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Public works committee denies Warrior Wash appeal of sewer capacity assessment
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The Muskego City Public Works and Safety Committee on July 21 voted unanimously to deny an appeal from Warrior Wash LLC challenging a retroactive sewer capacity (REC) assessment and referred the matter to the common council/finance for review and any further legal steps.
The Muskego City Public Works and Safety Committee on July 21 voted to deny an appeal from Warrior Wash LLC challenging a retroactive residential-equivalent-connection (REC) assessment and referred the matter to the common council and finance committee for further review.
Attorney Lisa Wood of Amundson Davis, representing Warrior Wash LLC, told the committee the city lacked authority to “back charge” the assessment after staff discovered, during an audit, that invoices were not issued at the time the charges should have been levied. Wood said the parties discussed a compromise — averaging four quarters of historic usage to recalculate RECs — and that the approach produced a proposed assessment of $63,600. “We don’t think the city has the authority to back…
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