Two Rivers

Information Meeting on Storm Water Utility

April 4, 2014

The City Council will hold a public information meeting on the proposed creation of a Storm Water Utility on Tuesday, April 15 at 6:30 PM in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The meeting will be telecast live on Charter Cable Channel 97 (Channel 993 digital).

This meeting is being held prior to a planned vote on establishment of the utility, scheduled for the Council meeting of April 21. The City Council held similar meetings in June 2013, but creation of the utility was then deferred to 2014.

Under the proposed utility, property owners would be billed based on the amount of impervious surface on their properties, which averages 3,100 square feet for single family residential properties. All one and two-family residential properties would be billed at a flat rate of $5.75 per month, reflecting this average. This is a so-called equivalent residential unit, or ERU.

Other improved properties would be billed based on the actual square footage of impervious surface, rounded to the nearest 0.1 ERU, with a minimum bill of 1.0 ERU.

The City anticipates developing a credit policy that will apply to large, non-residential properties. Where the owners of such properties install ponds, drainage swales or other measures to reduce storm water runoff, their bills will be reduced.

The utility is estimated to raise $600,000 per year and will provide a dedicated source of revenue for a component of the City's infrastructure that presently lacks such a funding source.

The new utility is proposed to take effect August 1, 2014. Proposed storm water utility charge is $5.75 per month per "Equivalent Runoff Unit" (ERU), which amounts to $69.00 per ERU per year.

To view a slide show on the proposed Storm Water Utility, click here.

To view a copy of the proposed ordinance creating the utility, click here.

To view a listing of all properties in the City, with ERU's indicated, click here (Large File)

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