Water Rates, Commuter Parking Fees to Increase in Downers Grove
The village council will vote Tuesday to approve new waters rates that reflect the rate hikes implemented by the DuPage Water Commission. Commissioners will also consider increasing the fees for commuter parking permits.
Downers Grove residents who buy water from the village can expect to see higher monthly bills starting next year. The Downers Grove Village Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on an ordinance that would increase the village's water rates to reflect recent rate imposed by the DuPage Water Commission and the City of Chicago. The commission, which buys Lake Michigan water from Chicago, voted last year to raise its water rates every year in 2015. The decision came after Chicago instituted a rate hike that amounts to a 90-percent wholesale increase over the same timeframe, according to the Daily Herald. The commission also added on another 19 cents per 1,000 gallons, according to the report. Downers Grove staff recently adjusted the village's …
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Ricky W Kracker a.k.a. Diggy Swagga
6:21 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Voting people out or in never seems to do any good. How about a forensic audit of DG accounting? Let's see how much we spend on bloated pensions. How much is going to services that benefit illegal immigrants or section 8 leeches. How about checking how much it costs to arrest and book the same 5 loser winos in downtown DG. Time to do something, enough is enough. On the other hand, if we get … more ›