Outrageous

Years ago, I called Jordan Tax Service about their excessive fee. They said that Mt. Lebanon negotiated that. When I spoke at a commission meeting, I was told that Jordan was responsible. Now that the fee has increased, check your bill and see what percentage you are paying.

Another little factoid: Mt. Lebanon School District's budget is $98.9M. Upper St. Clair School District's budget is $83.6M.

Mt. Lebanon School District Budget Information

Upper St. Clair School District Budget Information

Upper St. Clair Superintendent's 2017 Annual Report 

Mt. Lebanon Superintendent's 2017 Annual Report

Sewage Bill in Your Mail Box UPDATED

If you haven't received your sewage bill from Jordan Tax Service, you should be getting it in today's mail. Prior to this, Alcosan and Mt. Lebanon charges were billed on your water bill. For me, this means I have to write a check to Jordan Tax Service monthly instead of having it electronically deducted from my bank account. I thought I could write one check a year to Jordan, but that has now changed. There is no option to pay this bill electronically.

About that stormwater fee that was mailed out to everyone, including churches and temples, let me remind you that Raja was behind that fee.  He always talks about how he cut taxes, but he never mentions how even the tax exempt folks are getting charged with the largest fee increase in the history of Mt. Lebanon.

Updated September 28, 2012 2:11 PM According to Susan Morgans' never dated release on the Municipal website,

By October, Jordan hopes to provide electronic billing options.

For Immediate Release from Susan Morgans, PIO

Contact: Susan Morgans, PIO
412-343-3780FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sewage to be billed separately from water starting in September
MT. LEBANON—For more than a decade, Mt. Lebanon residents have been paying for their water and sanitary sewer usage together in one bill sent from Pennsylvania American Water Co. But starting this fall, the water company will discontinue billing for sewage nationwide.
Beginning September 1, Mt. Lebanon residents will receive their sewage bills from Jordan Tax Service. It is critical to note this is not a new fee; the water bill will decrease by the amount of the sewage bill and the sewage bill will instead come monthly from Jordan. It will continue to follow the formula set by the municipality and ALCOSAN based on household water consumption. Residents should also not confuse this bill with the storm water bill sent quarterly from Jordan. That fee also will be unchanged.
"It wasn’t a choice," says Assistant Municipal Manager/Finance Director Marcia Taylor. "Pennsylvania American notified us late last fall that they would be changing it and gave us a drop dead date." Mt. Lebanon evaluated collecting the fee in-house in conjunction with other municipalities but it was too expensive and the turnaround time was too tight for it to be feasible. "We will continue to investigate that option."
In addition to mailing the bill to Jordan, residents may pay the sewage bill in person during normal business hours at the Customer Service Center in the Municipal Building, 710 Washington Road. By October, Jordan hopes to provide electronic billing options.

http://mtlebanon.org/DocumentCenter/View/8971

Tabled until August 9

The Commission had made some amendments to the storm water fee Ordinance including additional credits to homeowners, but were not attached to the online Ordinance.  Since it was not available to the public, the Commissioners tabled the vote until August 9. Thank you, Bill Lewis, for catching that. And thanks, Dan Miller, for verifying that on your laptop during the meeting.
Because of that action, the consideration of a three-year contract (at a cost of 2% of gross collections, with an adjustment for any future postage increases) with Jordan Tax Service for billing and collection of the storm water fee was also tabled until August 9.

Update 11:28 a.m. The Municipality has updated their website to include the amendments to the Ordinance.  They may also be viewed here. This is a 23 page document and takes time to open.