Updated 3:47 p.m. Jan. 24, 2017, to better explain that the rates adopted were those submitted by the cab companies.

By CRAIG FREILICH

POTSDAM – The village board of trustees has approved new rates for the two taxi companies based in the village.

The rates reflect the desires of the two companies, each of which submitted a rate plan unchanged by trustees, including differentials for service between midnight and 6 a.m. and for wait times.

Effective Tuesday rates to be charged by Potsdam Madstop Taxi are:

• $7 for one passenger

• $1 for each additional passenger

• $4 for each additional stop

• $1 per minute after five minutes

• $10 for one passenger midnight to 6 a.m.

• $1 for each additional passenger midnight to 6 a.m.

• $8 for SUNY Potsdam, medical vouchers

• $10 per hour for moving boxes, totes, bins, etc., minimum $50.

Thad Broughton, who bought Potsdam Taxi five years ago, said at a hearing on the issue in December that he was “probably not going to raise my rates because my customers can’t afford it,” and his rates have remained the same.

Taxi Zero, which began operating in 2014 but suspended operations in the village after a driver was charged by village police following a complaint about a charge exceeding the then-approved rate limit. Owner John Meyers wanted a higher rate than that set by the village then, which he said was not enough to make service in the village profitable for his company:

• $10 for one or two passengers 6 a.m. to midnight

• $2 extra for rides between midnight and 6 a.m.

• $2 more for trips beyond two miles

• $2 extra per stop up to three minutes, 70¢ per minute per stop beyond three minutes

• $2 each for third and fourth passengers

• 50 percent charge for no-shows or cancellations after the cab is dispatched, which will be added to the customers next ride.

The rates will stand through April 30, 2018, the next time that taxi credentials and rates plans will be reconsidered.

The rates are to be prominently displayed in the cabs.