Comments on: Sewer Rate Increase Disgusts and Dismays https://sedonaeye.com/letters-against-sewer-rate-increase/ Local News From All Points of View Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Jean Jenks https://sedonaeye.com/letters-against-sewer-rate-increase/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:38:53 +0000 https://sedonaeye.com/?p=2731#comment-755 Increasing the sewer rates for residents while decreasing the annual amount of sales tax revenues going into the sewer fund from 46% to 20% provides the City Council the financial means to continue its long, ugly trail of fiscal irresponsibility fueled by enormous debt.

Homeowners who got themselves in too much debt had to pay big-time. Many lost their homes. Sedona City Hall, on the other hand, will escape paying the piper via dumping a sizeable portion of the tab for its excess onto the backs of citizens.

The sewer rate increase will be phased in over the next ten years. Residents could very well see their $32.54 monthly sewer fee rise to $57.28 per month in FY 2014/15. By FY 2019/20 it is projected to increase to $75.08 per month.

The Mayor and Council of the City of Sedona will hold a Public Hearing on their “Notice of Intention to Increase Wastewater Rates” on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall Council chambers.

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