A portion of the rates on your City of Hillsboro utility bill are set and invested by Clean Water Services (CWS), who operate two utility services within the Hillsboro community:
- Sanitary Sewer collection and treatment
- Surface Water Management
Virtual Proposed Budget Hearing
On Friday, May 7, 2021, at 9 am, the CWS Budget Committee - comprised of five community members and the five members of CWS Board of Directors - will review the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22 (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022), consider approval, and make their recommendations to the Board.
View the proposed FY 2021-22 budget online.
The proposed budget includes the following proposed rate adjustments:
- Sanitary Sewer fixed and average use charges are proposed to increase 4.5%, which equates to a $1.77 monthly increase for the average household.
- Surface Water Management fixed charge is proposed to increase $.50 per month for the average household.
To ensure new development pays a reasonable share of capital costs related to growth, CWS is also recommending an increase from $5,800 to $6,085 in the one-time sanitary sewer System Development Charge (SDC) per equivalent dwelling unit. SWM SDCs would increase from $560 to $585 per equivalent service unit.
If approved, adjusted CWS rates would take effect July 1, 2021.
Due to COVID-19 guidelines this will be an online virtual meeting. There will not be an in-person public forum. The CWS Budget Committee meeting will be broadcast live on Washington County's YouTube channel.
Provide Public Input
To provide public testimony via Zoom by phone or online, you must register using the form link.
Community members are invited to submit questions or comments by email prior to the budget hearing no later than May 3, 2021.
June 15, 2021 Public Hearing
On Tuesday, June 15, at 10 am, the CWS Board, which is also the Washington County Board of Commissioners, will conduct a public hearing to consider and adopt the budget. Details on how to participate will be added to CWS's budget webpage as they become available.
Learn More
The CWS budget and rates support the work of protecting water resources as we look beyond this pandemic and keep up with changing needs. This requires additional investments in aging infrastructure, ensuring our long-term water supply and meeting stricter federal and state pollution control rules.
Additional information on the CWS budget and rates can be found online, and on CWS’s YouTube playlist.
