New Smyrna Beach considers stormwater fee hike to fund flood relief projects

Oro Valley considers $2 raise for stormwater

A $2 a month increase in Oro Valley’s stormwater utility fee would help the utility become “less reliant on grants moving forward,” Chief Financial Officer Dave Gephart told a July 15 Zoom audience.

New Smyrna Beach considers stormwater fee hike to fund flood relief projects

Flooding has become an all-too-familiar part of life in New Smyrna Beach, which is why the city is proposing an increase in stormwater fees to help prevent it.

Stormwater rate increase approved

The Mount Ayr city council authorized entering into a $600,000 loan agreement and approved the third reading of the revised stormwater ordinance at a special meeting Wednesday, July 16. Loan agreement hearing No one was in attendance for a public hearing related to borrowing up to $600,000 for street and storm water drainage improvement projects. The council proceeded to approve Resolution 2025-23, authorizing the City of Mount Ayr to enter into…