Vicksburg residents to see a small reduction in utility bills

Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr. announced today that city residents would begin to see lower utility bills beginning in October 2019.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a special fee in April 2015, to help cover the potential cost of improvements to the city’s sewer system required by an Environmental Protection Agency consent decree. The fee for residential customers is $5 monthly added to their bills and $8 monthly for commercial customers.

In December 2016, the City of Vicksburg contracted with Water Company of America to identify unbilled water and sewer revenues for the city. WCA discovered a total estimated six-year increase in revenues of $2.8 million with WCA’s share being $1.2 million and the City’s share being $1.6 million, allowing for the special fee to be lifted for residential customers.

“These are dollars going into the pockets and banks of the residential customers; it’s a rebate,” Flaggs said. “If we find more money, we’ll remove the special fee for industrial customers as well.”