Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Council will vote to adopt the FY 2013 budget at its meeting June 18.
At its meeting Monday Smyrna City Council voted to pass a water and sewer increase, but tabled the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Council voted 7-0 to enact an eight percent increase to the city’s tiered water rates and a four percent increase to its sewer rates. Here’s what the increase looks like: FY 2012 FY 2013 Tier 1 $3 $3.23 Tier 2 $3.94 $4.30 Tier 3 $4.93 $5.36 Tier 4 $5.77 $6.28 Sewer Rate $6.55 $6.81 The city buys its water from the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority, a wholesale supplier. The water authority informed the city that it would be implementing an annual eight percent rate increase effective Jan. 2012 through 2018. As of Jan. 1, 2012, the city of Smyrna pays the water authority $2.34 per 1,000 gallons of water. …
Monday, June 4, 2012
Smyrna City Council is considering passing a rate increase from the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority on to its customers in Smyrna.
Smyrna City Council votes Monday whether to pass an eight percent water rate increase on to city customers. The Cobb-Marietta Water Authority increased its wholesale water costs by eight percent in January and the city has been absorbing the expense ever since. Glenn Page, general manager of CMWA, said the increase is funding infrastructure improvements. “What we’re doing with that money is we’re rebuilding our water treatment plant,” he said. “We’re not adding any new capacity. We’re implementing new treatment technology that’s required to meet new federal regulations. That one facility is costing about $30 million. We have a major project going on at one of our plants—almost a $100 million project.” Page described water authorities as “…
Friday, June 1, 2012
Here's a look at the Smyrna City Council agenda for Monday, June 4.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Here's a look at the agenda for Monday's Smyrna City Council meeting. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. Watch the meeting live on TV19, the Cobb County government access channel. 1. INVOCATION - Mr. Tim Gibson - IGO Church 2. AGENDA CHANGES: 3. MAYOR'S REPORT 4. LAND ISSUES/ZONINGS/ANNEXATIONS: Please limit speaking time for citizens’ input related to the following land issues/zonings/annexations to five minutes. 5. PRIVILEGE LICENSES: 6. FORMAL BUSINESS: (A) Approval of water rates for FY 2013 (TA) (B) Adoption of FY 2013 Budget (TA) (C) Approval of Ordinance 2012-11, amending Article I, Chapter 102, Section 102-7 Water and sewer rates - City of Smyrna Code of Ordinances (TA) (D) Public Hearing- Approval of Ordinance…
Smyrna Resident
5:32 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
"Ward 7 Council Representative said he looked forward to hearing input from citizens, though none spoke at the second public hearing for the budget held during the meeting." The budget has not been made available for anyone to see. So no citizen was able to speak about it at the council meeing. more ›