City to Hold Line on Sewer Bills with Pandemic Funding

Evansville IN

04 March, 2022

8:44 AM

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By John Gibson, WNIN March 4, 2022 Evansville Water and Sewer customers will see no increases in their sewer bills through next year. Evansville's utility board approved Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's proposal to continue a pause on sewer rates for a third year. The increase would have been about $30 more a month by 2023. On social media, Winnecke also said his administration will submit to the City Council a request to use $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to assist income-eligible households. He will propose a credit of the first two-years of upcoming water rate increases for all qualifying households earning less than $55,400 a year. That's about 43,000 Evansville households. The mayor also proposes allocating some of the funds for households who are in "shut off" status. They would be eligible for up to $250 annually to help maintain their water service. The moves come as area residents have seen spikes in their CenterPoint energy bills. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.