Columbus Water Bills Could Increase in January. Here’s Why that Might be Delayed.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

The Columbus Water Works board is scheduled to consider a 3.75% rate increase when it meets this month, but one commissioner has vowed to vote against the proposal — and to try to have the vote postponed, citing the financial struggle some residents have due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mayor Skip Henderson, by virtue of his office, is one of the five commissioners on the CWW board, representing approximately 65,000 accounts in Muscogee County and Fort Benning. He said he will try to delay the vote.

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