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Village manager outlines new streetlight charge; district parcels cited as examples
Summary
Shorewood's village manager briefed the school board on a new ordinance establishing a streetlight charge that will appear as a line item on utility bills. The village estimates roughly $920,000 in 2025 revenue; district parcels (Atwater) were shown as examples of how charges will be calculated by linear feet.
Rebecca Ewell, Shorewood's village manager, told the Shorewood School Board the village recently passed Ordinance 30-71 to create a dedicated streetlight charge intended to cover the full operating cost of illuminating public streets.
Ewell said the fee will be assessed by “lineal feet of which the property is addressed,” and that the village's initial per-foot estimate of $5 will be refined to about $4.35 per linear foot. She described what the charge will cover — electricity, substation costs, lighting outage and repair, and replacement of…
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