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WARD: City-wide
COMMITTEE: Finance and Administration
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Authorization to increase sewer rate per thousand gallons from $7.25 to $8.10 effective February 1, 2019, to be billed on the March 2019 bills. To recognize that Cobb County Water approved an 11.6% increase to the wholesale sewer rate charged to the Cities effective January 1, 2019.
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ISSUE: Cobb County has increased the per thousand gallon sewer rate charged to the City, so the City needs to pass the increase on to cover our costs.
BACKGROUND: Cobb County increased the per thousand gallon sewer rate charged to the City from $4.22 to $4.71 effective on the February 2019 bill (for January usage) without notification. This is an increase of $0.49/ 11.61% on the February bill. Based on consumption, this will be an additional $50,000 worth of fees on our monthly bill. The new rate will be effective for February usage. Notification, as well as the new rate, will be on the March bill (for February usage).
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: Recommend approval of the new sewer rate of $8.10 effective February 1, 2019, to be billed on the March 2019 bills.