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Greenwich tallies annexation savings
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By Craig Shoup
Times-Junction Staff Writer
During the May 7 council meeting in Greenwich, village administrator Virgil Giles told council members he had compiled a report concerning the South Central Local School District’s water and sewer rates.
The data was compiled after village officials voiced their desire to annex the school district inside village property lines.
According to the study, Giles estimates a combined 65,000 gallons used per month of water and sewer.
For the 2012 water rates, the school district was charged $9 for the first 2,000 gallons of water used. Every thousand gallons of water used after that resulted in an additional charge of $4.50.
Utilizing the total gallons used after the initial 2,000, the school paid $283.50 for the remaining 63,000 gallons at the $4.50 charge, Giles explained.
After adding the $9 initial charge for the first 2,000 gallons, the school pays $292.50 per month for water.
During the course of a 12 month span, the school pays $3,510 per year for water, Giles told council.
The South Central Local School District is outside the village limits. The district is charged double like anyone else outside the Village of Greenwich who receives village water, explained Giles. The double charge brings the total cost per year to $7,020.
If the village annexes the school district, the bill would be cut in half and the school would pay $3,510 per year.
According to Giles, the village will charge the school $7,176.00 for 2013 water rates at present usage. If the school is annexed, the savings would be $3,588.00 for this year.
Sewer rates for the school district are not as steep, but they would also be cut in half if the school is annexed into the village.
For rates in 2012, the school is charged $5 for the first 2,000 gallons. Each thousand gallons after the initial cost is $1.80, according to Giles. The school pays $113.40 for the additional 63,000 gallons they use after the initial first 2,000.
Giles pointed out the school pays $118.40 total per month and over the span of a year district will pay the village $1,420.80. Since the school is outside village limits, the bill is doubled to $2,841.60.
The bill, he added, for the sewer rates will come to $2,904.60 for 2013, if the school remains outside the village.
If the South Central Local School District called the Village of Greenwich home, the district would save $1,452.30 on the 2013 bill.
The district would save $5,040.30 per year for water and sewer rates, according to Giles.
Last month, Greenwich Mayor Lowell Etzler sent a letter to school board president Bob Morgan laying out all the savings and benefits the school would have if they allowed the village to annex the school buildings.
Etzler was quick to point out the school would benefit by being inside the jurisdiction of the Greenwich Police Department with a minute response time, noted Etzler.
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