Ridgewood Chamber members object to “toilet tax”
Monday August 26, 2013, 2:30 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Members of Ridgewood’s Chamber of Commerce claim they are being unfairly treated because their businesses and restaurants are required to fork over additional fees for sewer discharge services, and some are resisting proposed changes to those charges.
The Village Council is mulling over an increase to the significant sewage discharge fee that is assessed to many property owners and other businesses, but a recent appeal by several chamber members has temporarily stalled the proceedings. The governing body recently carried its public hearing on the ordinance creating the new fee schedule to next month, with Mayor Paul Aronsohn suggesting that the move was prompted by the discussion held during a chamber meeting earlier this month.
The hearing will be reopened to the public on Sept. 18.
Ridgewood currently bills properties that release more than 109,000 gallons of sewage into the village’s treatment plant. Municipal officials explained the proposed billing increase, stating that the cost of the equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) measurement would grow over a two-year period for owners who pay property taxes.
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The restaurants should pay more. They discharge massive amounts of grease into the sewer system which costs a lot more for the sewer plant to treat vs a residence with a few bathrooms and single kitchen (which probably doesn’t get much use!)
Should Baumgartens pay $20,000 more? That was the estimate referenced at the August board meeting.
If they use more they should pay more.
I know redistribution of wealth is all the rage, but I don’t think we should be charging an Atlanta office supply company for our waste disposal…
If they flush more than everyone else why shouldn’t they pay?
What Atlanta office supply store is in the wood?
None.
There is no Baumgartens in Ridgewood
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Increase prices by 50 cents or put in pay toilets