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Staff propose shifting fire‑protection costs into utility structure; council asks for relief options for small churches
Summary
A water‑utilities presentation proposed a fee structure that charges property owners for the capacity and infrastructure costs associated with larger fire mains; council members asked staff to examine relief options for small churches and nonprofits.
Alex Whiteway, Director of Water Utilities, told the City Council on Feb. 25 that a consultant study recommends assessing fire‑protection fees tied to fire‑line size to more equitably distribute the cost of larger mains and treatment capacity.
Whiteway said the change would shift some infrastructure costs away from residential rate increases and spread them across commercial and other customers with larger fire‑line needs. "So when we have a fire line that's going into a commercial business or a residence...there's a lot of cost that goes into it," he said, describing pipe‑size and treatment costs…
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