DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
SANITATION SEWER UPDATE 06/24/2025:
RATE INCREASE NOTICE :
Past Rate – $96.00 per Single Unit Usage. New Rate – $133.00 per Single Unit Usage.
My name is John Duff, and I am your new administrator of the Building Sewer Sanitation Department for Whitehall Township. We are excited and happy to welcome in new users into our systems. Our sanitary waste sewers are supplied by the County of Muskegon. The system is a pass-through system, whereas the county bills us and we roll the bill out to our users. Additionally, we must add on a fee to cover maintenance, future growth, and a slight admin fee, which covers the cost of running the system.
Over the past eight years the township has absorbed the county annual cost increases. We can no longer afford to do this. Without an increase to our users, we would have to pull from our maintenance reserves to cover operations. We also incurred a significant maintenance cost for repairs to our lift station number 1 on Holton Whitehall Road, which placed a significant drain on our reserves.
To continue to stay operational, we must increase our cost to all users. The rates being implemented are in line with the rates currently being charged to our neighboring communities. Effective on your July billing, your rates will increase from $96 per single residential unit to $133. This was not easy for us to do, although necessary to continue covering cost of operations.
Thank you for your understanding and please know we do all possible to hold down our cost as low as possible.
Additionally – In April, we transitioned to a new accounting system, which did result in some billing complications, which is in addition to the use of a new post card format for billing. We appreciate your patience as we worked through the changes. Our goal is always to provide the best service to our township residents.
Solid Waste & Roads to be added soon…