Legal Notices

NOTICE OF INTENT BY THE MINGO COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT TO RAISE RATES, FEES AND CHARGES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE CURRENT CUSTOMERS WHO WERE FORMERLY SERVED BY THE NOW DEFUNCT JUSTICE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that the Mingo County Public Service District on May 20, 2025, has passed on first reading a resolution as to its contemplation of raising rates, fees and charges for furnishing water and sewer services exclusively to approximately 232 of its current customers who were formerly provided those services by the now defunct Justice Public Service District. The Board’s specific intent by initial passage of the aforementioned resolution is to bring the rates, fees and charges for those former Justice Public Service District customers in line and current with the rates, fees and charges paid by those Mingo County Public Service District customers not formerly served by the now defunct Justice Public Service District and, as such, the latter group of customers will not see their bill affected by the above referenced resolution should it ultimately be adopted by the Board. The contemplated increase in rates, fees and charges aforementioned will produce approximately $82,593 in additional revenue annually. The average monthly bill for the above specified class of customers would be summarily changed as follows: Residential CURRENT AMOUNT $43.96 ($) INCREASE $ 27.09 INCREASE (%) 61.63 (%) Commercial CURRENT AMOUNT $68.92 ($) INCREASE $ 42.44 INCREASE (%) 61.57 (%) Industrial CURRENT AMOUNT Not applicable ($) INCREASE Not applicable INCREASE (%) Not applicable Resale CURRENT AMOUNT Not applicable ($) INCREASE Not applicable INCREASE (%) Not applicable Other CURRENT AMOUNT Not applicable ($) INCREASE Not applicable INCREASE (%) Not applicable The above referenced resolution will come before the Mingo County Public Service District Board for public hearing and second reading at its next regular meeting on August 19, 2025, at 1:00 p.m, located at 1 Riverside Drive, Naugatuck, West Virginia 25685, at which time interested parties may appear and be heard with respect to the matter. A complete copy of the resolution and proposed increase in rates, fees and charges intended to apply exclusively to those current customers previously serviced by the now defunct Justice Public Service District are available for inspection and/or review at the Mingo County Public Service District’s office. LH-324090 08-06;2025