The board approved raising the per-acre assessment to $1.45 to fund the upcoming fiscal year budget. Chair Jim Wallace and board members discussed that last year's reduction from $1.21 to $1.00 resulted in an approximately $65,000 shortfall, and that significant work previously budgeted but not completed—particularly around demand management—will now be realized in the coming year. The board acknowledged that hill/non-irrigated landowners are paying triple what would have been assessed under the failed Prop 218 ($0.53/acre) and said it wants to address fairness across land types in a future fee process.
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