Comments on: ECUA Approves Water, Sewer And Sanitation Rate Increase, Plus Extra Sanitation Fee

By: Sherry sapp

Sherry sapp — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 12:54:29 +0000

Increased, OK. But more than DOUBLED?! As in 115% increase? Even after they admitted their recycling program had failed so miserably it was simply canceled?
Not buying it

By: Cindy Lee

Cindy Lee — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:52:19 +0000

It’s so very heartbreaking that our governments around the country are even considering raises rates on anything right now. It’s like kicking ya when u r already down. For years they have collected monthly fees and most have been so mismanaged , they never put any of it away for times like this. We have all been taught to save for hard times. Yet when you do they ( they government/utility co.) just take take take. I for one am seriously considering going back to candle, firewood, horse n buggy just to screw them. But then they would pass laws to ban that because they would loose money if a bunch of us did it.

By: at

at — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 03:10:50 +0000

There should be no increase, refund the people for the subpar work ECUA workers provide in general. Did you know that when they broke a class cupboard in my neighborhood when loading it, they were completely fine with leaving broken glass all over our street and when confronted a few doors down at a neighbors house the man said “garbage isn’t my job” yet he was driving a garbage truck? Hmm, then when a manager was sent to “clean it up” he didn’t bring a broom! Then when another manager showed up to “clean it up” the right way his broom didn’t have a handle! Maybe the increase should.go toward brooms for the garbage men. They seem to have a lot of trouble getting it into the trucks, its always blowing around the streets after pick.

By: Dr. G

Dr. G — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:25:28 +0000

How convenient Lois Benson wasn’t there to vote. This is the second time she avoided voting for this increase.
Humm… what could it be?
Oh… in her last campaign she promised she would not raise fees… well, she didn’t lift a finger to stop it either.
Too bad all the meetings are smack dab in the middle of the day when working folks can’t attend and demand accountability.

By: Thomas Lindsey

Thomas Lindsey — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:02:41 +0000

I am angry. Of course we need to be grateful. This boars seems to be a “approval stamp” for ECUA. I would like to see competition (which always causes priced and those extra fees to go down. The people who over see our country have an obligation to work hard to reduce the cost to consumers, not ASSUME, those consumers can afford the extra expense. I will always insist that government look for ways to “reduce” the cost to consumers. Knowing how little the land fill charges to drop off your household trash. compared to what Pensacola and Escambia county pays to dump, increasing fees is the last thing leadership should be at this time. Where is the integrity with this board?

By: Let's be grateful

Let's be grateful — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:49:59 +0000

I am grateful to have water/sewer service. Thankful for my household garbage, recycling and yard debris being picked up. Nobody likes cost increases of any kind but it’s part of life. Thank you ECUA for what you do. Those workers are out there rain or shine. When it’s cold and when it’s hot. After hurricanes they work hours on end in a job many won’t consider doing. If ECUA doesn’t have the proper equipment/trucks it needs it can cause service to be delayed. I am retired and live modestly but I can look at my budget and cut back somewhere. Most people, not all, eat out or buy a specialty coffee that can be cut out to make up for the small amount that the ECUA is increasing the bill to. There are also plenty of part time jobs to be considered if my budget gets too tight. I choose to be grateful.l

By: Dewey Cheatum

Dewey Cheatum — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 19:07:45 +0000

Customers pay big money for this company to haul off their trash only for it to blow out of the top of their trucks all up and down our roadways.

By: bobk

bobk — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:39:44 +0000

I guess if I have to pay it I’ll pay it. The service is consistent I really have no complaints. It’s odd I don’t hear everybody complaining about the manipulated increase in fuel costs. Now that is something that is outrageous. And I’m talking about fuel as goes in a vehicle. Hummmmm.

By: Ben Williams

Ben Williams — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:15:24 +0000

Imagine that. Not only is my bill going to go up, but ECUA is going to get tax dollars
too. So what does our bills pay. Oh, huge salaries for the executives. How is this legal? Seriously?

By: n.godwin

n.godwin — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:39:13 +0000

here’s a list of wha’t’s going up in my budget each month–prescription supplement $14.00, groceries, homeowners insusrance $400 a year, property tax $100 a year, water service up 3% a month, house payment $$53.00 a month, medicare, prescription drugs, cable $17.00 a month, vet bills and supplies, ecua 6%, medical insurance supplement, and home alarm system $4.00 a month–this also does not include gasoline, maintenance on the house and other things. the feds say that medicare recipients are to get a 8% raise in january. Well this has already wiped out that and whatever they give us in the future. i pray that someone will come to their senses and remember that people are living on fixed incomes. just keep praying.