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Delray Beach staff propose stormwater fee increase to fund overdue capital projects
Summary
Public works staff told the commission the city is proposing to raise the annual stormwater unit rate to $20.04 and described capital and maintenance shortfalls tied to the 2019 stormwater master plan; commissioners asked staff to pursue federal and bond options and to return with a formal adoption schedule.
Public works staff presented the proposed stormwater non‑ad valorem assessment rates to the Delray Beach City Commission on June 17 and asked the commission to support a rate increase intended to help pay for operations, maintenance and a backlog of capital projects.
"The current stormwater rate has been in effect since 2023," Missy Barletto, director of public works, told the commission, and she said the city’s 2019 stormwater master plan estimated roughly $363 million in capital needs in pre‑COVID dollars. Barletto described a new five‑tier stormwater unit structure tied to measured impervious surface and said the…
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