The city of Mt. Carmel is looking into the possibility of adding a surcharge to bills that are mailed to water customers. At Monday’s City Council meeting, city clerk Ryan Turner said presently the city emails 1,093 water bills on a monthly basis. Of the 1,093 bills, the city also mails 893 hard copies of the bills to those same people. Turner said the city is facing increasing costs and unreliability from the postal service along with the expense of having the bill cards printed, and the time it takes workers to mail them. In total, Turner said the city mails 2,800 water bills a month. The council took Turner’s information under advisement and may make a decision on the issue at a later date.