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Committee reviews ordinance to change 2025 utility rates; public hearing set next week
Summary
Staff presented an ordinance reflecting a previously directed rate strategy and the process and schedule for hearings, codification and when new rates would first appear on bills; committee asked staff to add explanatory links and an average‑bill table to the agenda packet.
City staff presented an ordinance that would update Snoqualmie's utility rates and described the codification and hearing schedule needed to put new rates into effect.
The staff presenter (name not provided) said the ordinance translates the council's prior direction — described in meetings as an "aggressive rate reduction strategy" — into the code language that the codifying service will convert into the Snoqualmie Municipal Code. The presenter said the document contains tables for each year and noted staff added tables that are 1.5 multipliers for customers outside city limits so the code explicitly shows those values.
Staff walked the committee through timing and process: the first public hearing is scheduled for the council meeting next week if the committee approves the ordinance in form; a second reading will follow in April, and new rates would take effect May 1 with the first bills reflecting the change at the end of that month. The presenter said the ordinance number mirrors the one used in January because neither ordinance was passed earlier.
Committee members asked for clarifying materials to be attached to the agenda bill: a table showing projected average bills and a short paragraph explaining how the average‑bill figures are derived from the code tables. The presenter agreed to add hyperlinks in the background section that link to prior presentations and to include an explanatory paragraph showing how the specified code rates translate to the average bill figures.
The committee did not vote on the ordinance at the committee meeting; staff requested the item go to next week's council meeting for the required public hearing and subsequent second reading in April.
