Sewer Tax Criticized at Committee Meeting
Resident says she pays nearly triple in sewer tax compared with water usage.
A Sugarbush Court resident commenting during a Wyckoff committee meeting Tuesday night addressed concerns over high sewer tax rates. “If the sewer rates were tied into the water rates, it seems to me that would be more fair,” said Elinor Fields, who has a yearly water bill of about $150 and a sewer tax of $438. Township Administrator Bob Shannon explained that the town long ago decided to have a standard per dwelling tax rate. In order to meet Fields’s request meters would have to be installed at each home and water comes from various sources such as Ridgewood Water, Waldwick Water and underground wells town-wide, according to Shannon. Condo clusters would pose another challenge; Field’s condo association uses well water to irrigate the …
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10:08 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
I agree. I live in the same area as Mr. Cook and would welcome sewers. The septic maintenance is a yearly expense and quite a bit more than $438. more ›