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Council adopts FY 2025–26 sewer, fire assessment and stormwater fees for collection on county tax roll
Summary
Following a public hearing on July 8, the Millbrae City Council adopted resolutions to place the FY 2025–26 sewer service charge, fire assessment and stormwater fee on the San Mateo County property tax roll for collection.
The Millbrae City Council on July 8 held a public hearing and adopted three resolutions authorizing collection of FY 2025–26 sewer service charges, the annual fire assessment and the stormwater fee on the San Mateo County property tax roll.
Finance Director Mike Sung explained that placing these charges on the county roll increases collection efficiency and that San Mateo County fronts collections under the county’s teeter plan. He said the sewer fixed and variable charges will increase by about 6 percent consistent with the sewer rate study adopted in 2022; the city’s Clean Bay charge was unchanged. Sung said the fire assessment includes an annual CPI adjustment capped at 3 percent; the February-to-February CPI used for the FY25–26 adjustment was 2.689 percent. Sung said that adjustment results in a single-family residential fire assessment of about $204 (up from $199) and a multifamily assessment rising from $142 to about $146; commercial and industrial assessments will also increase by 2.689 percent according to parcel/size metrics in the assessment table.
Council opened and closed the public hearing (no public speakers were recorded on the item) and then voted 5–0 to adopt the three resolutions and direct staff to submit the charges to the county by the July 31 deadline for inclusion on the FY25–26 tax roll. Sung explained the county billing schedule produces two payments annually (December 10 and April 10) and that many San Mateo County cities use the county tax roll for these fees. Council discussion touched on the stormwater fee’s long-term rate levels and options to consider future adjustments; Vice Mayor Holiver noted storm fees have not been increased since the mid-1990s and said raising the fee could reduce pressure on the general fund. Staff said the stormwater fee for FY25–26 will remain unchanged; the vice mayor cited a current fee level of about $25 per year.
The council approved all three resolutions on a 5–0 vote.
