The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities released the budget for four of its five divisions on Tuesday afternoon.
According to a report in today’s Jaemstown Post-Journal, there is no proposed rate increase for solid waste disposal or district heating, but there will be an increase for both water and waste water. In addition, the BPU is considering a penalty for residents who don’t recycle.
Both the budget for the water division and waste-water divisions is being proposed to increase 6 percent in 2014. Under the solid waste division, the rate is being proposed to stay at the current 2013 rate of $12.10 per month for customers. However, that rate could change for customers who do not recycle. The proposal is to increase rates to $20 per month for those who do not recycle at least once during a monthly billing period. If a customer does recycle, their bill would drop by $10 a month.
The district heat budget proposed no rate increase for customers next year.
The BPU has five divisions – electric, solid waste, wastewater, water and district heating. The electric division’s budget will be released during the November BPU meeting.
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