Article: No rate hike for at least year for LASA customers; The residential rates for customers in the LASA service area, excluding Manheim Township, have been $67.65 per quarter since 2000, and now will stay that way through spring 2005, the end of LASA's current fiscal year.

After it had looked like Lancaster-area sewer customers would face a rate increase this spring, the authority that sets the fees was able to "tighten our belts" and avoid a hike, in the words of its executive director.

So, thanks to those belt-tightening steps, the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority's 30,000 residential and commercial customers will not pay higher rates over the next year, LASA's executive director Mike Kyle announced today.

The authority adopted a $15 million budget on March 25, and this marks the fourth consecutive year with no rate increases for its customers.

It was able to avoid a hike thanks to refinancing its current debt and other steps, Kyle said.

"We had told our ...

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