Livermore council approves placing delinquent sewer accounts on tax roll and adopts sewer charges report

The Livermore City Council on July 28 adopted two sewer-related items after staff presentations and public hearing: (1) placing severely delinquent commercial sewer accounts onto the Alameda County property tax roll, and (2) adopting the fiscal-year sewer service and use charges report and authorizing collection on the tax roll.

Anne Furtado, accounting supervisor in the finance division, said staff’s updated list for delinquent sewer accounts contained 12 accounts with an approximate total balance of $14,000 and that staff would continue to remove any accounts that paid before the list is delivered to the County Assessor in early August. She cited Livermore Municipal Code Chapter 13 as the authority allowing placement of unpaid sewer charges on the tax roll.

On the sewer charges report, Furtado said the written report included 27,211 parcels and approximately $27,000,000 in residential sewer revenue for fiscal year 2025–26 to be collected on the tax roll. The clerk reported no protests were received, and council members moved and seconded the staff recommendation. Both items were adopted unanimously.

The council directed staff to forward the finalized delinquent-account list to the Alameda County Assessor and to proceed with filing the adopted written report so charges can be collected on the 2025–26 property tax roll.

Next steps: staff will continue monitoring accounts up to transmittal to the County and will file the required documentation to enable tax-roll collection.