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Albany council reviews draft street maintenance fee, gives policy direction on structure
Summary
Councilors heard a technical presentation on a proposed street maintenance fee (transportation utility) and gave staff direction to refine a policy-adjusted rate structure with residential tiers, a low-income discount and a roughly 50/50 split of costs between residential and nonresidential customers; no rate was adopted.
Albany City Council members on Aug. 11 heard a detailed presentation on a proposed street maintenance fee that would appear as a monthly utility charge and directed staff to refine a policy-based rate structure, but did not adopt any rates.
Consultants and staff framed the fee as a transportation utility similar to water or sewer rates: costs would be allocated to customer classes in proportion to trip generation. Deb Gallardi of Gallardi Rothstein Group, who led the technical analysis, told the council the packet’s numbers are illustrative only. “Rates are for illustration purposes only. They are subject to change. Do not get too attached to these particular rates. This is not a specific rate proposal. Council is not being asked to adopt these rates,” Gallardi said.
The presentation explained the methodology: classify customers into rate classes (residential tiers and six nonresidential bins),…
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