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Port Orchard finance committee debates proposed six‑year sewer rate plan, ERU reallocation for commercial accounts
Summary
City staff and councilmembers questioned a consultant-backed proposal that would rebalance sewer charges over a six-year cycle, simplify nonresidential rate classes to ERU-based charging, and phase annual increases to meet capital and operating obligations.
Noah Crocker, finance director, told the Port Orchard Finance Committee on June 17 that the city’s sewer rate study recommends simplifying nonresidential classes into a single ERU‑based rate and phasing increases over a six‑year period to meet projected operating and capital obligations. "We need to raise in total additional 3 per 3 and a half percent of revenue per year to meet those obligations," Crocker said, describing the consultant’s output and how it was translated to residential and commercial rates.
The discussion matters because the proposal would change how sewer customers — especially commercial accounts — are charged. Committee members pressed staff for clarity on how ERUs are assigned, how commercial winter usage will be verified under the Westsound operating arrangement, and why the study produces different per‑ERU rates for residential and nonresidential customers.
Crocker summarized several technical points from the consultant model: the city…
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