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Lyndhurst settles with water company for $550K
(by Michael Lamendola - January 03, 2008)
A grievance by the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority over unpaid bills from nearly four years ago has left the township with a $555,000 bill to pay. The township announced it settled with the utilities authority last month for what was simply deemed compensation for bills that went unpaid over a four-year period from 2001 to 2004.
The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) supplies the township with bulk wholesale water and in turn, the township, unlike most bordering municipalities, runs its own water and sewer utility.
"We are absolutely going to take a look at why that took effect and why that happened," said Mayor Richard DiLascio. "We are absolutely paying our bills, paying them on time and we are going to go into what the strategy was, is that the reason for having very low tax rates...not paying the bills? It's not acceptable under this administration, we pay our bills."
For more information, see the Jan. 9 edition of the South Bergenite.
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