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Big Bear City CSD adopts ordinance allowing future utility rate changes by resolution or ordinance
Summary
On Jan. 21 the Big Bear City Community Services District Board unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025-01, authorizing future new or increased rates for water, wastewater and solid waste to be adopted by resolution as well as ordinance; the board waived full reading and heard public comment.
The Big Bear City Community Services District Board of Directors on Jan. 21 adopted Ordinance 2025-01, a measure authorizing future new or increased rates for water, wastewater and solid waste to be adopted either by resolution or by ordinance. The adoption passed by a unanimous 5-0 vote.
President John Russo opened the noticed public hearing at 5:11 p.m., and Human Resources Manager and Board Secretary Morgan Szabad read corrected language for section 4 when a drafting correction was noted. The board first voted to waive full reading of the ordinance after a motion by Director Larry Walsh seconded by Director Bob Rowe; President Russo then read the ordinance title aloud. Public comments were heard during the hearing; the transcript does not record the content of those remarks.
After public comment, Director Bob Rowe moved to adopt Ordinance 2025-01 and Director JoKay Rowe seconded. The motion carried with all five directors voting yes: Director Bob Rowe, Director JoKay Rowe, President John Russo, Director Larry Walsh and Director Al Ziegler. The ordinance caption reads in part: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE BIG BEAR CITY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT AUTHORIZING FUTURE NEW OR INCREASED RATES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, AND SOLID WASTE SERVICE TO BE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION AS WELL AS ORDINANCE, AND TAKING OTHER ACTIONS RELATING THERETO." The record refers readers to the District's Resolution and Ordinance Book Number 36 for the complete text.
Why it matters: adopting rules that allow rate changes to be enacted by resolution as well as ordinance gives the district more procedural flexibility in setting future utility rates; any specific rate adjustments would be subject to separate notice and adoption steps required by law and district policy. The board closed the hearing at 5:15 p.m.
