Health & Fitness
Oconee County Utility Department Director Proposes Water and Sewer Rate Increases
Oconee County water and sewer rates will go up again this year if the Board of Commissioners approves the budget request submitted Wednesday night.
Oconee County water and sewer rates, which have gone up each of the last three years, will go up again this year if the Board of Commissioners approves the budget request submitted Wednesday night by Utility Department Director Chris Thomas.
The rate increases would be more modest than those proposed last year, and Thomas termed them an adjustment that simply reflected his increased costs of running the Utility Department.
If the Board accepts the proposed rates, residential users who use the minimum of 1,000 gallons per month will pay $17, rather than the current $16.50, or an increase of 3.0 percent.
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The basic sewer rate for a residential customer would go from $19.50 to $20.50, representing an increase of 5.1 percent.
Thomas said as he began his presentation that he was scaling back his initial request of an across-the-board rate increase of 3.6 percent in response to complaints he already had received from Board members.
For details on the rate proposals and information on the county budget generally, go to Oconee County Observations.