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Broken Bow council adopts water use fee ordinance; new rate below peer average
Summary
The Broken Bow City Council on Dec. 10 adopted Ordinance 1293 to set a revised water use fee. Administrator Dave Schmidt said the new rate would average $19.26—below the peer-community average of $20.19; the measure passed unanimously.
The Broken Bow City Council on Dec. 10 approved Ordinance 1293, establishing a revised water use fee that Administrator Dave Schmidt said would place the city’s rate at an average of $19.26. Schmidt told the council the city compared its rates with peer communities of 1,500–5,000 residents and found an average of $20.19.
The council opened a public hearing at 6:10 p.m.; there were no public comments. After the hearing closed, Councilmember Russ Smith moved and Councilmember Travis Kleeb seconded adoption of Ordinance 1293. The motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote: Smith, Kleeb, Wamsley and Holland voting aye.
Schmidt said the city has not provided additional public questions since the prior meeting and presented the rate-study comparison as the basis for the change. The ordinance’s title indicates it provides for publication and an effective date, but the transcript does not specify the effective date.
The measure will change the municipal water-use fee schedule and is intended to keep Broken Bow’s water rates below the peer-community average identified in the city’s study. The council recorded no public objections during the hearing.
