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Show NSL water rates may be increased By JUDY JENSEN Editor NORTH SALT LAKE The city's independent auditor has suggested sug-gested water rates be increased to help pay for the recent improvements improve-ments to the system and to insure the water fund is self funding. The $1 million improvements have increased the water storage capacity and provided a monitoring monitor-ing telemetry system to keep the new equipment virtually fail-safe. The city now has a badly needed upgraded water system that will serve current residents well and provide for future growth. The improvements were financed fi-nanced through bonds that will be paid off in the year 2006. Until that time, payments must be made and water rates must be sufficient to make the payments. The city council will discuss, and possibly approve, a new water rate O CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Water rates increased CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 at the Dec. 6 city council meeting. Several options are being considered consi-dered and the public is invited to attend the meeting to participate in the discussion. The city's water rates are divided di-vided into two categories, "hillside," "hill-side," listed as no. 2 in the following follow-ing chart and "all others," listed as no. 1. The first amount shown in the chart is for the first 7,000 gallons gal-lons used per month. The second amount shown is the cost for each 1,000 gallons of water used over 7,000. Current No. 1 $7.00 .60 No. 2 $7.00 .70 Option A No. r --$7.50 .70 No. 2 $7.50 ' .80 Option B No. 1 $7.25 .70 No. 2 $7.25 .80 Option C No. 1 $7.00 .75 No. 2 $7.00 .85 Option D No. 1 $7.50 .75 No. 2 $7.50 .85 |
