Citizen proposes 'frontage levy' to shift water billing from consumption to pipe frontage
Private citizen Andy Postrick presented a hypothetical frontage-levy approach that charges residents for the length of pipe fronting their property rather than monthly consumption, arguing it better matches capital replacement costs and could reduce volatility in revenues.
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At the board’s invitation, Fort Smith resident Andy Postrick presented a conceptual ‘frontage levy’ as an alternative way to fund water-system capital replacement. Postrick, who identified himself as a private citizen and accountant, said the levy would bill property owners based on the amount of infrastructure (pipe frontage, manholes, towers) they ‘‘personally monopolize’’ rather than on water use.
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