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The proposed new assessment cost is not based on linear feet per property owner. From above article It is based on the total cost of all the four projects being considered divided by the total number of properties in the projects.

In the past the linear foot amount has never been enough to cover the cost of construction in each project. For example Governor Francis Phase I property owners paid a far less per foot assessment then the property owners in Phase II. Thus the phase I project along with about 10 out of the previous 11 projects incurred millions of dollars in debt. That debt was passed along to everyone connected to the system in the form of higher sewer usages rates.

Rate payers have requested that the sewer authority breakdown the usages fees on each bill showing a line for how much is being paid for past under assessed sewer projects and debt and the actual cost to treat the water deposited into the sewer. Estimates range as high as 25% of the usage fee paying for the past under assessed projects.

The per property cost sighted in the article $15 - $30,000 would theoritically cover the construction cost of the 4 projects.

The other $23 million to upgrade treament plant and increase levee height would result in usage fees becing jacked up even higher.

From: It’s time to decide

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