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Pacific council approves utility business tax ordinance and new water, sewer and stormwater rates
Summary
The City of Pacific approved Ordinance 2025-2102 to set utility business tax rates and Ordinance 2025-2103 to amend water, sewer and stormwater rates for 2025–2027; the rate ordinance takes effect June 1, 2025. Both measures passed on recorded votes that carried 5-0.
The City of Pacific City Council on April 28 approved two ordinances that change how utilities are taxed and set new service rates for the next three years.
Ordinance 2025-2102 amends Chapter 3.04 of the Pacific Municipal Code to set utility business tax rates. Council Member Putnam moved the ordinance and Council Member Kerry Garberding seconded; a roll call vote carried the motion on a 5-0 vote.
Ordinance 2025-2103 adjusts rates for water, sewer and stormwater for residential and non-residential property for 2025–2027 and amends Pacific Municipal Code sections 14.48.015, 14.88.010 and 24.16.050. The ordinance establishes an effective date of June 1, 2025. Council Member Kerry Garberding moved the ordinance and Council Member Putnam seconded; the motion carried on a roll call vote recorded as 5-0.
The council did not record changes to staffing or implementation specifics in the minutes; staff listed as present included City Administrator George Martinez and Community Development Director Carl de Simas, among others. Two councilmembers, Katie Garberding and Petersen, were recorded as absent for the meeting.
What happens next: the ordinances take effect as written (the utility rates ordinance on June 1, 2025). Any operational details or rate schedules beyond the ordinance language were not included in the minutes and were not specified.
