LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Lakeport City Council will return to its discussion of a proposal to double water and sewer rates over the next five years.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The council will consider passing the resolutions that would amend the water and sewer rates and put the increases into effect.
The council held a public hearing on the plan at its Sept. 18, with dozens of community members packing the council chambers to lodge their protest against the rate hikes, which the city argues are needed for several reasons – state requirements, aging infrastructure, and higher costs of operation and maintenance.
Public Works Director Mark Brannigan will present to the council a resolution certifying the results of the protest hearing held at the Sept. 18 meeting.
Last week City Clerk Janel Chapman reported that the city received 818 protest ballots from the 2,430 affected parcels, with 640 of the protests being validated, as Lake County News has reported.
According to state law, in order to stop the rate increases entirely, the city would have had to receive 1,216 protests, amounting to 50 percent plus one of the total number of parcels.
Brannigan also will ask the council to authorize services to replace the granular activated carbon in two of the four vessels located at the Lakeport surface water treatment facilities. The services are not to exceed $60,000.
Also on Tuesday, Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will take to the council an application for the Eternally Wired Youth Ministries to hold a “Harvest Revelation” on Wednesday, Oct. 31, on Mellor Drive between 19th and 20th streets with staff recommendations.
Rasmussen also will ask the council to approve a resolution allocating funds from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund.
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100212 Lakeport City Council Agenda Packet