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Board recommends $406,994 appropriation of cell‑tower lease revenue to H2O bill‑assistance program
Summary
The Board of Public Utilities voted to recommend the City Council appropriate $406,993.91 in unappropriated cell‑tower lease revenue to continue the Help to Others (H2O) program that pays fixed water and sewer fees for qualifying low‑income customers.
Kevin Buchanan, budget and financial analysis manager for Santa Rosa Water, told the Board of Public Utilities that cell‑tower lease revenue (telecommunications leases on water tanks) generates about $400,000 a year in non‑rate revenue and that $406,993.91 in past receipts remained undesignated in the water administration fund.
Buchanan said the water…
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