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Video from first public meeting about potential new stormwater fee in the Borough of Conshohocken - morethanthecurve.com

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Video from first public meeting about potential new stormwater fee in the Borough of Conshohocken - MoreThanTheCurve

As MoreThanTheCurve.com reported on November 26th, the Borough of Conshohocken (Sewer) Authority is planning to charge a new stormwater fee will be applied to quarterly sewer bills likely starting in April 2024. You can read the original article here.

The original article was followed-up with an article that included some answers to questions MoreThanTheCurve.com poised to the board of the authority. You can read that article here.

The authority’s board currently intends to vote on the adoption of this fee during its December 13th meeting.

The authority also announced two public meetings to address the potential new fee. The first of these meetings was held on December 7th and the video of the meeting is below. The second meeting is scheduled for January 18th at 6:30 p.m. in Conshohocken’s Borough Hall.

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