Sewer Connection Fee Higher in Montville, Committee Member Says

Township committee will discuss fees for programs and services at next meeting.

Montville residents may be paying more money in a sewer connection fee than those in neighboring towns and one township committeeman has asked that officials consider whether it would be possible to lower the fee. The township committee discussed the connection fee, which is proposed to cost $6,628, under an ordinance introduced at the Nov. 27 meeting. Committeeman Scott Gallopo said he had done some research and found that Montville's fee was more costly than others. "I looked at 10 different municipalities today and I looked at their sewer connection fees. There was one municipality that had a higher connection fee for sewer, but that included the connection being done by the municipality," he said. In Montville's case, residents pay the…

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