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Taft council approves county collection of refuse and sewer charges; assessment and chamber funding also approved
Summary
At its July 15 meeting the Taft City Council adopted resolutions sending refuse, street‑sweeping and sewer charges to the Kern County tax roll, approved a landscape and lighting assessment at the same rate as last year, and passed consent items including payment of bills and a Chamber funding allocation.
The Taft City Council on July 15 adopted resolutions authorizing the Kern County tax collector to collect refuse and street‑sweeping charges and standby charges for vacant commercial buildings, and separately to collect sewer charges and standby sewer charges, and approved assessment rates for Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1. The council also approved consent calendar items including payment of bills and a transient occupancy tax allocation to the Taft Chamber of Commerce.
The actions place refuse, street‑sweeping and sewer assessments on the county tax roll pursuant to the Health and Safety Code provision cited in the staff presentation (transcript reference: “section 54 73 et seq of the health and safety code”). Council staff also identified CEQA exemptions for the measures, citing the CEQA guidelines passages mentioned in staff remarks during the hearings…
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