Canton council keeps multi-unit water and sewer billing method after property owner’s request
Karl Butenhoff, owner of two apartment buildings on East US 52, asked the council to change multi-unit billing from per-rental-unit base charges to a single meter-based base charge per building; the council declined to change practice now, citing an estimated combined annual revenue loss of nearly $11,500 and agreed to reconsider during the 2023 budget process.
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Karl Butenhoff, owner of apartments on East US 52, asked the Canton City Council on June 8 to change the city’s billing policy for multi-unit buildings from per-rental-unit base charges to a meter-based schedule with one base charge per building. Butenhoff told the council he purchased the property in January and said the current approach is unfair to owners with a single meter per building.
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