Electric Bill Increases at Old Town Hall

The city of Brecksville had to increase the amount of money it sets aside for its electric bills on Tuesday – by $11,500.

That’s because there’s a meter on Old Town Hall that had apparently been overlooked for quite some time.  

City Council Vice President Greg Skaljac said during that the Illuminating Company hadn’t billed the city for the meter in about six years. Council approved increasing the blanket purchase order the city uses to pay the electric bills to make up the difference.

Finance Director Virginia Price said in an email that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's rules allow the company to bill the city after the fact.