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Council schedules public hearing after consultant outlines system development fees
Summary
A Rap Delis consultant presented a system development fee study recommending a water fee of about $354 and a sewer fee of about $87 for a typical single‑family connection; council voted to post the study for the required 45‑day public comment period and set a public hearing for January.
A Rap Delis consultant told the Hamlet City Council on Monday that system development fees (one‑time charges assessed to new development to pay for growth‑related capacity) are legally authorized and can be calculated using existing asset values or projected expansion costs.
Ford Mardi, the Rap Delis presenter, described the two approaches the city selected: a "buying approach" for water, which divides an adjusted replacement‑cost asset base by the system's capacity, and a marginal incremental approach for sewer tied to planned treatment‑plant expansion. "Again, essentially what we're looking at…
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