Consultants pitch increased water rates

Rates still face votes from Columbia, Suwannee counties.

Henry Thomas and Matthew Ori of Faftelis Financial Consultants walk North Florida Water Utilities Authority board members through a series of rate increases during Monday’s meeting. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Henry Thomas and Matthew Ori of Faftelis Financial Consultants walk North Florida Water Utilities Authority board members through a series of rate increases during Monday’s meeting. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

LIVE OAK — The North Florida Water Utilities Authority is looking at changing its rates as it heads to a new fiscal year.

During a Monday morning workshop, which lasted more than an hour, NFWUA board m…