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Surprise approves 10-year water-credit transfer to remove El Miragerecharge fee for Original Town Site residents
Summary
The Surprise City Council unanimously approved a resolution conveying extinguishment (water) credits to El Mirage so the cityoriginal town site (OTS) will no longer be billed El Miragerecharge fees; the credits expire in 2035 and were paid for with federal funds purchased in 2021.
Surprise city leaders voted unanimously May 6 to convey a block of extinguishment (water) credits to the City of El Mirage so that residents in Surpriseoriginal town site (OTS) will no longer be charged El Mirage's water "recharge" fee.
The council approved Resolution No. 2025-43 after staff described a decade-long timeline in which El Mirage began charging a water recharge fee in 2011, Surprise temporarily paid the fee for OTS customers under a 2017 amendment, and Surprise purchased extinguishment credits in 2021 using federal funding tied to Lake Mead conservation. City staff said El Mirage currently serves about 1,400 Surprise…
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