The latest Nevada County Grand Jury report is critical of the Nevada Irrigation District. Foreman Dave Anderson says it started with a citizen complaint about fees associated wtih paying water bills. And that led to an investigation regarding other surcharges. He says the Grand Jury finds that NID’s three-dollar-and-seventy-five-cent credit card charge for water bills is out of step with the billing practices of many other utilities and retailers…

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Anderson says the Grand Jury also examined the monthly collection of a-dollar-90 per-customer to offset state and county fees for mandatory reporting compliance to the State of California. It calculates that in 2019 NID may have collected over 450-thousand dollars in additional fees to cover around 399-thousand dollars in out-of-pocket costs. They recommend that the Board of Directors hold a public review of its vendor contract regarding credit card payments for water bills…

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Anderson says the Grand Jury also recommends that NID initiate a thorough consumer complaint system.