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The flat fee revenue included in the 2025 budget totals $378,320. The flat fee proposed for the 2026 budget totals <br />$435,070. <br /> <br />The City also has a rate for Service Line Repair Insurance. The cost for service line repairs has increased <br />dramatically over the past few years from $90,000 in 2021 to $231,000 in 2024. It is not anticipated that these <br />costs will go down any time soon. The proposed rate will increase the annual revenue from $158,010 to $192,000. <br /> <br />Staff is proposing an increase in the flat fee for 2026, from $28.60 per quarter to $32.89 per quarter ($13,230 <br />revenue per year for every $1 increase). Staff is also proposing an increase in the Service Line Repair Insurance <br />fee from $13.00 per quarter to $16.00 per quarter ($12,000 revenue per year for every $1 increase). An increase <br />of 15% is being proposed for the usage rates. The City has also been notified that the state is increasing their safe <br />drinking water service connection fee. It is going from $9.72 per year to $15.22 per year. This is a pass thru fee <br />that the City must collect from our customers and remit to the state. <br />The impact of these increases on a household would be $15.71 per quarter or $62.82 per year. <br /> <br />A summary of all of the proposed utility rate increases is as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />A. Sewer Fund projections <br />B. Street Lighting Fund projections <br />C. Surface Water Management Fund projections <br />D. Water Fund projections <br />Average qtrly usage 16,000 gallons <br />2025 2026 % change <br />Water Base 28.60 32.89 17% <br />Service Line 13.00 16.00 <br />Consumption 46.76 53.80 <br />MN Test Fee 2.43 3.81 <br />Sewer Base 47.06 49.40 5% <br />Consumption 60.00 63.04 <br />Street Light 5.25 5.25 0% <br />Surface Water 18.50 22.00 19% <br />TOTAL 221.60 246.19 11% <br />24.59$ Quarterly increase <br />98.34$ Annual increase