The city said the average customer will notice about a 9% increase in their monthly bill. Investigative reporter Amy Davis crunched the numbers to show you what it looks like on real accounts and she’s sharing what the city may do with the extra money.that the money it collects is not profit and the water department can only collect the amount of money it needs to provide water service and for maintaining the city water equipment and infrastructure.
All that extra money means the city’s Combined Utility Fund is flush.“You are broke if you’re spending more than you’re bringing in. Broke is when your not paying your bills- but we’re gonna fix it,” said Houston Mayor John Whitmire at a City Council meeting on April 3rd. At the same meeting, we got a peek at one way Dubowski thinks we get some extra revenue to pay for city services.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire talks with Investigator Amy Davis about the water bill relief plan in the works for Houston.The idea is for the city of Houston to charge its water department a franchise fee for all the water and sewer pipes in the city’s right of way underground. The finance director would essentially using water and sewer funds to make up for the shortages in other parts of the city’s budget.
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