Caroline County:
“The Caroline Pines subdivision will eventually need to
upgrade its aging water line. The question remains—how will they pay for it? The
Board of Supervisors discussed options at its April 8 meeting and will explore
the matter further in future work sessions.
Caroline Pines is already set up as a utility service
district. This allows the board to increase the real estate tax rate on
residences within the service district. The board can also establish a separate
water user rate for the district’s customers. The goal in either case would be
to recover the costs of repairing and replacing the utilities infrastructure.
Currently, the residents of Caroline Pines pay an extra
$46.67 per month on their water bills, and this additional charge goes toward
paying off the county’s availability fee—not toward any future repairs. The
board had approved a discounted availability fee of $2,800 per customer for the
community, which Caroline Pines residents are paying over a five-year period.
The more than 350 customers are roughly two years into that arrangement. The
county’s current availability fee is about $8,000 per customer.”
~ Writes The Caroline
Press
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