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THE I~EGIs'r~I~-GuAI~D CITY/REGION TUESDAY, MAI~CH 11, 2003 <br /> <br /> BRIEFLY <br /> METRO <br /> <br /> City supports increasing <br /> sewer service fees <br /> SPRINGFIELD -- Higher <br /> fees on sewer service and <br /> new ones on annexations <br /> COuld be COming. <br /> ' ' The City Council showed <br /> support Monday night for in- <br /> creasing the sanitary and <br /> stormwater rates for residen- <br /> tial and COmmercial users. <br /> The COuncil also considered <br /> charging applicants $730 per <br /> acre for land that is annexed, <br /> to recoup the city's planning <br /> efforts. <br /> -: Residential sewer users <br /> would most likely pay about <br /> $26.52 monthly, up from <br /> $25.55. Commercial users of <br /> 1~0,000 gailon~ monthly <br /> would pay $554.92, up from <br /> $517.77. Commercial users of <br /> 1.5 million gallons monthly <br /> would pay $5,328.88, up from <br /> $4,995.8O. <br /> The increases would off- <br /> set lost revenue and higher <br /> emptoyee-ber/~fit COsts, said <br /> Gary Colwell, environmental <br /> services supervisor. <br /> Neither the Lane County <br /> Home Builders Association <br /> .~gr the Springfield Area <br /> · .'-"~ber of CommerCe <br /> ~ses the annexation fee, <br /> ~d John Tamulonts, eco- <br /> nomic development manag- <br /> <br /> ~ An open house on the sew- <br /> ~ fees will be held at 5 p.m. <br /> :?~ri122 in the Library Meet- <br /> :i~lg Room at City Hall 225 <br /> Fifth St. <br /> A public hearing ks" sched- <br /> . .,~u~-d. May $, after.which the <br /> .(~ity Council will vote on the <br /> matter. <br /> ! :: A public hearing on the <br /> :,annexation fee is tentatively <br /> '~heduled next Monday. For <br /> i///ore information, call 726- <br /> <br /> <br />