Council to discuss sewer charge, Spam Museum contract

Published 11:00 am Sunday, July 6, 2014

The Austin City Council will hear about a potential sewer access charge and the paperwork to finalize the Spam Museum relocation during its work session Monday.

The city of Austin has researched a sewer access fee after a judge in 2013 threw out three $15,000 assessments for properties annexed into the city from the former Lansing Township. City staff have broken the fee down into three charges — a sanitary sewer permit fee, a sewer lateral development charge to extend sewer services on the property to a structure, and a sewer service charge.

The council will also discuss a contract between Hormel Foods Corp., the Austin Port Authority and the city of Austin. The Spam Museum is expected to close this fall and reopen in spring 2016.

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