City’s customers get break on utility bill

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello residents will get a modicum of relief on their next utility billing as compensation for any excess use of water during the recent hard freeze. On Tuesday evening, Jan. 3, the Monticello City Council approved a cold weather sewer billing adjustment, which translates into a charge of 50 percent of the water usage, instead of the standard 85 percent of water usage. The council action was in recognition of the effects of the recent three-day freez