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Owasso authority sets $6,781.77 per-acre assessment for Morrow/Mario Place sewer extension
Summary
The Owasso Public Works Authority approved Resolution 2025-02 to establish a mandatory assessment fee of $6,781.77 per acre for properties in the Morrow (referred to as 'Mario' in parts of the transcript) Place gravity sanitary sewer assessment area to cover a $1,547,872 project cost.
The Owasso Public Works Authority approved Resolution 2025-02 to establish a mandatory assessment fee for properties in the Morrow Place gravity sanitary sewer assessment area.
Roger Stevens (OPWA staff) told trustees the assessment area was created by City Council Ordinance 12-17 in November 2023. The assessment area covers 228.24 acres, and the sewer construction was completed and accepted by the authority in June 2025 at a total contract cost of $1,547,872. Staff calculated the assessment at $6,781.77 per acre to recoup the project cost. Payment of the assessment was described as mandatory and due upon approval of the final plat or upon utilization of the sewer capacity.
Trustees asked whether the assessment has a time limit or an inflation adjustment; staff replied the fee is fixed at the established amount if approved and that there is no separate inflation tie. The trustees voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 2025-02.
Transcript usage included two different spellings of the sewer name—"Mario Place" and "Morrow Place." The ordinance cited in the meeting transcript is Ordinance 12-17 (approved in November 2023) establishing the sanitary sewer assessment area; the authority paper trail referenced that ordinance when explaining the assessment area.
The authority did not record any amendments to the assessment or alternative fee structures during the meeting.
