At this point we are planning to commit $9 million in 2020 and further spend $41 million in capital improvements through 2024.”

We have a critical need to invest in our infrastructure.

“Even with this rate increase, we are utilizing surplus totaling $3.5 million. “We need to increase our staffing levels to ultimately bring some of the work we are currently outsourcing in-house,” Lankey said. The rate hike would increase staffing levels and sure up the collection system for the sewer side of the expanded municipal utility, the mayor said. READ: Edison residents vote to maintain township control of sewers The hike precedes a bond ordinance for the sewer utility that will be introduced in the near future, Mayor Thomas Lankey said.Įarlier in the year, the township had introduced a $15 million bond ordinance for the new water utility, increases for which will be announced at the end of June, Lankey said. The proposed increase comes after voters elected last year to expand the municipal sewer department to include water services that had been privatized for more than 20 years. Watch Video: Edison High School breaks ground on multi-use turf fieldĮDISON – The township council will vote Tuesday night on a 4.9 percent hike on all residential and commercial sewer rates retroactive to Jan.

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