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Hammond council introduces stormwater fee increase to fund capital projects; sanitary district pledges $1M
Summary
Councilwoman Venez introduced ordinance 25-29 to raise the stormwater user fee from $7.75/month to $9/month initially with scheduled escalators to $15 by 2029; the Hammond Sanitary District expects the change to yield roughly $1 million annually to devote to stormwater capital projects administered by the Capital Improvement Board.
The Hammond Common Council on Oct. 14 moved the first and second readings of Ordinance 25-29, a proposed stormwater user-fee increase that would raise the residential fee from $7.75 per month to $9 per month and include incremental escalators that could raise the fee to $15 by 2029.
Councilwoman Venez, citing repeated flood and stormwater issues across districts, said the increase would generate about $1 million a year…
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