Gettysburg council adopts Ordinance 2024-5 to amend trash and sewage rates

The Village of Gettysburg council adopted Ordinance 2024-5, amending trash and sewage rates, after suspending the usual rules to allow second and third readings by title only. Council president Valinda Hammons moved to suspend the rules; Council member Dan May seconded the motion and the council voted to approve the suspension and proceed. Hammons then moved to adopt the ordinance; Bob Williams seconded, and the motion "passed and carried," according to the meeting record.

Mayor Jon Michael Shives told the council earlier in the meeting that sewer rates have not increased in 17 years and that "the first rate increase will start in January 2025 by $5.00," a point the ordinance amends in the village rate schedule. The minutes record that Hammons also moved to adopt Ordinance 2024-5 as an emergency measure; May seconded and the council approved that motion as well.

The meeting record does not list a vote-by-name tally or the ordinance's effective date beyond noting emergency adoption. The council's action was recorded on the Nov. 21, 2024 meeting minutes; the minutes do not specify how the increased revenue will be allocated or whether further rate steps tied to the Bradford discussion will be implemented immediately or phased over the coming years.