The town hall meeting at the Birmingham Crossplex was the first in a series of public gatherings in advance of a board vote on the utility’s $133.5 million budget for 2024, which includes a 5.8 percent rate increase.
The Birmingham Water Works Customer Service Center is shown in Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Water Works customers Tuesday evening heard directly from senior leaders about plans for utility and why they said a 5.8 percent rate increase is needed for 2024.
Johnson defended the price hike, saying the increase comes to about $2.76 a month to an average customer. Joint customers of the Birmingham Water Works and the Jefferson County Sewer will get two increases following passage of increased sewer rates earlier this month. The water works handles the billing for those Jefferson County sewer customers, but those rates are controlled by the Jefferson County Commission.
Still, as the water works continues its series of talks, one of its fiercest critics plans to invite to a meeting of his own.said there remain serious problems at the water works that he wants to address with them. Waggoner, who was not present at Tuesday’s meeting, said he and numerous others remain dissatisfied with the water works.
Waggoner said he would soon send a letter soliciting a meeting between senior utility leaders, him, and other state lawmakers to discuss unmet concerns. “We want to be able to be on the receiving end of that increase,” she told the water works panel. “I’m against the increase, but I am all for you bringing my money and our money back into our community so we can have clean and fresh water.”
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