(KMZA)--Sewer rates for customers of the city of Seneca will be going up.
The City Council Wednesday evening approved an ordinance increasing rates, with councilman Bruce Hermesch casting the lone no vote.
City Administrator Matt Rehder says currently residential customers are paying between $8 to $10 a month and that will increase to $26.25 a month, which is the state average. The new rates will take affect with next month billing.
Rehder says the sewer rate increase is needed because the city is embarking on a $2.2 million sewer rehab project.
He says the city has applied for a $140,000, 20-year loan though the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for the project and the loan payments are to begin in March or April of next year.
In addition, he says the city wants to be eligible for Community Development Block grants in the future, which requires the city be within the state average for sewage fees.
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