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Norwalk adopts revenue-purpose statement for 1% utility franchise fee; public hearing set on ordinance
Summary
The council voted to adopt a revenue-purpose statement for a proposed 1% electric and natural-gas franchise fee and set a subsequent ordinance hearing. Staff said the 1% rate would be revenue-neutral for most customers while allowing the city to capture roughly $100,000 previously collected through local option sales tax.
The Norwalk City Council on Jan. 16 adopted a revenue-purpose statement that lays out how the city would use proceeds from a proposed 1% franchise fee on electric and natural-gas providers. The action is an initial step toward replacing a portion of the current local option sales and services tax with a franchise-fee mechanism; staff said the city's chosen 1% level is intended to be revenue-neutral for most residents in the short term and would allow Norwalk to retain revenue that under the sales-tax mechanism would otherwise be shared across a wider geographic area.
Why this matters: Staff estimated the proposed 1% franchise fee would…
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