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Eureka council adopts revised fee schedule, approves $9,000 sewer lateral fee-in-lieu over council objections
Summary
The Eureka City Council adopted a broad fiscal-year fee schedule that includes a proposed sewer lateral fee‑in‑lieu of $9,000 after staff explained the cost-recovery methodology; two council members dissented and residents and realtors urged lower caps or alternative funding.
The Eureka City Council on July 1 adopted a revised city fee schedule that includes a new sewer lateral fee-in-lieu set at $9,000, a figure staff said reflects an average of three years of contractor bid costs and a 20% enterprise contribution.
City Engineer Willer, presenting background on the sewer lateral ordinance and the city’s consent-decree-driven need to reduce inflow and infiltration to the wastewater plant, described the calculation behind the fee and its rationale: “We rounded that down to 9,000 for a clean number that’s easy for people to deal with,” he said, adding the number was based on averaging recent annual lateral project bids and a policy decision to simplify fee categories.
The fee-in-lieu is an option for property owners who prefer the city to replace a lower lateral via…
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