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$5,000 a year. Wickens objected to an across-the-board increase in the rate.
“That would be independent of usage so if you have a widow who lives alone and she uses virtually no water at all, her rate would go up the same as the largest user in town,” Wickens said. “That’s a per capita tax which is the most regressive way to raise money.”
Fisher said that an alternative would be to raise the minimum rate more for heavy commercial water users in town than for residential users. Wickens said that he would favor a rate based on water usage. Fisher said that people would then start conserving, which would defeat the purpose.
“Once we reach $5,000 I think we ought to go down to our lines and say which ones are the critical lines and replace that portion with new lines, and then start all over again and when we get $5,000 do it again,” said council member Newbill Miller. He said that people could then see the money they paid in increased rates used to improve the system.
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