Milpitas sewer and water rates are going up again!

Here are the sewer rates for single and multifamily units

Residential bimonthly sewer rate

customer	current	Proposed 2011/12	Expected fiscal year rates			Proposed Maximum
			2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Single family	$70.94	$75.92	$81.23	$86.92	$93.00	$93.00
Multi family	$50.68	$51.06	$51.44	$51.83	$52.22	$52.22
Mobile home	$31.18	$33.36	$35.69	$38.20	$40.87	$40.87

Notice that the single family (SF) rates are going up the most and the multifamily (MF) the least. So the SF rates will increase by $132 . This means that your rate  will increases from $426 to $558 per year. The MF unit will go up only about $9.00 per year. Is that fare? The water rates are going up too, that means that your total water, sewer rates and garbage will increase to about $1000.00 per year. Please send in a protest to these high rates by sending it in with your water/sewer bill or  mail your protest to
City Clerk
455 E Calaveras Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035

Remember you must sign and date the protest. A simple protest will look like the following:
John Doe
12234 western way
Milpitas, Ca. 95035

I protest the new water and sewer rate increase.

Sign _____________________   Date _3/16/2011

To get the full data on the water and sewer increases go to http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/  look at what is happening section.