[Md-sligo] {Disarmed} FW: [AAEA-MC] Important - WSSC holding public meetings on proposed changes to customer bills

Mon Aug 4 19:54:19 UTC 2014

FYI

Yasmin Reyazuddin 
Aging & Disability Services 
Montgomery County Government 
Department of Health & Human Services 
401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) 
Rockville MD 20850 
240-777-0311 (MC311) 
240-777-1556 (personal) 
240-777-1495 (fax) 
office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm 
Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille 

This message may contain protected health information or other
information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the
intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy
any copies of this material. 

Thank you.

________________________________

From: AAEA-MC at yahoogroups.com [mailto:AAEA-MC at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of 'Matthews, Catherine' catherine.matthews at montgomerycountymd.gov
[AAEA-MC]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 3:43 PM
Subject: [AAEA-MC] Important - WSSC holding public meetings on proposed
changes to customer bills
Importance: High

WSSC to Host Public Meetings to 
Discuss Proposed Changes to Customer Bills

Meetings Scheduled in Rockville and Largo

WSSC is hosting two meetings over the next week to discuss proposed
changes to its customer bills. The proposed changes are part of an
effort to shift the billing system to a more modern, equitable and
predictable approach to gathering revenue. Customers shouldn't assume
the changes will lead to higher bills. The proposal aims to lower future
rate increases. 

"The good news is that customers are clearly listening to calls for
water conservation," said Jerry N. Johnson WSSC's GM/CEO. "The quandary
for WSSC, and water utilities across the country, is that 95% of our
revenues come directly from ratepayers. The decreased demand for water
means WSSC has less money for maintenance and upgrades of its aging
system." 

Proposed changes include raising the Account Maintenance Fee, which is
intended to cover the costs of purchasing customer meters; as well as
installing, reading and maintaining them, as well as all other customer
service expenses. The existing quarterly charge of $11 for residential
accounts has not been increased since its inception in 1990 - about a
quarter century ago. The current fee only covers approximately 70% of
the costs of maintaining customer accounts.

In addition, WSSC is proposing a fixed, infrastructure-reconstruction
fee. Based on the meter size of each customer, this fee would provide a
predictable source of funding to repair and maintain 5,600 miles of
water pipes and 5,400 miles of sewer pipes. With these fees in place,
WSSC would have a more predictable and reliable revenue base, with the
intended result of lowering the size of rate increases going forward. 

Two public meetings are scheduled:

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Stella B. Werner Building

7th Floor Council Hearing Room

100 Maryland Avenue

Rockville, MD 20850

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Prince George's County RMS Building

Room 308

1400 McCormick Drive

Largo, MD 20774

Those who wish to speak at either of the meetings should contact WSSC's
Budget Group at 301-206-8110 prior to the meeting dates. Those who wish
to submit a written statement for inclusion in the record of the meeting
should e-mail the statement to BudgetGroup at wsscwater.com or send it to
Letitia Carolina-Powell, Acting Budget Group Leader, WSSC, 14501
Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707. 

Catherine Matthews

Director

Upcounty Regional Office, Montgomery County

12900 Middlebrook Road, Suite 1000

Germantown MD 20874

voice   240-777-8040 

catherine.matthews at montgomerycountymd.gov

www.montgomerycountymd.gov/upcounty

. . . Bringing the County Closer to You!

__._,_.___

________________________________

Posted by: "Matthews, Catherine"
<Catherine.Matthews at montgomerycountymd.gov> 

________________________________

Reply via web post
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AAEA-MC/conversations/messages/1550
;_ylc=X3oDMTJxajY4Z3RzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMjE0NDM0BGdycHNwSWQDMT
cwNTM3MjQ2MARtc2dJZAMxNTUwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTQwNzE4MTQxNg
--?act=reply&messageNum=1550>  

*

Reply to sender
<mailto:Catherine.Matthews at montgomerycountymd.gov?subject=Re%3A%20Import
ant%20-%20WSSC%20holding%20public%20meetings%20on%20proposed%20changes%2
0to%20customer%20bills> 

*

Reply to group
<mailto:AAEA-MC at yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Important%20-%20WSSC%20h
olding%20public%20meetings%20on%20proposed%20changes%20to%20customer%20b
ills> 

*

Start a New Topic
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AAEA-MC/conversations/newtopic;_ylc
=X3oDMTJmNzRhNnFiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMjE0NDM0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTM
3MjQ2MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MDcxODE0MTY->  

*

Messages in this topic
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AAEA-MC/conversations/topics/1550;_
ylc=X3oDMTM1NWVuYzhkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMjE0NDM0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcw
NTM3MjQ2MARtc2dJZAMxNTUwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQwNzE4MTQxNgR0
cGNJZAMxNTUw>  (1) 

Visit Your Group
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AAEA-MC/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNmZ0bTNpB
F9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyMjE0NDM0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTM3MjQ2MARzZWMDdnRsB
HNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDcxODE0MTY->  

Yahoo! Groups
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYzBtYzdjBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdyc
ElkAzEyMjE0NDM0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTM3MjQ2MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDM
TQwNzE4MTQxNg--> 

* Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html>
* Unsubscribe
<mailto:AAEA-MC-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe>  *
Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/>  

.

<http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=12214434/grpspId=1705372460/
msgId=1550/stime=1407181416> 

<http://y.analytics.yahoo.com/fpc.pl?ywarid=515FB27823A7407E&a=100013103
22279&js=no&resp=img> 

__,_._,___

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/md-sligo_nfbnet.org/attachments/20140804/28b640d1/attachment.html>