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City presents master-fees study: modest utility-rate proposals, pavement concerns and street-sweeping limits
Summary
City staff recommended modest utility rate adjustments (proposed 2% water, ~3.9% sewer projections, 3% stormwater indexing) to sustain capital projects and debt service, and councilors pressed for a pavement-preservation funding analysis amid higher paving costs and resident complaints about street sweeping.
At a study session Tuesday, Lake Oswego staff walked the City Council through the annual master fees and charges review, recommending modest rate adjustments for utilities and presenting the city’s projected fund balances and capital needs.
Director Rooney explained the rationale for indexing many fees to inflation and construction-cost indices and reviewed individual utility funds: stormwater (recommended 3% step increases to match planned capital projects), streets (ENR index, a modeled fund balance around $67 million), sewer (a model showing a large fund spike in 2027–28 to support a wastewater-plant financing that could…
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