in January 2025, which may relate to implementation planning but is not tied to a vote on the ordinance in the minutes.
