Burnet offers utility assistance to residents, businesses

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The Burnet City Council has approved programs to provide utility assistance to both eligible residents and certain businesses located within the City of Burnet that have been severely financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Residential Customers Public Utility Payment Assistance Program, approved at the Tuesday, June 9, council meeting, is intended to provide City of Burnet residential utility customers financially adversely impacted by the pandemic, in a significant way, with assistance with payment of a portion of their electric, water, sewer, garbage, and recycling service charges

This is through grants in the form of a credit of 50 percent of a recipient’s electric, water, sewer, garbage and recycling services charges incurred on their City of Burnet Utility Account during the Program Term, not to exceed $250 total for any residential utility customer. The program shall be instituted for the April and May 2020 utility billing cycles.

The City of Burnet Commercial Customer Public Utility Payment Assistance Program, approved at a June 2 special council meeting, is intended to help promote the retention of local businesses by providing City of Burnet utility customers with small and/or large commercial electric utility service accounts.

This is accomplished through grants in the form of a 50 percent credit on their bill for the month of May 2020, up to a maximum of $7,500.

All applications for both programs must be received by June 30, 2020. Information and program applications are available at www.cityofburnet.com/coronavirus.

For more information, please contact Adrienne Feild at 512-715-3214 or at utility-assistance@cityofburnet.com.