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Council hears plan to raise monthly stormwater fee from $4 to $6 to fund storm-drain projects
Summary
City staff proposed raising the monthly stormwater fee from $4 to $6 to generate about $575,000 a year for capital and localized storm-drain repairs and to repay an ~$835,000 interfund transfer; council opened and closed a public hearing with no speakers and will consider final adoption in two weeks.
City staff presented a proposal on March 4 to increase the monthly stormwater fee from $4 to $6, citing inflation and an unfinished capital program that the fee would help fund.
Scott Harrington, speaking for finance/public works, said the stormwater fee had not been raised since its 2007 adoption and that the proposed $2 increase would generate an estimated $575,000 annually. “We’ve completed the original projects in…
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