City adopts sewer rate increase tied to CPI and Port Orange processing fee
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Summary
Daytona Beach Shores adopted Resolution 2025‑19 raising sewer rates effective Oct. 1, 2025: minimum in‑city charge rises from $40.13 to $42.81 and per‑thousand‑gallon rates increase to $14.10 in‑city and $21.03 outside city; vote was 4‑0.
The City Commission on Oct. 7 approved Resolution 2025‑19 to revise sewer utility rates and fees. Finance Director Lori Erwin explained the change combines a 4.81% Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment applied to the base rate/administrative fee with a $0.25 per‑thousand‑gallon processing increase that the City of Port Orange is charging for wastewater treatment.
Erwin said the current in‑city minimum (for the first 3,000 gallons) is $40.13; applying the CPI and accounting for Port Orange’s processing increase results in a new in‑city minimum of $42.81 (an increase of $2.68, or 6.68%). The new usage rates will be $14.10 per thousand gallons for in‑city customers and $21.03 per thousand for outside‑city customers. She noted rates are effective for sewage use beginning Oct. 1, 2025, but the first billing with the new rates will occur Nov. 28 because of the city’s billing cycles and interlocal processing arrangements.
Erwin also reminded the commission the city relies on Port Orange to process all of its wastewater under a longstanding agreement dating to 1994; the port’s processing increase factors into the pass‑through cost. No public speakers commented and the commission approved the resolution 4‑0.
