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Rathdrum adopts updated fee schedule, approves new water‑rate tiers and vendor credit‑card fees
Summary
Rathdrum’s City Council adopted a revised fee schedule and an ordinance clarifying irrigation billing, changing liquor/wine license fees, implementing tiered residential water rates and approving a new third‑party card processor fee structure.
The Rathdrum City Council adopted a resolution updating the city fee schedule and approved an ordinance amending city code to clarify commercial irrigation billing for single‑meter properties.
City staff described the fee changes during a public hearing that drew no public speakers on the item. Leon, a city staff member who presented the fee update, said the changes include adjustments to beer, wine and liquor licensing fees, a new tiered structure for residential water usage, new commercial irrigation charging methods for meters that serve both business and irrigation, and an administrative change tied to the city’s third‑party payment processor.
Key changes described in the presentation (staff figures and attributions): - Wine license: staff said the on‑premise wine fee will move to $200 (from $100) and the off‑premise wine fee to $200 (from $150), as required by state law language cited by staff. - Residential water tiers: Leon summarized the new tiered usage structure…
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