Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Council advances ordinance amendment to offer $40 per lead-sampling event to support lead service-line program
Summary
Manager Boyer said the city has remediated about 1,600 lead service lines and will propose an ordinance amendment to credit $40 per required sampling event to encourage homeowner participation; council voted to move the ordinance forward to staff for presentation at the next meeting.
City Manager Boyer told the council the city has remediated roughly 1,600 lead service lines and will bring forward an amendment to the city code to allow a $40 per-sample credit on customers' water bills to encourage households to complete required lead/copper sampling for the lead service line replacement grant application.
Boyer said the Environmental Protection Agency has expanded sampling requirements, increasing the frequency and number of required…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
