New Road Fees on Table in Proposed Budget
Water and Sewer fees could be reduced under budget plan.
To repair some city roads that are in less than ideal condition city staff has proposed a monthly $8 road infrastructure fee on residents. The fee would be collected every other month and could raise an estimated $1 million per year, City Administrator Bart Olson told council during his budget presentation Tuesday night. Olson said the money would help repair roads like Game Farm Road and Cannonball Road, which are in rough shape. In December council examined a pavement management program showing that most of the city's 107 miles of city-maintained streets are in good shape, but some were considered in poor shape. Olson said it's more efficient to spend the money now on road repairs than wait until the roads worsen. Olson said …
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Kibitzer
6:58 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Yeah, Scott, we consider that all the time. Unfortunately, we WERE out of this state a few years back. We left Illinois, and then, because of family issues, had to come back. Everyone knows how family issues can impact a person's life. Sometimes there is little choice. Now, with the family issues in the past and no longer a problem, we could get out of this state, entirely. We need to think it … more ›