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Norwalk Council approves first reading to simplify irrigation rates, staff and council warn it won’t fully cover costs
Summary
The Norwalk City Council on Oct. 16 approved the first reading of an ordinance to replace a three-tier irrigation rate with a flat 1.5-times charge, a change staff said simplifies billing and addresses unintended penalties for homeowners associations but would reduce expected irrigation revenue by about $100,000 compared with previous projections.
The Norwalk City Council on Oct. 16 approved the first reading of an ordinance to change the city’s irrigation water charges from a three-tier structure to a flat 1.5-times multiplier of the base water rate.
City staff told council the change is meant to address consequences from the earlier tiered schedule, in particular the impact on homeowners associations (HOAs) that serve many homes through a single irrigation meter. Luke, a city staff member who reviewed HOA usage, said HOAs frequently were pushed into the highest tier and “were being penalized because they were a larger group altogether.”
Jean, a city staff member presenting the ordinance, said the tier levels chosen earlier were “probably too low” and that moving to a flat rate would…
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