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Commissioners forward proposed sanitary, stormwater and solid‑waste rate options to full commission
Summary
The Public Works and Safety Standing Committee reviewed proposed rate scenarios for sanitary sewer, stormwater and solid waste that staff say will affect compliance with a consent decree, grant matching ability and service equity; the committee voted 5–0 to forward each rate item to the full commission with no recommendation.
The Wyandotte County Public Works and Safety Standing Committee reviewed proposed rate scenarios for the county's three enterprise utilities — sanitary sewer, stormwater and solid waste — and voted unanimously to forward each item to the full commission for final consideration.
Troy Shaw, the Unified Government's public works director and county engineer, and Sarah Schaefer of public works presented a three‑tier framework for each utility (required, responsible, resilient) and proposed multiple rate scenarios intended to fund compliance, maintenance and longer‑term resilience work.
Sanitary sewer: staff described three scenarios. Sarah Schaefer said Scenario A (the status‑quo growth rate presented earlier for 2026) would maintain monitoring and defer some maintenance but "does not mean that we are compliant with our requirements." Scenario B — presented as a compliance scenario —…
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