Proposal Would Increase Sewer Fee 3.9%
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Proposal Would Increase Sewer Fee 3.9%

The New Britain City Council is to consider a proposal from the Stewart-appointed Board of Public Works to increase the city sewer rate fee by 3.9%.

The proposal would increase the rate from $4.42 per one hundred cubic feet of water used in the budget year ending June 30, 2020 to $4.59 per one hundred cubic feet for the new budget year beginning July 1st.

The 3.9% increase would appear to bring the sewer rates to 61.6% higher under the administration of Republican Mayor Erin Stewart.

The sewer fees are charged along with New Britain water bills.

Stewartโ€™s 2020-2021 Proposed Budget says that the sewer use fees fund the Sewer Operating Fund, the purpose for which is the cityโ€™s โ€œsanitary and storm drain systems,โ€ including, โ€œ180 miles of sanitary sewers,โ€ as well as, โ€œfor the treatment of the sanitary sewers and operation of a pumping station.โ€

The proposal is on the agenda of the April 22, 2020 Council meeting.