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Essex Junction adopts Chapter 21 stormwater utility and approves credit manual
Summary
At its April 23 meeting, the Essex Junction City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance Chapter 21 to establish a stormwater utility and approved a companion credit manual; the council set a schedule for credit applications, a June rate-setting vote and first bills in October.
The Essex Junction City Council on April 23 adopted Ordinance Chapter 21 establishing a stormwater utility and approved a stormwater user-fee credit manual, voting unanimously to move the new program forward.
The action creates a structure for a property-based stormwater fee measured in equivalent residential units (ERUs). Chelsea Mandigo, the city’s water quality superintendent, told the council the example rate used in the materials is $54.32 per ERU for a single-family residential property and that non–single-family properties would pay the ERU rate multiplied by their assigned number of ERUs.
The credit manual sets rules allowing certain non–single-family properties to apply for reductions on their assessed stormwater fee. Mandigo said credits are applied only after a parcel owner submits an application;…
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