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Resident presses council on irrigation meter charges; staff says owners can remove meters and city will notify holders
Summary
A Cross Creek Ranch resident told the Fulshear City Council on March 18 he is being charged a $13.44 base fee on an irrigation meter even when he uses no irrigation water; staff said 148 residential irrigation meters are active and that owners may request meter removal at no charge.
During the public comment and utility item portions of the March 18 meeting, resident CJ McDaniel raised concerns about irrigation meters and recurring base charges. McDaniel said he and other residents install irrigation meters to avoid paying sewer charges on water that does not enter the sewer system, but that during months when irrigation is turned off he continues to be billed a roughly $13.44 base charge despite using no water.
City staff response - Staff explained that since the city adopted a winter averaging policy a few years ago, sewer charges are calculated to exclude most irrigation use, and that irrigation meters were originally used…
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