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Date Created: 08/07/25
Last updated: 08/07/25

City: St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg, FL to Consider Ordinances Setting FY 2026 Utility Rates

The Council will consider: (a) Ordinance 616-H, an ordinance relating to sanitation rates and charges; amending Chapter 27, Section 27-557 of the St. Petersburg City Code; amending rates and charges for sanitation services; providing for severability of provisions; providing an explanation of words struck through and underlined; establishing a date to begin calculating new rates for billing purposes; and providing an effective date. (b) Ordinance 615-H, an ordinance relating to utility rates; amending section 27-405, Subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of the St. Petersburg City Code; amending the stormwater utility fee; amending the tiered rate structure fees for single family residential parcels; providing for severability of provisions; providing an explanation of words struck through and underlined; establishing a date to begin calculating new rates for billing purposes; and providing an effective date. (c) Ordinance 617-H, an ordinance relating to utility rates and charges; amending Chapter 27, Sections 27-4 (c), 27-6, 27-109 (b), 27-109 (d), 27113 (b), 27-141 (a), 27-141 (b), The City Council receives public comment during Open Forum and on agenda items with limited exceptions consistent with Florida law. All issues discussed under Open Forum must be limited to issues related to the City of St. Petersburg government. If you wish to address City Council on subjects other than public hearing or quasi-judicial items listed on the agenda, please sign up with the Clerk. Only City residents, owners of property in the City, owners of businesses in the City or their employees may speak during Open Forum. If you wish to address City Council through the Zoom meeting, you must use the “raise hand” feature button in the Zoom app or enter *9 on your phone at the time the agenda item is addressed. When it is your turn to speak, you will be unmuted and asked to state your name and address. At the conclusion of your comments or when you reach the three-minute time limit, you will be muted. All “raised hands” will be lowered after each agenda item. Regardless of the method of participation used, normal rules apply, including the three-minute time limit on comments, the requirement that any presentation materials must be submitted in advance of the meeting and the rules of decorum. If live public comment is disrupted by violations of the rules of decorum, the chair is authorized to accept public comment by alternate means, including by email only. 3 27-142 (a), 27-143 (b), 27-144, 27-146 (b), 27-146 (d), 27-177 (a), 27-177 (d), 27-250 (a), 27-283 (a), 27-284 (a), 27-284 (d), and 27-337 of the St. Petersburg City Code; amending owner liability for certain charges; adding adjustment relief for pool refills following a declared state of emergency; amending charges for potable water connection; amending base and volume charges for water service; amending various service charges; amending wholesale water service charges for the City of Gulfport; amending fire service charges; amending rates and charges for irrigation only accounts; amending rates and charges for commercial water only accounts; amending rates and charges for reclaimed water service; amending sewer capacity fee; amending retail and wholesale wastewater service charges; amending grease management fees; providing for severability of provisions; providing an explanation of words struck through and underlined; establishing a date to begin calculating new charges for billing purposes; and providing an effective date.

Issue History
08/07/25	The Council will hold first reading at the 8/14/25 meeting.

Related Documents
	8/14/25 Meeting Agenda
	8/14/25 Background