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Oswego board directs staff to place residential tap-on fee increase on next agenda
Summary
Staff recommended, and trustees signaled support for, raising the residential water tap-on fee by $3,000 to $5,200 per unit; trustees agreed to keep commercial fees unchanged for now and asked staff to place an ordinance on the next board agenda with immediate effect upon approval.
Dan (staff) briefed the Committee of the Whole on proposed changes to water tap-on fees, describing the charge as a per-connection fee that funds the village's water and sewer capital funds and is distinct from development impact fees.
Staff reviewed the fee history: a $5,000 residential fee in 2007, an increase up to $7,200 during the 2010 recession-era adjustments, and a reduction to $2,200 in 2015 when the village restructured fees during a different infrastructure phase. Staff said a recent benchmarking exercise compared Oswego with nine…
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