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Finance director outlines utility fee changes; residential bills rise modestly
Summary
City finance staff presented a multi-fund utility-fee package that includes small water increases, a stormwater increase that was later reduced by the committee, and separate police and parks charges added to utility bills. Staff and committee members discussed outreach, billing mechanics and impacts on multifamily and commercial customers.
Finance Director Tim Wood presented a multi-page analysis of proposed utility fee changes and their impacts on customers during the May 13 Keizer Budget Committee meeting. The materials compared single-family, multifamily and commercial sample bills and explained how revenue would be used for capital projects and ongoing operations.
Key figures from the presentation: - Water: manager-recommended increase of 1% (net revenue ~ $15,000), estimated at $0.19 per month for a residential account, to support water-main replacements. - Stormwater: staff originally proposed a larger increase to address several unplanned capital projects and a long interval without a fee increase (no increase since Jan. 2020); the manager’s…
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