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Old 11-01-2019, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Kahuna32162 View Post
Just opened my monthly Villages Utilities bill and noticed that as of 11/1 the cost of our garbage collection has gone up from 17.90 to 19.38 a month. Did I miss something? Was there any notice or mention of this price hike anywhere?

I know it's only $1.48 a month, but based on an estimate of 80,000 households in the Villages....That's a monthly increase of over $125,000!
You make that sound like a lot of money. Have you ever seen budgets in a community with 80,000 homes. 125,000 is small.