Glasgow City Council Sets Water And Sewer Rates For Next Five Years

The Glasgow City Council met on April 25 for a regular meeting and discussed water and sewer rates for the next five years. The council agreed to a five-year rate schedule which will increase the base rate for water and sewer two percent each year.

The current base rate for a residential water line is $28.15 per month. This will increase two percent each year and by year 2027 the base residential water rate will be $31.08 per month.

The current base rate for residential sewer is $44.85 per month and this will increase two percent each year and by year 2027 the base residential sewer rate will be $49.52 per month.

The City Council also agreed to hire Adam Morehouse and David Hill as operators for the City Water Department.

The council also agreed to implement a employee retention schedule for city employees. The retention plan will reward city employees for their longevity. The schedule will pay $50 per year for those employees who have worked zero to five years, $75 per year for employees who have worked six to 10 years, and $100 per year for those who have worked 11 years and up.

The employee with the longest tenure with the city will receive a longevity payment of $2,900 on July 1 while five employees will receive payments of over $1,000. The total cost to the city will be $16,632.03 for all city employees receiving the longevity payment.

City police officers aren’t part of the longevity plan because state law has them making longevity of 0.09 cents per hour for each year served in law enforcement.