Deposits will increase for new Alexander City utility customers and billing will change for all customers in the next two months.
The change is an effort to help stop the hemorrhaging of unpaid utilities across the city currently amounting to more than $500,000, hampering in part efforts to improve the city’s infrastructure.
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