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Commission authorizes manager to negotiate new GRU billing agreement for stormwater and solid waste
Summary
The General Policy Committee directed the city manager to pursue a revised agreement with GRU to keep stormwater and solid-waste fees on GRU bills after staff presented analysis showing an alternative tax‑roll method would be more costly and carry revenue‑risk for the city.
The General Policy Committee authorized the city manager to negotiate a new agreement with the Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) authority for collection of stormwater and solid‑waste cart fees after staff presented an analysis showing several alternatives were more costly or carried revenue risk.
Public Works and finance staff told the committee that keeping stormwater and solid‑waste cart fees on GRU bills provides economies of scale in billing and collection. Staff presented the current figures: budgeted stormwater and cart revenues for FY26 total about $23.8 million. Under the existing…
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