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Council reviews corrections to consolidated fee schedule; staff lays out phased options for omitted fire‑line fees
Summary
Public Utilities briefed the council that a missing fire‑line fee was omitted from the city’s consolidated fee schedule; staff presented options to correct the schedule (effective retroactive to July 1, phased implementation over two or three years, or immediate adoption with customer credits) and corrected revenue shortfall estimates; council asked for more data and continued the discussion to Dec. 2.
Public Utilities returned to the council to resolve an omission in the city’s Consolidated Fee Schedule involving fire‑line fees. Staff told the council state code requires the full details of rates be transparently set by the council, making the omission more consequential because fees charged since July 1 may need refunding or crediting.
Staff outlined options: (1) correct the CFS and make the full fee effective immediately (retrospectively effective July 1) and consider customer credits for fees already collected; (2) phase the increase over two years (staff presented a phasing model with suggested percentages); or…
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