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Council adopts updated water conservation plan and ordinance to formalize drought responses
Summary
The council adopted an updated Municipal Water Conservation Plan and enacted Ordinance No. 1524, creating a three-tier trigger system that gives city staff authority to impose conservation measures during drought or equipment failures. Councilors said the change updates a plan last amended in 2013 and aligns the city with state guidance.
The Marion City Council voted unanimously to adopt an updated Municipal Water Conservation Plan and enact Ordinance No. 1524, which codifies drought and emergency water restrictions and the administrative steps to trigger them.
The update, presented by Darren Neufeld, replaces the city’s plan from 2013 and pairs the plan with an ordinance that gives it legal effect. Neufeld said the plan defines three tiers of conservation,…
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