After months of revisions, proposals and back-and-forth, the City of Ithaca has finally settled on a budget for the upcoming 2020 year. Passed at a meeting of Ithaca’s Common Council meeting last Wednesday, the plan — which lists $80,397,578 in total spending — carries few surprises. However, that hiked rate still represents the City’s second lowest since 2003. The fee Ithaca residents pay for water increased by 10 percent from last year to $8.67 per 100 cubic feet of consumption, while sewage fees were unchanged. “Because the only way we’re going to change this is if we do it together as a society.”

Source: Daily Sun November 12, 2019 07:46 UTC