Title
Amend Minor System Fees for the Town of Cornelius
Action
ACTION:
Schedule a public hearing for June 18, 2024, for the Minor System component of the Storm Water Fee for the Town of Cornelius
Staff Contact: Don Ceccarelli, Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) - Storm Water Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In 1994, the County implemented a Storm Water fee to fund the administration of storm water management programs to improve water quality, reduce flood losses and repair and or maintain the storm drainage system.
Minor System Component for municipal jurisdictions: By Interlocal Agreement, the minor system of the storm water system is defined as ditches, swales, pipes, etc. that drain less than 1 square mile and is the responsibility of the City inside the City limits and each Town inside the town limits. The revenue generated from the minor system component of the storm water fee charged within each municipal jurisdiction is returned to that jurisdiction to fund their storm water management programs.
As part of a Town-approved 4-year phased-in rate adjustment to cover the true expenditures of the implementing a storm water utility, the Town of Cornelius requests an increase to their minor system component of Storm Water fees.
Mecklenburg County Storm Water Services requests a public hearing be set in accordance with the Storm Water Management Interlocal Agreement and State law for considering such increases.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
None, revenue generated from any fee adjustments will return to the municipal jurisdiction.