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Commission backs biannual water and wastewater impact-fee update; staff cites roughly $60 million in capital improvements
Summary
The Policy Commission voted to recommend City Council adopt the biannual update to water and wastewater impact fees. Staff said the update reflects a roughly $60 million capital-improvement program through 2035 and includes a proposed impact-fee increase estimated at about 17 percent for a single-family connection.
Montgomery’s Policy Commission voted June 11 to recommend the City Council accept the biannual water and wastewater impact-fee update and its underlying capital-improvement program.
Planning staff told the commission the combined capital-improvement cost for the water and wastewater projects outlined in the packet is roughly $60,000,000 over the planning horizon: about $26 million for water improvements and about $24 million for wastewater improvements. Staff said the projects and updated timing caused an overall increase in projected costs and noted that certain replacement work is not recoverable through impact fees.
Staff explained that impact fees can only recover costs related directly to increased capacity and that up to 50% of some project costs may be captured per the methodology. The update includes a recommended increase in impact fees; commissioners and staff referenced a figure of about a 17% increase for single-family-equivalent assessments that would be forwarded to City Council. Impact fees are assessed at the time of connection per the governing ordinance.
The commission, acting in its capacity here as the capital improvements advisory body, moved and approved a recommendation to City Council to accept the update; City Council will consider the proposed fee changes and ordinance adoption.
