City of Wayne - Sticks it to us again!

[MichiganMan]

First, the city is going to charge us for street lights, NOW, they are adding huge fixed fees to our water and sewer bills. A couple of years ago, they started adding a $5 per month or $10 per billing cycle to the water bill. Last year they changed it and are now adding $10 per month or $20 per billing cycle to it. The city just announced that they are also going to add a $15 per month or $30 per billing cycle to our sewer portion of the bill. This will total $50 every bill before you even use one drop of water. Cities all over have found a way to "tax" us - no wait, use a "special assessment" to beef up the coffers. This way the councils don't have to go before the voters, they can just pass it with no problem.

Cities and corporations tell us to conserve and save, that is just a bunch of political correctness bull shiit. Every time we cut back on water usage the city has to increase the "fixed" fees to make up for that lack of revenues. Same go for DTE, the more you cut back on heating and electrical use, the higher the rates to make up the difference.

It never ends.

What do other cities charge in terms of fixed fees for water and sewer? City of Wayne charges a total of $50 every 2 months.

I forgot to add for clarity - the basic water/sewer rate is $3.75/1000 gallons for water and $5.72/1000 gallons for sewer based on water usage. The fixed fee of $50 comes on top of any usage charges. Every city pays a different amount for usage based on a whole lot of factors - age of lines, distance from plants, elevation, usage, the more one city cuts back - the more the other cities pay...