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Council increases residential fees for sewer, storm water drainage - <br /> (Attachment C to Memorandum) <br /> <br /> CLICK & FIND; <br /> Advertising Index Online Dating <br /> Restaurants Discovery <br /> Volunteer Work Home & Gard <br /> <br /> HOT LINKS: UO FootballlUO HoopslSearchIFront PagelNW NowlWire[R-G Free TriallSite MapIFormsIFeedback <br /> <br /> FIN DE RS: Classifieds I Events I Restaurants I WebCams I City Info 1 Web Directory I Autos I Homes I Jobs ~ Coupons <br /> ADS/DELIVERY: Place Classified I R-G Ads I Special Sections I Order R-G I Deliver R-G t Delivery Issues I NIE <br /> <br /> NEWS <br /> Local <br /> .at,on/Wor,d <br /> Business Start home ,~elive~fl <br /> Sports <br /> Duck Basketball <br /> Duck Football May 18, 2004 <br /> <br /> Golf Extra <br /> Prep index Council increases residential fees for <br /> Features~ <br /> ~oinion sewer, storm water drainage <br /> 20Below <br /> Northwest <br /> Now By Bob Keefer <br /> (hourly) <br /> Best Of ... Archive The Register-Guard <br /> 30-day Obit_u~ <br /> Index <br /> Search <br /> SPRINGFIELD - Sewer rates are going up to Forward <br /> THE WEEK $22.46 monthly from $19.79 on a typical story <br /> Sunday residence as of July 1, following action Monday <br /> Monday night by a reluctant and divided City Council Printer- <br /> Tuesday friendly <br /> Wednesday trying to meet federal requirements without v~em_~n <br /> Thursday federal money. <br /> Friday <br /> Saturday <br /> In the same 4-1 vote, with Councilor John <br /> WEATHER Woodrow opposed, the council also raised storm water <br /> AP for Eugene drainage fees for a single family home from $6.86 to $7.49 a <br /> NWS for Euqene month. <br /> AccuWeather for <br /> E~qene <br /> Statistics The sole resident to testify at the hearing on the rate increase <br /> Passcams- <br /> Road reports was Fred Simmons, who suggested that businesses should pay <br /> School, other more of the increase. "The fees being charged for sanitary <br /> Closures sewers and storm sewer issues are almost equal to what I pay <br /> Tide tables for property tax," he complained. <br /> <br /> CITY INFO <br /> Euqene The raises are necessary, city staff members told the council, <br /> Springfield to help pay for a 24 percent boost in rates approved May 6 by <br /> Cottaqe Grove the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, which <br /> Florence <br /> Newport treats sewage for the city, Eugene and Lane County. <br /> Bend <br /> Corvallis <br /> Roseburq The MWMC needs to build new treatment facilities costing <br /> between between $144 million and $157 million over the next <br /> ADVERTISING 20 years to meet new federal water quality requirements and <br /> AdConnect tO increase its capacity for population growth, said city <br /> Place classified environmental services manager Susie Smith, who also acts as <br /> View classifieds <br /> Home & Garden general manager for the commission. <br /> <br />http ://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/05/18/c 1 .cr. sewerrates.0518.html 5/18/2004 <br /> <br /> <br />