McComb water rates may rise
Published 9:13 am Thursday, August 18, 2011
McComb officials may increase water bills to shore up a projected shortfall in the city’s utility fund of over $245,000.
City Administrator Quordiniah Lockley said during Monday’s budget work session that the utility fund’s debt is the culprit of the shortfall, largely due to an additional $2.5 million in expenses not present in last year’s budget.
The Enterprise-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/o1TkU8 ) payments on the city’s new wastewater treatment facility are projected for about $2.06 million. The city also begins a 10-year payment plan with Siemens Public on a $4.5 million project to install 6,900 automated water meters. The project will cost the city nearly $500,000 this year.
The newspaper reports Lockley and Public Works Director Ronnie Lindsey are looking into an adequate rate increase.
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Information from: Enterprise-Journal, http://www.enterprise-journal.com
