Ferndale Looks to Establish Water Dispute Board
Have an issue with your water bill? Ferndale is looking to put together a board to hear your disputes.
As part of potential changes to Ferndale's financial policy, the city is looking to establish a "water dispute board." The changes were presented as a draft at Ferndale's Nov. 14 City Council meeting. The addition of a dispute board states: "The City will create and maintain a Water Dispute Board to hear customer disputes about water charges under dispute. The Board will have the responsibility of investigating disputes, determining whether the dispute has merit, and explaining their decision about the validity of the charges to the customer with the dispute." Ferndale Financial Director Jaynmarie Hubanks said the board would most likely consist of a resident, a staff member and a Department of Public Works worker. "A number of other …
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4:12 pm on Friday, December 2, 2011
Steve Neavling wrote the Free Press article that contained the chart with all the water rates - "City, suburbs gear up for a battle over who'll control Detroit water system" - 01-28-11. FYI... the suburbs purchase water wholesale from DWSD for approximately $28/month/household, and DWSD delivers that water to the municipality. the municipalities are responsible for getting the water to their … more ›