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Utilities committee refers certified sewer user fee increase to full council after heated debate
Summary
Crowley utilities committee voted to accept a city clerk certification of sewer user fee adjustments and referred the measure to the full council for action on Oct. 21 after hours of questions from council members and residents about the impact on fixed-income households.
The Crowley utilities committee on an October meeting accepted the city clerk’s certification of sewer user fee adjustments and voted to refer the certified rate change to the full Crowley City Council for consideration at the Oct. 21 meeting.
The referral follows a long, at-times contentious discussion in which council members and the public asked how the proposed increases would affect households on fixed incomes and whether sewer charges should be tied to actual water usage. Committee members and staff presented figures during the meeting: the published example in the packet showed the in‑city base sewer rate rising from $17 to $24 (for the first 2,000 gallons) and the in‑city consumption rate moving from about $4.00 to $7.50 per unit; out‑of‑city base and…
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