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Commissioners direct 45-day public comment after choosing incremental approach for system development fees
Summary
Stantec presented an updated system development fee study for Union County Water; the board directed staff to use the incremental-cost methodology and opened a 45-day public comment period to finalize fees.
Union County commissioners directed staff to prepare updated system development fees using the incremental-cost method and approved starting the required 45-day public comment period on the study.
Stantec consultants Andrew Burnham and Kevin Cook presented the county’s updated system development fee study, summarizing three statutorily allowed approaches under North Carolina’s Public Water and Sewer System Development Fee Act: buy-in (historic cost), incremental (forward-looking expansion cost), and a hybrid that combines existing and planned capital. Burnham said the incremental approach aligns with the county’s…
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