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Stone Park committee reviews ordinance to raise water and sewer rates 4%
Summary
Trustee Marco A. Gutierrez presented Ordinance 25-13 to raise water and sewer rates by 4% to reflect cost increases from the City of Chicago and Village of Melrose Park; the committee heard the proposal and will forward it to the Board for consideration.
Trustee Marco A. Gutierrez presented Ordinance 25-13 at the Aug. 12 committee meeting, proposing amendments to the Stone Park Village Code to raise water and sewer rates to reflect recent increases imposed by the City of Chicago and the Village of Melrose Park.
Mayor Beniamino Mazzulla told the committee the village could no longer absorb the increased wholesale costs and said the proposed adjustment would increase water rates by 4 percent. Committee members reviewed the supporting documents included in the meeting packet; specific effective dates and the ordinance’s final enacted language were not specified in committee discussion and will be considered by the full Board.
Next steps: the ordinance was presented at committee and is slated for formal consideration at the next Board meeting; the committee did not record a final vote on the ordinance in these minutes.
