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Committee flags stormwater fee debate and funding gap for aging infrastructure
Sustainable VC Committee, City of Battle Creek · December 23, 2024
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Summary
City staff warned that a state bill to allow municipal stormwater fees faced opposition framing it as a tax and, according to staff 'word,' did not pass again, leaving stormwater without dedicated local funding for aging infrastructure.
Patty Hilt Meliusz, the city’s environmental manager, briefed the Sustainable VC Committee that state lawmakers had recently debated a bill to allow municipalities to charge a stormwater fee rather than rely on general funds. "It was being argued that it's a tax, not a fee," she said, noting…
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