The Crown Point City Council on Monday adopted Ordinance 2025-10-29, a second-reading amendment to the city’s stormwater utility billing rules that adds an explicit $12 minimum rate for commercial (nonresidential) accounts.

Council members said the change merely codifies the amount commercial customers have been charged and does not alter the previously established residential rates, which remain unchanged. “The minimum rate calculated on this section should be $12,” staff stated during the meeting when describing the late addition to section d of the ordinance.

Council members moved to adopt the ordinance with the added sentence and, after a roll-call vote, all members present voted yes. The ordinance was approved at second reading.

The ordinance’s change was described by staff as clarifying existing practice rather than increasing rates. There were no public comments during the hearing portion of the item.