“Storm Water Advisory Committee Reaches Consensus.”

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(Committee member Tim Deatrick authors this report on Thursday night’s meeting, and we thank him for taking the time to do so)

It took nearly three hours of spirited discussions, including commentary and questions from city councilmen Dan Coffey, Steve Price and Mark Seabrook with observations from Bill Schmidt, but at the end of the evening it was a consensus that this committee supports and recommends the passage of the interim fee ordinance at the next council meeting.

The issue of accurately assessing commercial properties was discussed and it was listed as the first priority in establishing a true rate structure after the interim fee is adopted. Regarding the city council concern that the interim fee should not be an 18-month process, the engineers feel that a 6-month window is more probable.

Despite the occasional issues of sanitation somehow coming up in this discussion, Chad McCormick and his team did an excellent job in keeping the committee on track to discuss the agenda and keep the politics to a minimum.

I am happy to report that the committee made major strides Thursday night and now the city council has unified voice from this committee that says loud and clear — move forward on this ordinance, and get the program off the ground!

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