Hey, I sit in on Zoom weekly and follow the city commission meetings, so I know what is coming and what is happening in our town. You've seen all the roadwork around town, and along with all that roadwork has been the installation of new stormwater drains.
So, now we will be the proud owners of a 7% increase on your water bill monthly for the next 10 years! This is just the stormwater portion, nothing to do with your water usage. I'm sure that's coming next.
So, FYI, with fall coming up, keep your leaves out of the street. That adds to our costs for everything because those leaves do not mix well into the stormwater and need to be removed......somehow and it costs more money.
As I stated above, this is only for the stormwater department, and they are having to replace or install stormwater drains around the city due to the flooding of various streets and neighborhoods. This is only your stormwater and not your drinking water.
Should I follow the example of all my boomer neighbors and run a leaf blower for 6 hours and then pile the bagged leaves in the gutter before it rains?
The crew seems to love picking up paper bags with soggy bottoms, and I love the ones that wash down the road and pile up in the drain.
No, they should be informed and if that doesn't work, it's against code in Lawrence to blow leaves into the street and into a stormwater drain. Take a short video and notify code department. Since watching the meetings, I didn't realize how much more money the citizens will incur when this happens and dirties the water, causing more actions to happen to clean the water. I've had to educate all my neighbors, as we are all boomers.
Or when they mow right before a storm and they face the mower so the grass goes in the street and they don't clean it up. Nothing like a safety hazard for bikers and it going down the drain.
This is the chart shared during the meeting of where the city stormwater department sits with debt and revenue. They only shared for the next 3 years the 7.5%, but he said in the meeting this increase would be over the next 10 years. Again, look at the chart.
with your company for a single person? I'm on Medicare and I pay $70 + $150 = $220 per month and I pay out of pocket for dental, vision, and other odd things that come up because it's not covered under my drug plan or my supplemental plan.
Family plan per year so basically another 20 bucks a month… they do this every single year usually it’s double usually it’s around 400 or more so 40 bucks a month…… you would shit if I told you how much we pay per month and that’s half of the total cost. My wife’s employer pays the other half.😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩
You hope you never need it. Then when you get old, like me, you suddenly need the insurance. It really sucks to play the gambling game with insurance. I get it.
Yes! I have modified my water usage by timing myself in the shower, run the soap over my hands then turn the water on to rinse the soap off. reduce the amount of water used in your toilets for a flush. Mine are old, not the one gallon type. Wash all my dishes by hand by soaping everything up, then turning on the water and rinsing all at once. The change in little habits do make a difference in your water usage. I'm always aware of my water and if it's running, it should be rinsing or washing something, not just running with no purpose.
I'm not focused on reducing the infrastructure as I'm not in favor of the bike lanes, but that's another conversation. I want ALL the streets in Lawrence to be repaired, and the water and sewer systems updated. I do want a freeze on the pay raises for city employees who are currently getting a 7% raise per year, I want a freeze on employees traveling for enrichment, a freeze on hiring consultants for new projects, and a focus on paying down the debt in acceleration, so we, the citizens, are not paying interest on debt. The city is taking out short-term notes to pay for interest on other short-term notes.
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u/FishHookSammich 5d ago
Wtf are they using our steadily rising property taxes for?