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Residents raise legal and billing questions about Laramie stormwater utility

5394455 · July 16, 2025
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Multiple residents told the City Council on July 15 they want clarity on the city’s new stormwater service charge, citing conflicting guidance in a consultant manual and the ordinance and questioning whether voter approval or county collection is required.

Several residents urged the Laramie City Council on July 15 to clarify legal and billing details of the new stormwater service charge and requested the city review the issue at an upcoming meeting. Norbert Bridal, a resident, said the city ordinance limits service-fee refunds to three years while a consultant-written manual states “credits are not retroactively applied to a previous billing period,” a discrepancy he said needs resolution. Resident Mister Glass read language from a state statute and told the council “a governing body shall not fund a surface water utility until the proposition to impose the means of financing the surface water drainage utility has been submitted to and adopted by the electors within the…

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