Suffern's water issue
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- February
- 29
While preparing its upcoming budget, the village will consider imposing larger water rate increases for commercial users than residential ones. The aim would be to reduce a $631,000 Water Department deficit, which has been blamed on increasing costs and decreasing consumption.
As it is now, all users pay the same rates.
Do you think there should be entirely different rates, one for residential customers and another for commercial ones?
Should there be a higher rate for commercial users such as Good Samaritan Hospital and Novartis?
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on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pm by James Walsh.
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Isn't the bigger question: how did Suffern get into a $631,000 deficit and not address it until now? Sure – charge the large users of water more money, and don't forget to do the same for electricity, garbage and related services until the business leave Suffern and go somewhere else where all pay the same rate.