SD1 is currently accepting public comment on a proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
The draft budget includes a 5 percent increase in the sanitary sewer service fees charged to customers for FY 2018. If approved, residential customers would see an average monthly increase of $2.16, or $0.36 per hundred cubic feet (HCF) of water usage, on their SD1 bills for sanitary sewer service.
The rate adjustment would be reflected on customer bills beginning in August 2017.
The budget approval process for SD1 occurs over a couple of months, but the budget planning and evaluation is ongoing. The SD1 Board of Directors makes policy decisions throughout the year that affect the budget as well as the level of service SD1 can offer its customers based on the available funds.
“SD1 is charged with safely and reliably providing wastewater and storm water services to the public. Knowing our customers expect us to provide these services as efficiently as possible, every day we carefully evaluate our approach to providing these services and work to balance the region’s needs,” said SD1 Executive Director Adam Chaney. “We welcome our customers’ feedback, both on this budget and throughout the year, as we work to protect public health, property and the environment while supporting the economic vitality of the community.”
SD1’s sanitary sewer service fee for FY 2017 was $7.37 for every HCF, or 748 gallons, of water used. The 5 percent increase SD1 is proposing would result in an FY 2018 sanitary sewer service fee of $7.73 per HCF.
Under the proposed budget, SD1’s storm water fee would remain at the current $5.04 per month in the coming FY 2018.
In an effort to ensure customers have equal access to rate and budget information, SD1 has posted budget documents and information on the proposed rate change at www.sd1.org.
Customers may submit written comments:
*By email to info@sd1.org. Please include “Budget Comments” in the subject line.
*In person at the main office at 1045 Eaton Drive in Ft. Wright during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
*By mail to Valerie Forsyth, SD1, 1045 Eaton Drive, Ft. Wright, KY, 41017.
Comment forms are available online at www.sd1.org and in SD1’s main office lobby at 1045 Eaton Drive in Ft. Wright. All comments must be received by May 5, 2017, the close of the public comment period.
Following the public comment period, the SD1 Board of Directors and the judges executive for Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties will review and consider all public comments before finalizing the budget.
As the wastewater and storm water utility for Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties, SD1 is responsible for the collection and treatment of the community’s wastewater and the management of the community’s storm water. In carrying out these responsibilities, SD1 must continuously invest in the public sewer system to protect the health of its customers and the environment.
SD1 is responsible for the collection and treatment of Northern Kentucky’s wastewater as well as regional storm water management. SD1 is the second largest public sewer utility in Kentucky, serving more than 290,000 residents throughout Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties.
SD1
