Atlantans Approve Water/Sewer Sales Tax Extension
City had that that without a "yes" vote, residents faced a 30 percent hike in water and sewer rates.
East Atlanta resident Kelli Kirkpatrick didn't hesitate. When she cast her ballot Tuesday at her polling precinct at Burgess-Peterson Academy late Tuesday morning, she said one of her main concerns was her water rate. She voted in favor of reauthorizing the one-cent municipal option sales tax — MOST — that aims to keep water rates down. The Department of Watershed Management projects that without the renewal of the tax, Kirkpatrick and others faced water rate increases of 25 to 30 percent. “The Department of Watershed Management’s five-year strategic financial model shows the department is headed in the right direction as we continue to make tremendous progress in upgrading our water and sewer infrastructure as required under two federal …
