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Ravenswood City Council approves water tariff increase
Barbara Layton
Reporter
The Ravenswood City Council along with mayor Josh Miller voted to approve the necessary water tariff increase, as a result of Senate Bill 234 adopted in 2015 by the West Virginia Legislature requiring a specific amount of reserve funding in both water and sewer funds, during Tuesday nights City Council Meeting.
“A PSC (Public Service Commission) order released Feb. 24, 2020 changed the way this reserve fund was calculated and led to the proposed tariff increase so we could meet the requirements of those unfunded mandates,” Miller said. “To be able to move forward and keep on track in replacing our aging infrastructure we must comply with the Bureau of Public Health’s recommendations provided to us in a sanitary survey from 2017. The Bureau of Public Health is funding this water project.”