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Northlake council orders staff to drop highest winter usage month after freeze; may adopt four-month averaging ordinance
Summary
After a post‑freeze briefing, Northlake council directed staff to exclude the highest winter billing month from this cycle’s sewer/winter averaging and asked staff to return with an ordinance to move to a four‑month averaging period if council wants a permanent change.
Mayor called the March 12 meeting to order and, after a presentation from utility staff, directed staff to exclude the highest winter billing month from this winter‑averaging calculation so bills can be set.
Staff member Drew said the town observed elevated residential water use during the recent five‑day freeze and reviewed three policy options: a defined freeze declaration with an automatic trigger,…
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