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Rapid City committee discusses discounted sewer rate for Rapid Valley accounts as part of regional wastewater agreement
Summary
The Rapid City Public Works Committee heard staff explain a proposed cost-sharing arrangement that would discount sewer charges for Rapid Valley Sanitary District customers because the district bills and maintains its own collection system; the committee subsequently approved the related agenda item after discussion.
The Rapid City Public Works Committee discussed a proposed cost-sharing approach with Rapid Valley Sanitary District on Tuesday, focusing on a discounted sewer rate for Rapid Valley customers tied to a regional wastewater financing agreement.
The committee’s interim public works director and finance staff said the discount reflects work the sanitary district already performs. Daniel Ainsley, interim public works director, said Rapid Valley “does the actual work of billing those 4,400 accounts” and maintains the collection lines that the city would otherwise serve, so "it did seem appropriate to discount it…
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