HARLINGEN — It was intended to annually raise about $1.2 million for needed street repairs.
It also would have cost you annually $42 per household and $90 for those who own a business.
However, the idea to raise this city utility fee failed in a vote earlier this week.
But, for those watching their pennies, the bad news is, it likely will be reconsidered.
Tuesday night, city commissioners voted against charging a street maintenance fee to generate about $1.2 million a year. That money would go into a specific street fund to only be used on road work.
Commissioners Tudor Uhlhorn and Richard Uribe voted in favor of the proposal, while Commissioners Victor Leal, Michael Mezmar and Ruben de la Rosa voted against it.
“I think we need to chew on this a little,” Leal told commissioners.
Yesterday, Mayor Chris Boswell said commissioners will reconsider the proposal aimed at establishing a fixed account from which to fund street projects.
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