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Anacortes updates unified fee schedule; utility tax moves from 7% to 9% and storm fee rises
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 3193 updating the city’s unified fee schedule effective Jan. 1, 2026, including a city utility tax increase (7% to 9%), a $5 monthly storm-rate base increase, residential sewer base increases, and a $25 garbage-tote cleaning fee.
On Dec. 8, the Anacortes City Council adopted Resolution 3193 to update the city’s unified fee schedule, changes that staff said will take effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Finance staff (Miss Peck) explained the index basis and key changes. Because the October CPI figure was unavailable, staff used an August-over-August figure and reported an annual CPI increase of 2.8245 percent. Major fee changes included increasing the city utility tax from 7 percent…
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