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By Rick Armon Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 08:18 p.m. EDT, May 12, 2008
Talk about your whopping billing mistakes.
Summit County Council agreed Monday to pay $150,000 to a chemical company that was overcharged for sewer services for more than 20 years.
JCI Jones Chemicals Inc., a Florida-based company with a branch in Barberton, should have paid $17,600 between 1983 and 2005, but was billed $176,000.
The company didn't notice the error until being notified by a county worker in April 2005, company attorney William Zavarello said. Later that year, the company filed a lawsuit when the county refused to refund its money.
At the time, the county blamed JCI Jones Chemicals for not noticing the error.
The company was unaware it was overpaying, Zavarello said.
''When you get your bill, do you pay it or call somebody and say, 'What the hell is this bill?' '' he asked. ''They are an industry. They get a bill and they pay it ...They assumed when they were billed by the county it was accurate.''
Zavarello couldn't explain why the county balked at paying for its mistake.
Jason Dodson, an attorney for the county executive, said the county was disputing the length of time involved.
The company is satisfied with the settlement, although it was entitled to more than $200,000 because of interest, Zavarello said.
''The irony is they make products that assist industries around the United States to keep their emissions into the water systems clean and healthy,'' he said. ''Isn't that something?''
The council approved the settlement without comment. Before the meeting, council President Nick Kostandaras said the agreement is saving the county money.
''It was the best settlement we could make,'' he said.
Talk about your whopping billing mistakes.
Summit County Council agreed Monday to pay $150,000 to a chemical company that was overcharged for sewer services for more than 20 years.
JCI Jones Chemicals Inc., a Florida-based company with a branch in Barberton, should have paid $17,600 between 1983 and 2005, but was billed $176,000.
The company didn't notice the error until being notified by a county worker in April 2005, company attorney William Zavarello said. Later that year, the company filed a lawsuit when the county refused to refund its money.
At the time, the county blamed JCI Jones Chemicals for not noticing the error.
The company was unaware it was overpaying, Zavarello said.
''When you get your bill, do you pay it or call somebody and say, 'What the hell is this bill?' '' he asked. ''They are an industry. They get a bill and they pay it ...They assumed when they were billed by the county it was accurate.''
Zavarello couldn't explain why the county balked at paying for its mistake.
Jason Dodson, an attorney for the county executive, said the county was disputing the length of time involved.
The company is satisfied with the settlement, although it was entitled to more than $200,000 because of interest, Zavarello said.
''The irony is they make products that assist industries around the United States to keep their emissions into the water systems clean and healthy,'' he said. ''Isn't that something?''
The council approved the settlement without comment. Before the meeting, council President Nick Kostandaras said the agreement is saving the county money.
''It was the best settlement we could make,'' he said.
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