2027 utility rates in Jamestown recommended for approval

JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Finance and Legal Committee recommended approval on a 3-2 vote of the 2027 utility rates beginning Jan. 1. Mayor Katie Hemmer and Jamestown City Council members Shannon Davis and Brian Kamlitz recommended approval on Tuesday, Oct. 20, while Councilmen David Schloegel and David Steele were opposed. The proposed utility rates include a 6% increase for water utility, sewer utility, garbage collection and landfill rates, on-call service for residential and commercial, garbage containers for residential and small businesses and tipping fees for lime disposal, inert materials, mixed municipal solid waste and a mixed load of inert materials and municipal solid waste. The vector control charge per parcel would increase by 50 cents from $1.50 to $2 per month. The fund is used for mosquito control and education. For water utility rates, residential and business water use would increase by $1.75 from $29.10 to $30.85 per month for the first 3,000 gall