Vero Water Bid to Shores Matches County's Numbers
Aug 25- After contending for more than a year that it could offer Indian River Shores residents a better deal for water and sewer service than Indian River County, the City of Vero Beach has now decided it can only match county prices -- and even that may come at the expense of city residents. Read 32963 Article
County and City at Odds Over H2O
County commissioners recently agreed to pay off Vero Beach's estimated $24 million debt in water-sewer expenses in trade for merging the city's utility system into the county system. But Vero Beach Mayor Jay Kramer wasn't impressed. Read TC Palm Article Here
County threatens to give Vero notice of water-sewer switch
Beachside residents south of Castaway Cove – some of whom have been begging for years to be emancipated from the City of Vero Beach water-sewer system -- could move a step closer to getting that wish fulfilled when the County Commission considers formal action on a major salvo in the ongoing utility war. READ MORE
Indian River Shores Town Council members would each save on average $20 a month on their home water and sewer bills if the water was coming from Indian River County utility services instead of being provided by Vero Beach. And if the utility bills of the council members are representative of those of residents as a whole, Shores residents could save almost a half million dollars a year if they were getting their water and sewer service from the County Read More...
