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Lompoc staff propose one-year winter averaging for wastewater billing; public hearing set for July 21

Lompoc City Council · April 22, 2026
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Summary

City staff proposed replacing a four-year winter averaging method with a one-year calculation for wastewater charges and scheduled a Prop 218 notice and public hearing for July 21; staff said about 40% of customers could see increases from preliminary winter reads and that the change would reduce manual billing work.

City staff on April 21 proposed changing Lompoc's wastewater winter-averaging method from a four-year rolling average to a one-year (prior winter) average and asked the council to authorize Prop 218 notice and a public hearing on July 21.

Interim management service director Robert Cross (speaker 13) described the current four-year manual process used to calculate winter averages and said the city's…

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