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Council advances utility purchases, rate updates and an economic development staff position
Summary
Committee moved ordinances and resolutions related to a $940,000 water-treatment land purchase, water/sewer and tap-fee updates, a $2 million gas line construction contract and a $750,000 stormwater appropriation to council; it also approved forwarding a new economic development business-development position at an SA pay grade.
Council considered a number of routine but consequential administrative and budget items during the committee meeting.
Public utilities staff asked the committee to send an ordinance forward to council to appropriate $940,000 from the water/sewer 2025 bond sales to purchase land adjacent to the city’s water treatment infrastructure; staff said the property owner accepted an appraisal and the purchase would secure access for the raw water intake project.
Finance staff presented updated water and sewer rates and proposed updates to tap…
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