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McAllen reviews eight‑year drainage‑utility report; staff cites $9.6M collected and $7.2M in pipeline projects
Summary
Deputy City Engineer Mario Cruz reported that the drainage utility fee (adopted March 2018) has raised about $9.56 million over eight years and supported completed and underway drainage projects; commissioners asked staff to correct how the fee is labeled on some utility bills.
Deputy City Engineer Mario Cruz presented the McAllen City Commission with an eight‑year update of the city’s drainage utility fee, reviewing revenue, completed projects and planned work funded by the fee. “The drainage utility fee…was adopted in March 2018,” Cruz said, noting the charge is billed on utility accounts and is calculated by equivalent runoff unit (ERU); the minimum charge is $1 and the maximum is $75 per parcel.
Cruz said the utility has collected approximately…
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