South Glengarry Corporate Services General Manager Lachlan McDonald. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
LANCASTER – South Glengarry council appears split on whether the township should resume using a billing multiplier for water and sewer charges for multi-residential properties.
The practice was halted in 2019 as the township undertook a review of its water and wastewater rates, which is very close to being approved in the next month or two.
The end goal of the phased-in multi-residential plan, which started in 2017, was to have every apartment unit pay the same water and sewer as a standalone house by 2023.
During last week’s council meeting (Feb. 16), Coun. Stephanie Jaworski was not comfortable with the multi-residential billing and wanted more information. “At a basic level, to me it doesn’t make sense that an apartment is having the same minimum charge as a detached house. But worse than that, particularly for me…the retirement homes where their units really ar