Mayor Brian Lewis, during the Dec. 19 City Council meeting, initiated a discussion about water billing rates, proposing that perhaps the council reconsider different options.
City Administrator/Recorder Molly McGuire put forth an idea to reduce the $47 base-rate allotted gallons from 2,500 to 2,000.
“Our combined wells on average can consistently produce 2,000 gallons per meter throughout a year,” she said. “With that, the suggestion is to drop the customer basic service charge from 2,500…