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(Continued from Page 1) “are we going to wait “til we stop paying for repairs .. which waste money?”
Mr. Fisher, who also maintains the water authority’s records, said that several long-time residents had called him to say that rates should be raised if that will solve the water system’s dilemma.
“The other thing is,” the treasurer said, “is that people are not conserving water.” Usage, he reported, has risen from 450,000 gallons per month two years ago to 600,000 to 650,000 gallons per month now. Even discounting the elusive leak which has been siphoning off some 200,000 gallons a month for some time, “average use has gone up,” he told the council.
Mr. Wickens suggested establishing a commercial rate, which might be raised without affecting residential rates. “I don’t like taxing low-income people,” he insisted. Taxing by the front foot, another proposal suggested to council, he added, “would kill those people with double lots.”
“We have been given a mandate,” Mayor Morehouse replied, “to do something . .. We’ve gone so far in the hole - we need to cut our losses, get the ball rolling and start to fix it.”
Councilman Wickens proposed tabling any action on water rate increases until the April meeting.
Councilman Peter Skowronski agreed, adding, “I’d like to see The Inn’s meter read more than it has been.”
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