BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD UTILITY BUDGET WORKSHOP THURSDAY

  

The Brenham City Council will continue discussions on the city’s utility budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a workshop on Thursday.

The meeting was prompted after the council directed city staff at a previous workshop to reconsider proposed changes meant to increase water consumption revenues to offset shortfalls created by higher service costs.

Specifically, the council asked that a proposal to create a monthly minimum charge of $11.35 for irrigation accounts of all customer classes not apply to residents, only to commercial customers.

The council also directed staff to raise the cap for an increase in water rates for commercial accounts from 10 percent to 12 percent, in order to help absorb the impact from a proposed 26.6 percent rate increase for residential customers.

The council will meet Thursday morning at 8 a.m. at Brenham City Hall.