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Schererville adopts stormwater department and utility fee; residential rate set at $4.06/month
Summary
The council created a Department of Stormwater Management and adopted a stormwater utility fee based on ERUs; council members approved both ordinances after a public hearing and a consultant presentation on infrastructure needs and rate design.
The Schererville Town Council on Dec. 3 adopted two ordinances to formalize stormwater management and to establish a stormwater utility user fee to fund capital repairs and maintenance of storm infrastructure.
Town Manager Jim Gorman introduced an ordinance to create a Department of Stormwater Management. The ordinance establishes a stormwater board and a special fund covering the town’s municipal corporate boundaries. The council approved the ordinance by voice vote, 5-0.
At a subsequent public hearing, Director of Operations Andy Hansen and Bob Reynolds of financial consultant London Woody presented a multi-year analysis of culvert conditions and a proposed rate structure based on Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs). Reynolds described the study methodology: the team inventoried impervious…
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