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Brewster's Increase Of Southeast Water Rates Less Than Anticipated

BREWSTER, N.Y. -- Southeast residents who purchase water from the Village of Brewster will have a one-year price increase next year, but it will not be as high as the board of trustees previously proposed, according to a story on theexaminernews.com.

Southeast residents who purchase water from the Village of Brewster will have a  price increase of $800 in 2016.

Southeast residents who purchase water from the Village of Brewster will have a price increase of $800 in 2016.

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The Brewster Village Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Sept. 30 to increase water rates by $800 annually for about 45 homes in the town who receive village water to pay for water main repairs, the examinernews.com said.

The impetus for the rate increase is an outstanding balance of $220,000 owed to the village by around 15 Southeast property owners who have not paid their water bills, according to the trustees, theexaminernews.com said.

Repairs to the aging water pipes have cost the village $50,000, and since the village is unable by law to make repairs itself it must contract the work out at a higher cost than in-house work. 

At last week’s special meeting, Mayor James Schoenig said the board decided to reduce the increase after listening to concerned residents at a public hearing earlier in the month, theexaminernews.com said.

The first quarterly payment will be due in January 2016, theexaminernews.com said.

Read the full article here.

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