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Lewiston staff to finalize phased increases for water/wastewater hookup equity buy-ins
Summary
Public Works Director Dustin Johnson told the Lewiston City Council that the city has been phasing in higher equity buy-in (hookup) fees since a 2021 study and will return in July with a resolution to adopt a final year of increases unless council objects.
Lewiston City Council members heard detailed background May 30 from Public Works Director Dustin Johnson on the city’s plan to finish phasing in higher equity buy‑in (hookup) fees for water and wastewater connections.
Johnson told the council that the buy‑in charge is a one‑time fee assessed at connection to recover a share of the system’s historical capital value. He said the city used a consultant study completed in 2021 to phase the fee from about $4,440 per full hookup at that time toward a target of roughly $8,314 for customers who take all city services.
The buy‑in is charged…
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