The Paris City Council has increased its sewer and water rates.
Both the sewer and water rates upped to a monthly $8 base fee. The town will also charge $2 per every 1,000 gallons used of both water and sewage.
“It’s still relatively low in comparison,” to surrounding towns, Mayor Daniel Rogers said Monday during a city council meeting.
Booneville’s rate is $2.80 per every 1,000 gallons used, Rogers said.
“It’s not a huge rate or anything,” Rogers said.
The rate will be applied to Paris residents next sewer bill.
The city is having to find new income to replace the about $350,000 that the American Axle & Manufacturing plant paid the city for electricity.