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Council votes to consider increasing sewer rates
The Camarillo City Council, acting in its role as the city Sanitary District board, voted 5-0 this week to introduce an ordinance that will create a two-step, 10 percent increase in sewer rates over the next year.
The council will consider adopting the ordinance Aug. 22.
If the measure is enacted, the first 5 percent increase for ratepayers will take effect Sept. 1, and a second 5 percent increase will occur on Sept. 1, 2008.
The increases will help keep up with rising costs, including operation expenses for Camarillo's water reclamation facility, officials said.
The last time the city had an increase was July 14, 2006, said Deputy Finance Director Christy Pinuelas.
The current monthly rate for a single-family home is $24.37. Under the proposal, that will be raised to $25.59 this year, and $26.87 next September.
Posted by fdsa on July 28, 2007 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Rising costs? What could possibly justify a $2.50 increase for 21438 households? What is $53,595 PER MONTH going to pay for? The city's effluence can't possibly be any worse than the rest of the country's.
How can dirt water strewn with tirds cost the city $6,912,468 each year to filter and reclaim?
What the city should do is recapture those gasses and power their city vehicles. Cut down on costs rather than rob the residents.
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