Nov 15
It has been coming, so no surprise, as the Mayor and BOA voted to sock it to ya on your water and sewer bill. An apologetic Bos, saying it was "my fault" and he was "stupid" discussed the need to raise rates. He said the City had passed on raising rates the last time they had increased from KCMO (actually he misspoke, we haven't raised the rates in two years). A real head scratcher coming from a former CFO and CPA and elected (presumably) because of his business acumen. Of course he had accomplices...the BOA sat mute as he excoriated himself. None of the aldermen stepped forward to call themselves stupid...I guess you will have to come to your own conclusions. As they sat and watched, the reserves in the water fund have evaporated to the point where Jerry projects we might end the year in the red for the water department. Really. And it won't stop, look for a continuing stream of double digit increases, every year, for the foreseeable future.
The ordinances as formulated would have made the increases retroactive, a detail apparently missed by the Mayor, BOA and the City Attorney. One sharp eyed citizen pointed this out to the crew, mentioning his recent agrarian efforts on his lawn would get smacked with the increase. The wrong (based on the one complaint) was righted as they voted to increase rates with the bills sent in the New Year.
The new rates on water will boost your bill by 20% and sewer will go up 16% (if you have a grinder, you know who you are). And no, you cannot have it your way.
Click on today's Dilbert if you haven't already.
4 comments:
How difficult was it to pass along a price increase? I have a better name you can call yourself, "moron". Shame on the aldermen for being willing accomplices, what are they doing? This all makes me unhappy, wait until the next bill with the increase, who is going to answer the phone at city hall?
That's what you get with an auto-pilot government...oops, pull up, pull up!
I love how politicians frame issues, like the water rates. Jerry in EWLLiving says "Kansas City has raised the cost of water and increased sewer rates annually. In addition, other costs have increased and our rates have not kept pace." Bad KCMO, right? What he doesn't say is what has been reported on the blog, they, the mayor and boa screwed up.
Lets buy another bean field!
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