MONROE - The Monroe Common Council sent a proposed 17 percent water rate increase back to the Board of Public Works Tuesday, Dec. 17, after allowing the rate application to go to the Wisconsin Public Services Commission in August. On a vote of 3-6, the council voted down a resolution that would have accepted the proposed rate and sent a request to schedule a public hearing with the PSC. Reid Stangel, Charles Schuringa and Tom Miller voted in favor.
Council halts 17% water rate increase