Sewer Connection Fee Could Be Lowered
Township committee mulls lowering fee, but questions fairness to existing users.
After seeking legal advice on the issue, the Montville Township Committee learned that the township is able to lower the fee it charges new users to connect to the municipal sewer system. The question committee members are now considering is whether lowering the fee would be fair to existing users. There is still information to be gathered on the topic before committee members make a decision to either lower the fee or approve the 2013 fee at the proposed $6,628 for sewer and $3,752 for water connection. Committee members began discussing the issue in 2012 after Committeeman Scott Gallopo said he would like the committee to look into whether the fee was able to be lowered. Gallopo said he noticed neighboring communities imposing much lower…
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Truscha Quatrone
6:14 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Who lead the committee to believe that they could not lower connection fees? Is it the same department that told the committee it needed the increase in sewer fees in 2008? If our township committee is not getting accurate information from department heads then they need to ask why? more ›