Akron floating plan to lease sewer system
Source: Akron Beacon Journal (OH), Saturday, Mar 29, 2008
......... In his annual State of the City address on Feb. 7, Mayor Don Plusquellic proposed selling the city's sewer system to pay for scholarships for Akron's public high school graduates to the University of Akron or to trade schools.
....... The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a union whose members could lose jobs under concession agreements, says pretty much the same thing. ''Investors will make their money from future users paying higher tolls and fees over the life of the agreements,'' the union said in January in an assessment of the Chicago and Indiana deals.
...... The local chapter of AFSCME, which represents Akron's sewer workers, has said it would fight Plusquellic's proposal, and other Akron residents have raised concerns.