Wednesday, January 27, 2021
City looking to meet financial obligations
Purdy city leaders are seeking to implement what it hopes to be a temporary rate hike for sewer services to ensure it can make ends meet until July 2022, when the city will pay off its water bond debt.
City officials directed staff to draft an ordinance that would bring the average sewer bill up by $15 in the city of Purdy to be considered at a future council meeting in either February or March.
Currently, Purdy residents are paying $30 for the first 1,000 gallons of sewage disposed, and $10 per additional 1,000 gallons.
City Clerk and Manager Debbie Redshaw said city residents average about 5,000 gallons a month. That means the average Purdy resident is paying about $70 a month for sewer services.