Meeting On Liberty Utilities’ Rate Hike

TYLER — The City of Tyler will host a town hall meeting Wednesday on a proposed rate increase from Liberty Utilities. The meeting will be held at 5:00pm at the Faulkner Park Police Substation. Liberty Utilities provides wastewater services to nearly 3,800 Smith County residents under the names of Tall Timbers Sewer and Woodmark Sewer. Under the proposed increase, some Tyler customers will see their rates go from $27.75 a month, to just over $96 by next March. Smith County home owners could see an increase ranging from 44% to 75%. Liberty Utilities customers, both inside and outside the Tyler city limits are invited to the meeting. A second meeting on the issue has now been scheduled. It will be on Tuesday, October 4th, at 6:30pm at the Faulkner Park Police Substation.