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Colonies PID board recommends a 15-cent assessment rate for 2025/26
In June 2024 the Colonies board had approved a 2024/25 budget without raising residential or commercial rates, after Finance explained an administration fee allocation of about $90,000. On June 4, 2025, reviewing the 2025/26 budget and five-year service plan, the minutes record that "Assessments were increased to a 15-cent rate," with tree care raised to $65,000 and irrigation set at $25,000. The council tabled the Colonies ordinance in August 2025 and adopted it in September.[1][2][3][4]
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The June 4, 2025 minutes state: "Assessments were increased to a 15-cent rate." They also record a $73,000 actual for water and sewer against a $215,000 projection, a proposed $223,000 for 2026, tree care raised to $65,000 and irrigation set at $25,000. The minutes do not record a vote count. [1]
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On June 18, 2024 a board member asked "not to raise the residential and commercial rates this budget"; seasonal planting was cut from $250,000 to $50,000 and tree care from $75,000 to $50,000. The City Treasurer said that when the City allocated central costs "we come up with about $90K for the actual fees." The budget passed unanimously. [2]
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The board minutes do not say whether the 15-cent rate was what the council questioned when it tabled the Colonies ordinance in August 2025. The site does not assert that it was. [1]
