Springboro Water Bill

Movin On wrote:

Just received our water/sewer bill,$24.00 increase!!! They are making it harder and harder to stay in Springboro. Even IF you can sell your home, who can afford the cities utilities? They are supposed to rise again next year to about $113.00!!!
Why weren't they adding in an extra $5-$10 a month to the annual automatic increases years ago? That would have been another $60-$120 a year to pay for the improvements per household. That certainly would have put a small dent into the debt. At least then there would of been a hedge against these price shocks. Springboro may be a nice town but they have crappy planners!!!!

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told ya months ago wrote:

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I got a bill for 71.00....and that is a 1 person household. In protest, on the memo line of my check where it says for......I wrote WATER PIRATES.

told ya months ago wrote:

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I got a bill for 71.00....and that is a 1 person household. In protest, on the memo line of my check where it says for......I wrote WATER PIRATES.

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Movin On wrote:

Just received our water/sewer bill,$24.00 increase!!! They are making it harder and harder to stay in Springboro. Even IF you can sell your home, who can afford the cities utilities? They are supposed to rise again next year to about $113.00!!!
Why weren't they adding in an extra $5-$10 a month to the annual automatic increases years ago? That would have been another $60-$120 a year to pay for the improvements per household. That certainly would have put a small dent into the debt. At least then there would of been a hedge against these price shocks. Springboro may be a nice town but they have crappy planners!!!!

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Justice for all wrote:

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Let's face it, we are not paying for water we are paying for salaries and pensions for PERS employees. Water is not that expensive in itself. Furthermore, maybe the city government could get creative and combine services with Franklin and Clearcreek Township.........but wait that would mean they would lose their cooshy jobs!!! That isn't gonna happen. Everyone else in this country has had to do more with less, why can't Springboro? A lot of waste in this town. Time to tighten up the belts !!! Need to run the city like they would run their households which i venture to say is lean. It is amazing that since the school levies can't get passed that the buses to the high school are running again!!! It's amazing what a little creative accounting can do. Hate to see anyone lose their jobs due to cuts, but there are retraining options out there. I had to do it, so can they !!!