Columbiana hiked electric rates to cover officials’ payout

Did they notify customers about this increase and why with proper notification? A quick complaint to the State commission overseeing Utility customer complaints would start a keen little investigation in to this. Taxation without representation is a no no. Even when you acknowledge it is happening and you fail to correct it. Ouch.

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Kind of couriuos how you pay Gen fund exspenses out of a utility acc, ?

Swager That goes for Salem too.

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I couldn't agree more sontact.

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Council members need to be reminded that our utility payments are not a "blank check" to do whatever they want to with. Council meetings are open to the public.

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Most unseemly....

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Nothing to see here. Salem uses it's water dept. as a cash cow too. The city would be in default without the unvoted water tax that funds politicals wish lists.

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Let's do the math....My average water, sewer and electric bill in the great city of Columbiana generally runs betweeen $90 and $115 per month. However, my monthly bill for January jumped to nearly $200. I expected a slight increase because of Christmas lights, but a $100 increase was certainly questionable. Interesting that my February bill was back down to $112.

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Let's do the math....My average water, sewer and electric bill in the great city of Columbiana generally runs betweeen $90 and $115 per month. However, my monthly bill for January jumped to nearly $200. I expected a slight increase because of Christmas lights, but a $100 increase was certainly questionable. Interesting that my February bill was back down to $112.

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