Cascade Locks utility questions on ballot

Cascade Locks residents will decide the fates of two measures affecting local utility rates and procedures.

The first of the proposed measures (No: 14-49) would repeal a previously established water utility fee and establish a new electric utility fee — to fund emergency services.

According to the Hood River County ballot text this measure, if passed, would enact ordinance No. 416 in place of ordinance No. 374. Ordinance No. 374 imposes a fee on all City of Cascade Locks water service utility accounts to fund costs associated with fire prevention, EMS and fire suppression.

This new ordinance would remove the fee associated with water service accounts and place that fee on electric service accounts. Once enacted, the city council would be charged with setting and adjusting the fee rates by resolution. The sole use for the fee is limited to payment of costs associated with fire prevention, EMS and fire suppression.


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