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Livingston City Commission hears update on stormwater utility evaluation
Summary
City staff updated the commission on a multi-year evaluation of a possible stormwater utility, describing regulatory triggers (MS4), recent funding setbacks and a consultant'led analysis of impervious surfaces and billing options; a consultant report is expected late October'early November.
City staff presented the Livingston City Commission with an update on the city's multi-year effort to evaluate whether to establish a stormwater utility, citing rising regulatory pressure and recent progress on data analysis.
The update explained why a utility is being considered: Livingston may soon reach the federal/state MS4 threshold and would face compliance obligations. The presenter said the latest American Community Survey "showed that Livingston was approaching 9,200 in population," and noted the MS4 designation is triggered when combined census population and commercially available lodging reach 10,000, after which jurisdictions generally have five years to comply.
Staff reviewed prior work dating to a 2018 downtown drainage study, a 2022 preliminary…
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