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Casper council agrees to update stormwater study to explore utility fee
Summary
City staff will contract with CPI to update a 2016 stormwater study to quantify current needs, funding options and potential utility billing after council signaled consensus to move forward; staff requested about $35,000–$40,000 to complete the update.
City staff told the Casper City Council on July 8 that they will move forward with a contracted update to past stormwater studies to quantify infrastructure needs and options for a possible stormwater utility fee.
The study contract would update a 2016 analysis and the 2013 stormwater management master plan to reflect current costs, impervious-area mapping and potential billing designs; staff asked for about $35,000–$40,000 from direct distribution to fund the update and said the city GIS department will assist with impervious-area calculations.
Tom (staff) said the city has extensive stormwater infrastructure — “5,000 feet of pipe where we have 7,000 inlets, 2,500 manholes” — and that, unlike water and sewer, Casper currently has no enterprise fund to maintain stormwater…
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