I have started receiving calls from some of the residents of Atwood who are now getting angry at the cost of hooking into the new municipal sewers. The Atwood Sewer Servicing Committee at one point was telling the residents that they would try and get the companies doing the installations to give us a fair price. Some of the trades are giving fair pricing but some are gouging the people with very high costs. The shock of just putting the sewer line into the homes and redoing plumbing is an added cost over and above the inital cost that people are facing. I know of 2 women, one 77 and one 93 who have had to take out loans to pay for the sewer project and also have had to pay to put the sewer into their homes. How is this fair to the elderly residents who have been paying taxes in this community for years. Others will be putting the intial cost on their taxes and amortized over 30 years which doubles the cost due to the high interest rate offered. This also puts up the taxes on the property. Although the project has been finished for months the residents of Atwood have still not been told what their final cost will be. Initial cost for me is anywhere from$11,000.00 to $14,000.00 plus installation into the building. All attempts to try and get the municipality to put more money into the project have been turned down. The municipality put 1 million dollars into the project and left the 342 homes in Atwood to pay almost 4 million plus the cost into the buildings. This project was mandated by the government due to the poor water quality it Atwood. Can you say E coli.
Now the residents are getting angry, now that the costs are adding up. And they should ,this is unfair of the municipality who is the owner of this municipal asset not to help the residents of Atwood with more of the costs
The final cost should be out shortly and the residents of Atwood should voice their opinions and loudly voice it come the election this fall. Vote out the ones who showed they did not care about Atwood
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It is more than just the amount for installation, we also will have another monthly bill. They have changed our status from rural to "partially serviced" as we are on the well and soon to be the sewers. This means we could be facing more in property taxes. We are still paying off for connecting to the well.
we are looking at over a hundred dollars more in bills a month to pay. along with higher taxes finding a way to pay for the connection to the sewers. Finding a company to connect us as we've not had any of the calls we've placed returned, guess they have enough work right now.
This could be enough to cause some atwood residents/homeowners to loose their homes. I don't think the local government should be able to do this.
Thank you for your comment, I hear you. I could possibly loose mine. Comment anytime you like
Has anyone approached council to lower the mill rate for residents of Atwood affected by the sewer project? This could give rate payers a chance to recover from the sticker shock and footing the majority of this infrastructure bill.
Thank you for this comment. I do no think anyone thought about that. But I will give it a try. You would think the council members that represent Atwood would have done it
There is only one for Atwood, and Dave Johnson decided he would not run in the next election.
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