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Board approves $25,400 amendment to utility rate and fee study; tap‑fee analysis expanded
Summary
Trustees authorized a contract amendment to the 2025 utility rate and fee study to add scope and funding (roughly $25,400) for expanded rate alternatives, an extra stakeholder meeting, recorded presentations, open‑house participation and development of scalable water tap fees; staff said funding will come from the water fund operations and planning/building budgets.
At the Dec. 9 meeting the Wellington Board of Trustees approved a contract amendment to the 2025 utility rate and fee study. Meagan Smith, deputy director of public works, told trustees the amendment adds limited scope, extends the contract timeline, and increases the total contract amount by approximately $25,400 to fund additional rate‑alternative testing, an additional stakeholder meeting, recorded digital presentations and development of scalable water tap fees intended to align fees with differing types of residential development.
Smith said the original contract was for about $104,296 in 2025 and that the study was originally funded through the capital improvement program; the proposed amendment would instead be funded from professional‑services operating dollars in the water fund and the planning/building department. During trustee questioning staff clarified that the scalable tap‑fee portion is targeted at indoor‑use residential development and that wastewater fee modeling is not being reworked as part of this amendment. Smith said the amendment keeps the work defensible and that staff will return with recommended tap‑fee options in January and a work session with the rate advisory group is scheduled.
A motion to approve Resolution 56‑2025 (contract amendment for the 2025 utility rate and fee study) passed by unanimous roll call. Trustees asked staff to ensure consultants provide clear options and to present tap‑fee results at the upcoming work session before any policy decision.
