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Kanarraville board adopts higher water impact fee; declines to raise retail water rates
Summary
The Kanarraville Town Board adopted Ordinance O5-10-25 to raise the town's water connection impact fee to $5,753 after a brief public hearing, and separately voted not to raise retail water rates or tiers for the year.
Kanarraville 'The Kanarraville Town Board on April 10 adopted an ordinance raising the town's water impact fee to $5,753 and later voted not to raise retail water rates or tiers this year.
The board opened and closed a public hearing on the proposed increase before reading Ordinance O5-10-25, which the board said is based on a culinary water master plan and impact-fee analysis prepared by Sunrise Engineering. The ordinance sets the maximum water impact fee listed in the plan at $5,753 per water connection inside the town limits.
Board members said the charge will be paid by a separate check to the Kanarraville Town water impact fee at the time a water connection application is submitted. After the ordinance text was read into the record, a motion to adopt the ordinance was made and seconded; a roll call was taken and several members voted in favor. Tyler Allred said, "I don't vote," during the roll call.
Separately, the board discussed whether to raise retail water rates or tiered rates. After brief discussion, a member moved that the board not raise water rates or tiers this year. The motion was seconded and approved by the board.
Why it matters: Impact fees fund capital improvements in a growing system, while retail rates affect monthly bills. The board approved a higher one-time connection charge to raise funds for capital improvements but declined to increase ongoing retail rates for residents this year.
Key details - Ordinance: O5-10-25, described by the board as "an ordinance increasing the Kanarraville water impact fee." The board recorded the fee at $5,753, described as the maximum listed in the culinary water master plan prepared by Sunrise Engineering. - Payment: The fee is to be paid by a separate check made out to the Kanarraville Town water impact fee when a water connection application is submitted. - Retail rates: The board voted that it will not raise water rates or tiered rates this year.
Meeting context: The board handled the impact-fee adoption as a formal ordinance following a public hearing and then addressed retail-rate policy separately later in the meeting. The impact-fee action was handled by ordinance adoption and roll-call procedures; the rate decision was handled by motion and voice vote.
