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Oswego board signals support to raise residential water tap-on fees by $3,000; commercial rates left unchanged for now
Summary
Committee discussed history and competitiveness of water tap-on fees, and members gave staff direction to place an ordinance raising residential tap-on fees by $3,000 (to $5,200) on the next Village Board agenda; commercial tap-on fees were not raised by consensus.
Dan (village staff) presented Item F2 to the Committee of the Whole, outlining the village’s water tap-on fee history, purpose and recommended change. He explained that water tap-on fees are charged to new connections and go into the village water and sewer capital funds. “Water tap on fees go only to the village of Oswego. They are paid by any new connections to our water service by residential or commercial users,” Dan said.
Background and history
Dan reviewed past fee levels and rationale included in the staff memo: in 2007 Oswego’s residential tap-on fee was $5,000 per unit; an increase in 2010 raised fees to as much as $7,200 per unit; the 2015 fee structure reduced the residential fee to $2,200 per…
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