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The City Council expressed consensus that utility franchise fees could be a more equitable way than property taxes to fund the proposed Public Works Facility, and asked for more financing details before moving forward.
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No franchise fee rates were adopted at this workshop. Staff will continue evaluating options that could place part or all of the facility’s financing costs on utility bills, while Council members raised concerns about reducing money currently used for road maintenance. Staff also recommended changing the General Fund balance policy from a fixed 50% requirement to a flexible 40%–50% range, but the minutes do not record adoption of that change.
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