Tuscarawas County water, sewer customers to see rate increase – Times Reporter

by | Dec 7, 2022 | Engineer

NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ Tuscarawas County commissioners have approved an increase in water and sewer rates for customers of the Tuscarawas County Metropolitan Sewer District beginning Jan. 1.
Typical sewer customers will see their monthly residential flat rate go from $42.51 to $43.36. Average monthly water rates will increase from $45.40 to $46.02. This amounts to a 2% increase on sewer rates and a 3% increase on water rates.
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Michael Jones, sewer district director, told commissioners at their meeting on Monday that Tuscarawas County’s water and sewer rates remain below the state average.
“We’ve had a lot of volatility and unexpected costs this year, so hopefully next year will be better,” he said. “But even with the inflation and the volatility that we’ve experienced in the past year, I think looking at 2%, 3% increases, we should do pretty good.”
Tap fees and other charges will not be increasing in 2023, he noted.
The agency provides sewer service to about 10,000 residents in Tuscarawas County, including Wilkshire Hills, Sandyville, Mineral City, Stone Creek, Port Washington, Parral, Midvale and Barnhill. It provides water service to about 6,000 residents in Wilkshire Hills, Dundee and Wainwright.
In other action, commissioners approved an enterprise zone agreement between the village of Newcomerstown and H3D Tool Corp., which has a plant at 295 Enterprise Drive in Newcomerstown.
The company is planning an expansion, which will cost between $1.5 million and $2.75 million. This project will create one new job and retain three to four existing jobs, said Scott Reynolds, director of the Tuscarawas County Office of Community & Economic Development.
The company will receive a 100% tax abatement on all improvements for five years and a 75% abatement for another five years. The Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District gave its approval to the agreement, he said.
The company has another plant in North Carolina.
“They did have the opportunity to move additional things to the other plant, so this was the incentive that the village offered to them to keep them here,” Reynolds said. “They’ve been a good corporate partner.”
H3D Tool opened in Newcomerstown in 1968 as Herco Inc. It focuses on the production of saw blades, spiral routers, tool holders and collets and other tooling and tool-related supplies.
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