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Spalding County adopts stormwater utility ordinance on second reading; residential fee reduced in first year
Summary
After more than two years of discussion, the board approved the stormwater utility ordinance on second reading. Commissioners said the first‑year fee for the lowest residential band will be reduced by 38% and that property owners — not tenants — will be billed.
Spalding County commissioners adopted a stormwater utility ordinance on second reading after extended prior discussion about fee structure and billing responsibility.
One commissioner summarized the agreed approach: the bottom residential fee band will receive a 38% reduction in the ordinance’s first year and the fee will be billed to the property owner rather than the occupant. Commissioners said the plan shifts more of the fee burden onto commercial and industrial properties where possible. A commissioner called the ordinance an "unfunded mandate" the county must implement and thanked staff for modeling a distribution that reduces homeowner impact.
After discussion, the board voted in favor of adopting the ordinance on second reading; the chair recorded the motion as carrying by voice/hand vote (5‑0). The ordinance will now move into implementation steps identified by staff.
