City Council will consider water bill issue

The Havre City Council will vote next week on whether to amend the city's water ordinance to make tenants ultimately responsible for water bills.

Havre landlords have been responsible for water bills since 1997, when the policy was changed after a contentious public debate. Several local landlords have pressed the council to revisit the issue for months, arguing that they get stuck with large water bills by tenants who waste water or leave without paying the bill.

In response to the landlords' complaints, the council's Water and Sewer Committee produced a draft ordinance that would require ren...