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North Miami council pauses move to monthly billing and tax‑roll sanitation after public outcry
Summary
Council voted to postpone changes that would shift utility billing from quarterly to monthly and to begin the process of collecting sanitation charges on property tax bills, after residents expressed affordability and legal concerns and councilmembers asked for more analysis.
The North Miami City Council voted on Wednesday to postpone consideration of two interconnected utility policy changes: moving water and sewer billing from quarterly to monthly (Tab F) and initiating the process to collect residential sanitation fees as non‑ad valorem assessments on property tax bills (Tab G).
Vice Mayor Cassandra Timothy and other officials outlined the proposed changes as methods to improve cash flow and collections for the city’s water enterprise. Administration materials cited a…
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