Youngstown sewer rates going up again — to nearly $100 by 2018

YOUNGSTOWN

Sewer rates in Youngstown, which city officials acknowledge are already high, are expected to increase by 17 percent over the next four years to help fund $146 million in improvements to its waste-water treatment system as mandated by a federal agency.

City council will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday with the administration to discuss the latter’s proposal to raise sewer rates by 3.99 percent annually for four years starting Jan. 1. An ordinance to approve the recommended rate hike will be on council’s Dec. 1 meeting agenda.

The proposal would see the monthly sewer rate of $84.55 per 1,000 cubic feet jump to $98.87 by Jan. 1, 2018.

That rate was $37.92 on Oct. 1, 2002.

Read more about the proposed increase, why it's gone up so much over the years and how the city's rate compares to others in a similar economic condition in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.