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Town board agrees on $17 quarterly "water meter fee" to fund smart‑meter program
Summary
Grand Island board reached consensus to label a new charge the "water meter fee," set the amount at $17 per household per quarter and direct staff to draft a resolution with narrow fund language; implementation is targeted for April and the resolution can be adopted subject to a permissive referendum.
The Grand Island Town Board agreed by consensus to move forward with a new quarterly charge labeled the "water meter fee" and indicated $17 per household per quarter as the working amount to fund replacement meters and the related reading infrastructure.
Speaker 3 opened the discussion by telling the board it needed to "decide what the name of this fee... we are adding to people's quarterly water bills." Board members debated label choices — equipment fee, capital improvement fee or water meter fee — and settled on a clear, narrow bill label to avoid future scope creep. Speaker 1 urged a tight…
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