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Consultant recommends small increase to Murphy stormwater fee; council told change would appear in fall fee schedule
Summary
Consultant Gary Hendricks presented a stormwater utility rate review advising a residential charge increase from $3.80 to $4.05 per month and a nonresidential increase to $20.66 per acre per month; council members asked about use of funds and inspection of detention-pond credits.
Consultant Gary Hendricks presented the City Council with a five-year review of Murphy’s stormwater utility rates on May 20, recommending an increase in the residential monthly fee from $3.80 to $4.05 and a nonresidential rate of $20.66 per month per acre.
"A residence is a residence so everybody receives the same flat fee," Hendricks said, describing Murphy’s current approach of charging a uniform residential rate regardless of house size. He told council the city is focusing the fee on operation and maintenance costs required by the city’s municipal separate storm sewer system and the state discharge permit,…
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