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Comment on Borrowing On The Agenda by Quick Council Update | South Milwaukee Blog

Quick Council Update | South Milwaukee Blog — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:38:19 +0000

[...] But all of the items I have written about it in the past week passed, including the sewer rate increase and various borrowing measures. [...]

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Quick Council Update | South Milwaukee Blog

Quick Council Update | South Milwaukee Blog — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:38:17 +0000

[...] all of the items I have written about it in the past week passed, including the sewer rate increase and various borrowing [...]

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Erik Brooks

Erik Brooks — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:30:38 +0000

Rich: No. Water rate increases do, not sewer rate increases.

Comment on South Milwaukee Fire Captain Appointed Acting Chief by trkstr31

trkstr31 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:58:21 +0000

A push was made by the firefighters from all of the suburban fire departments in Milwaukee County, as well as the Milwaukee County Airport, to study forming a single suburban county-wide fire department. The goal was to provide stability in staffing and increased efficiency in operations. The general vibe from municipal leaders county-wide was that an option like that would be too big of a jump and that smaller groups would be a more practical way to go initially.

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Rich

Rich — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:15:58 +0000

Doesn’t this require PSCW hearing and approval???

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:03:12 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up for me, I feel much better about the increase.

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Erik Brooks

Erik Brooks — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:34:27 +0000

Melanie: The water and wastewater utility are different utilities, and the $9 million plant upgrade was for the water utility filtration system — a cost reflected in the large water rate increase more than a year ago. The wastewater treatment plant is also getting upgrades, which will be funded in part through the proposed sewer rate increase. I support both, and I am happy we are investing in our infrastructure. It’s not wasteful spending. They’re necessary (and in some cases state-mandated) improvements that will help improve quality and efficiency.

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:04:10 +0000

I’m sorry, the wastewater treatment plant cost taxpayers 9 million dollars, not 4.2 million, my bad. Someone should really do an investigation as to what caused all the screw-ups. Maybe the common council should hire an outside contracter (so it doesn’t look fishy) to do the investigation.

Comment on Council To Consider Sewer Rate Increase by Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:17:51 +0000

Oh great, another increase from the water utility that just HAD to build a new system (with full approval from our common council) at a cost of 4.2 million dollars, 100% over budget, when they could have just added the ultra violet, like Cudahy and Oak Creek. Which resulted in a 58% increase in water rates during the worse economic downturn since the Great Depression. Now they have a computer system that no one there knows how to run, so they have to hire outside contracters to do it. That’s gotta cost alot of money.

Comment on Exploring Wisconsin’s New Voter Photo ID Law … In South Milwaukee by Reminder: Voter ID In Effect Tuesday | South Milwaukee Blog

Reminder: Voter ID In Effect Tuesday | South Milwaukee Blog — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:21:17 +0000

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