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Dear Editor,

Water and Sewer Rates

I would like to thank the City of Bucyrus Mayor Bruce Truka and Service Safety Director Tommy Starner for the increase in both Water rate ( up 15% ) and the Sewer rate ( up 14% ) on every resident and business in Bucyrus. If some of you didn’t notice on your utility bill this week, you are now paying more money for this. With the property taxes going up this year also, I guess that our government thinks that we are made of money. This is going to cost most of you ( depending on your usage ) between $240 – $480 more per year, unless they raise it again and need more money. I believe most of this came from the raises that the city gave ( $4.25 per hour ) to city employees and the fact that they tanked the water fund. Please call Mr. Truka and Mr. Starner at 419-562-6767 Ext. 221, and let them both know how you feel about this.

Now, what else is this administration and council going to do next to the taxpayers of this community? Are the rest of the city employees going to get this same wage increase? Is the firefighters union going to get another big wage increase? Is the council clerk going to get another raise, on top of the $1.00 per hour that this person agreed to?

I hope that the citizens of this community will show up for the Town Hall Meeting on February 11 at 6pm. I totally disagree with Mr. Myers on this. I suggested three meetings in total, because you are not allowing all the taxpayers to be heard. There should be one in the morning and another one in the afternoon. This would give 2nd and 3rd shift people a chance to speak and older residents to come in the morning to speak ( some of them don’t like to drive at night ). Just more of running their own narrative and hidden agendas for the citizens of this community. This meeting might give people some say, but I believe it is just another smoke screen for the council and the administration. They are still going to do what they want to and we the taxpayers are going to foot the bill. So Please, show up and let your voices heard and call the members of this Finance Committee and let them know you want more one night to speak.

Mr. Myers         419-617-5900               Mrs. Dishon    419-563-5280

Mr. Mee             419-569-1072               Mr. Mauritz     419-689-6227

Remember that the Constitution states We the People and not we the government. That we also can be heard during election time, we all have the right to vote NO!!!

Respectfully submitted,

Greg White

1125 Hillcrest Drive

Bucyrus, Ohio 44820