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Bruceville-Eddy council questions reinstallation fees for removed water meters; tables changes pending engineer review
Summary
Council debated charging full tap and meter fees when a meter has been previously removed, with staff saying taps count against line capacity and engineering guidance varies. The council deferred policy change and asked staff to return with engineers and cost estimates.
Bruceville-Eddy — Council members spent extensive time on Sept. 26 discussing city policy that requires new customers to pay full tap, meter, feasibility and connection fees when a previously installed meter had been removed for nonpayment or at a prior owner’s request. Staff said the practice is intended to recover costs and to ensure the city’s meter/tap accounting accurately reflects system capacity.
City Administrator Kent Manton told the council that a customer who asks for a meter removal signs a notarized form and that, if they later seek…
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