Danville commissioners on June 23 held the first reading of an ordinance to increase the municipal stormwater management fee from $3.36 per month to $3.75 per month per equivalent residential unit, and they approved a separate resolution to pay Bell Engineering $11,000 for bidding and construction administration for the Twinbrook culvert project.
City engineering staff said the modest increase — about $0.39 per month per single-family equivalent — would generate roughly $75,000 a year to finance stormwater capital work and debt service, including the Twinbrook project currently out for bid. Staff noted the fee has not been raised since 2008 and that, adjusted for inflation since 2008, the rate would be higher if increases had been applied annually.
Bell Engineering submitted a scoping fee of $11,000 to prepare bidding documents and provide construction administration for the culvert replacement, which staff said will address a culvert that overtops multiple times a year and is under capacity. Commissioners signaled a goal of selecting a contractor by early August and completing work before winter asphalt plant closures if procurement and precast lead times allow.
Staff clarified that every property within Danville is currently subject to the municipal stormwater fee; the fee is assessed by equivalent residential units for single-family properties and by impervious-surface calculations for commercial and industrial parcels.
Ending: The ordinance change was advanced on first reading; a final vote will be scheduled per the city’s ordinance process. The Twinbrook design scoping fee was approved so the city can proceed with bidding and, if bids are acceptable, award construction at a future meeting.