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Alice council reviews fee-schedule changes: water tiers, garbage, parks rentals and vendor permits under review
Summary
City staff proposed modest increases for high-use water tiers and sanitation, new nonrefundable season fees for leased park fields, and clarified mobile-vendor permit structures; council raised concerns about organizer-run markets that had been granted temporary fee waivers and unpaid permit invoices. Council directed staff to refine permit and invoicing practices.
Alice City Council members on Aug. 26 reviewed proposed changes to the city—s fee schedule that would affect utility billing, sanitation, parks rentals and vendor permitting.
Staff said standard residential water customers (typical use shown at 4,000–6,000 gallons) would see no base rate change, while higher-consumption tiers and accounts outside the city limits would see increases to reflect higher treatment and delivery costs. Staff described the tier structure as covering roughly 12,000 gallons in the first three tiers and said most single-family homes use about 7,000 gallons.
On sanitation, staff proposed a modest monthly increase to $23.75 per unit — equivalent to about $2.74 per pickup for twice-weekly service — citing fuel, personnel and equipment…
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