Brooklyn town council president Kristi Dunigan
BROOKLYN — Brooklyn residents are reeling after the town council approved an ordinance last week that will increase sewer fees by more than 160 percent in an effort to fund a major sewer project in the town.
The council met Feb. 19 for a special meeting to hear from the public for the second time about the ordinance. Both public hearings on this ordinance are said to have been packed with people, with many town residents strongly opposed to the rate increases.
The Correspondent has heard accounts of several residents, many of whom are elderly, telling the town council at the meeting that the sewage fee increases would essentially bankrupt them, necessitating them to move out of town.
Town council president Kristi Dunigan told The Correspondent this week that the council did not want such a steep rate increase, but its hands were tied by the state. She said the town’s sewer lines and water treatment center were in need of repairs in ord...
