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Council postpones resolution on administrative fee for past-due water accounts
Summary
Council postponed Resolution 21-2026, which proposed adding an administrative fee (including a cited 25% penalty) to water accounts placed on the city tax bill; members debated replacing the proposed percentage with a flat fee before voting to postpone indefinitely.
Resolution 21-2026, which would authorize adding an administrative fee to water accounts relayed onto the city tax bill, was introduced under unfinished business. One council member said the resolution proposed a 25% penalty for late accounts and recommended a flat fee instead, arguing that the administrative effort to turn off service does not scale with the bill amount. Because changes cannot be made from the floor to the resolution, a motion was made to postpone the measure indefinitely. That motion was seconded by Council Member Frederickson and the roll-call vote carried; the resolution was postponed.
Council members noted statutory notification requirements and that the timing of implementation would need to take account of customer-notice rules; no new fee structure was adopted at the meeting.
