Phone bills for S. Tahoe residents may go up

Anyone in South Lake Tahoe who gets a phone bill – for a land line or cell – is likely to see a slight increase on Jan. 1.

The City Council on Dec. 10 will have a public hearing to discuss raising the emergency communication system access fee. The current fee is $1.61 month. The proposal is to have it be $2.25 on Jan. 1, 2014, and then $2.65 on Jan. 1, 2015.

This is the fee associated with calling 911.

City Manager Nancy Kerry did not respond to questions about the increase.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report