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Pasco reviews irrigation rates and proposed connection fee; staff seek council direction after outreach
Summary
Pasco staff sought council direction on whether to adopt a calculated irrigation connection fee of $1,468 per ERU and a proposed rate schedule, after outreach that produced 38 written comments and two public meetings.
City staff presented options for irrigation utility connection charges and rate adjustments at the Feb. 24 workshop and summarized public outreach completed in December–February. The irrigation utility has the city’s lowest current rates compared with neighboring providers; the staff presentation included a modeled “maximum” connection fee, outreach summary and three policy options for council direction.
The rate model calculated a maximum connection charge of $1,468 per equivalent residential unit (ERU). Staff presented two primary revenue approaches: (1) adopt the maximum connection fee and implement a modeled rate increase that would average about $5 per month across…
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