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Copperas Cove council adopts street maintenance utility; business exemptions narrowed
Summary
City Council approved an ordinance creating a street maintenance utility and associated fees after weeks of public input. The measure sets a $10 monthly residential fee, establishes a staggered nonresidential fee schedule, removes a blanket two‑year exemption for new businesses and passed 4–3.
On Oct. 21, 2025, the Copperas Cove City Council approved Ordinance No. 2025-35 to establish a street maintenance utility and accompanying fee schedule, voting 4–3 to adopt the measure after substantive debate and public comment. The ordinance sets a residential fee of $10 per month and a graduated nonresidential fee schedule intended to reflect trip‑generation and pavement impact; the city manager and public works director said the revised model would generate about $1.67 million annually under the current structure and slow, but not immediately reverse, long‑term pavement decline.
Council and staff said the ordinance implements direction from earlier workshops and town halls. Assistant City Manager and Public Works Director Scott Osborne told council the revised nonresidential bands were reduced to roughly 21% of the original proposal after public feedback; he said the original model had produced higher projected revenues. Osborne also said the city’s pavement condition…
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