City commissioners increased water and sewer rates by 10% on Thursday as North Port utilities grapples with rising costs and a laundry list of major projects with soaring costs.
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‘BITE THE BULLET:’ North Port increases water and sewage fees for next three years
“Nobody wants to see these numbers go up, nobody wants to have to pay more money for the services we get,” Mayor Phil Stokes said before the vote. “But, I mean, we’re paying for the sins of the past. I hate to say that, I really do. But we are.”
North Port utilities has almost $276 million in capital improvement projects planned through 2035. That includes $17 million to build a new effluent pumping station and pipeline for the North Port Wastewater Treatment Plant on Pan American Boulevard…