STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
PH 6
6/24/2025
TN
Date:June 24, 2025
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From:Patti Garibay, Director - Community Development
Nicole Jones, Senior Analyst – Community Development
Subject:Levying Lancaster Sewer System Service Charges for Fiscal Year 2025/26 Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 25-XX, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, levying Lancaster Sewer System Service Charges for maintenance and servicing of the Lancaster Sewer System for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
G.C. Section 84308: No
Fiscal Impact:
The proposed sewer service charge is $78 per sewage unit. A single family residence is considered one sewage unit, and would be assessed $78 for Fiscal Year 2025/26. There are approximately 59,046 sewage units for which an estimated $4,605,588 will be collected on the tax rolls. This charge will remain the same as last fiscal year.
Background:
On December 12, 2006, City Council adopted Resolution No. 06-245, requesting withdrawal from the Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District. On April 24, 2007, City Council introduced Ordinance No. 876, adopting Chapter 13.09 of the Municipal Code, establishing a sewer service charge, and also adopted Resolution No. 07-89, fixing the time and place for a public hearing relative to the collection of a sewer service charge beginning in Fiscal Year 2007-2008.
On May 8, 2007, Council adopted Ordinance No. 876. On June 26, 2007, after a public hearing, Council adopted Resolution No. 07-124 ordering and levying an operations charge and a replacement charge in the Lancaster Sewer System for Fiscal Year 2007-2008, and approved the maximum sewer service charge. The City began operations and maintenance of the sewer collection system on July 1, 2008, as directed by City Council.
Each year, the staff prepares an Engineer's Report for the City Council to determine the actual amount of the sewer service charge needed to fund the maintenance of the Lancaster Sewer System. The Engineer’s Report determining and proposing the sewer service charge for Fiscal 2 0
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Year 2025/26 has been prepared. Attached is the resolution to levy the sewer service charges for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
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Attachments:
Resolution No. 25-XX – Ordering Levy
Engineer’s Report