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West Linn council favors pursuing $5.20 operations-center utility fee; parks-maintenance funding needs more review
Summary
Council signaled consensus to advance a $5.20 monthly per-household fee tied to the new operations center's debt service and asked staff to return options on phasing and on any extra per-household amount to address parks maintenance at a February meeting.
Council members spent the majority of the Jan. 20 work session examining the parks utility service fee and its role in funding a new $45 million operations center and parks maintenance.
City Manager John and finance staff presented an informational packet and FAQ. Staff explained the parks maintenance-fee structure was established in 2007 and that the most recent review shows the fee does not fully cover parks maintenance costs; staff estimated an annual shortfall in the parks maintenance fund of approximately $540,000. To cover the city's portion of debt service for the…
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