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Georgetown council weighs stormwater utility fee after study finds $25 million needs
Summary
City staff presented a Strand study identifying about $25 million in stormwater needs and an annual program cost of roughly $2.6 million, equivalent to about $6 per ERU per month; council debated credits, residential impacts and whether to start small maintenance crews before seeking a dedicated fee.
City staff on Thursday presented findings from a Strand study and began a council discussion about whether to create a stormwater utility to fund long-term maintenance and capital repairs.
Chief Administrative Officer Devin Golden summarized the study’s high-level results: Strand identified more than $25 million in stormwater infrastructure needs and proposed an annual program budget of about $2.6 million. "That yielded an annual program budget of 2,600,000.0, which provided just under $6 monthly fee per ERU," Golden said, describing the estimating methodology and the use of equivalent residential units (ERUs) for billing.
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